Choreography Information

The Choreography competition will take place in two stages. The preliminary competitions for both small and large group will take place on Wednesday, July 2nd from 10am to 2pm. The top groups (number to be determined based on entries received) in each category from the preliminary competitions will advance to the finals which will take place during the Opening Ceremonies. Please see the Events Page for more details on the evening event.

Both the preliminary competition and the finals will be held at the Royal Theatre. Click here to download the stage layout for the theatre, and note the following:

• In the drawing , the heavy black lines represent the stage draperies. At the side edges of the performing area, there are five pairs of black "legs" (which are tall, narrow draperies), and behind the performing area is a full-width black backdrop. With this arrangement, the areas at the sides of the stage (which are the "wings" proper) - and more importantly the people standing in the wings - will be masked from the audience's view.

• For crossing over in a hurry, the dancers would go behind the backdrop, next to the wall shown at the top of the drawing (purple lines). The passage is about four feet wide, and there is safety lighting in place. The one side looks a bit tight at the edge, but they would actually fold back the drapery a bit.

• If there is no hurry to get from one side to the other, the better way is to cross underneath the stage (through the dressing room area), via the stairs in the corners of the stage. This takes well under a minute, even for opera singers in big costumes.