How to get involved in the National Schools Dance Competition 2017

1. National Schools Dance
Competition 2017

2. What is The National Schools Competition?
• It is a dance competition open to all primary and secondary schools in
England.
• There are 3 competitions
• Primary Schools
• Key Stage 3 – Years 7-9
• Key Stage 4 and 5 – Years 10-13
• Crookhorn is very successful at National Level.
• In 2015 we got a KS4 team to the National Finals who placed 15th.
• In 2016 we got a KS3 team to the National Finals who placed 3rd!

3. How to take part
• Don’t worry if you’ve never danced before – lots of our best dancers
only danced for the first time in Year 7!
• You can enter any dance you like in any style to any music providing
the words are appropriate!
• Get a group together, use the theatre or the studio to create your
performance. See Miss Williams if you’d like her to watch your dance
so far for feedback.
• If you’d like an older student to help you create either all of your
performance or just to offer occasional advice, please see Miss
Williams and she’ll assign someone to your group.

4. When does the dance have to be ready
• You have until 27th January to get your dance recorded by Miss
Williams to be sent off for the first round of competition.
• You can still continue to make changes and improvements to our
dance before the regional finals.

5. What happens after the videos are sent off?
• After the videos are sent off, the selection panel decide who is
through to the regional finals. Last year we got 8 teams through to
this stage, this year we’re aiming for 10!
• Regional Finals are in Swindon on Monday 27th March 2017
• National Finals are in July
It is our mission to get at least one team to the national finals in 2017.
Will it be you?