Boston Bollywood Presents NAACH 2020

Boston Bollywood is thrilled to host our first National dance competition on June 13th 2020 at Boston University's Tsai Performance Center! We invite all collegiate, non-collegiate, and professional teams to participate. Please refer to the guidelines below to apply. We are so excited to meet you! 

Details:
Date: June 13, 2020
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Tsai Performance Center, Boston University

We have two categories in our competition: Group Dance & Duet

Group Dance Category:

Registration Timeline:
Early Registration deadline: March 16th
Late Registration deadline: March 23th
Finalists Announced: March 30th

In order to register for the competition, please fill the following form:
Naach 2020 Registration Form

​Audition Rules:
1. Teams must submit a 1.5-minute long video shot in one take demonstrating at least two of the following styles: Folk (Bhangra, Garba, Marathi Folk, Koothu, Ghoomar, any other South Asian Folk dance style), Classical, Semi-Classical, Bollywood, Hip hop, Contemporary, and Lyrical.
2. Music used in the above video must be by a South Asian artist.
3. There must be a minimum of 10 dancers in the audition video.

Competition Policies:
1.  Collegiate as well as non-collegiate teams may participate. Any dancer (18+) can form a team. All dancers in the team must be 18+. A dancer may dance for multiple teams. A dancer may not dance for more than 3 teams.
2. There must be a minimum of 10 dancers and a maximum of 20 dancers in the team.
3. Excluding the introduction voice over / introduction video, the minimum length of the performance must be 4 minutes and the maximum length of the performance must be 8 minutes. 
4. Introduction voice over/introduction video may not exceed 1 minute 30 seconds. Tell us who you are, what you are about to do, the story you’re about to tell, etc.
5. Teams may either choose to only play audio during their performance or have a video projected behind them as they perform. Please see the following video to understand the concept of a video being projected on the back screen during the act.
6. Teams, in their act, must present  at least one dance style from each of the following two categories:

​Category #1

Folk
(Any South Asian Folk dance style including but not limited to Bhangra, Garba, Koothu, etc)
Classical
(Any South Asian Classical dance style including but not limited to Bharatnatyam, Kathak, etc)
​Semi-classical

Category #2

Bollywood
​Hip Hop
Contemporary
Lyrical
Modern
​Jazz

7. Teams are welcome to experiment with other styles not mentioned in Category 2.
8. Teams can bring props that can be placed easily on the stage. They are responsible for set up, removal, and maintenance of their own sets and props (no stagehand help will be provided.) No fire props allowed.
9. Teams may not hang backdrops. Tsai Auditorium does not allow for rigging.
10. Teams must pay a $200 registration fee to enter the competition. This must be done at the time of form submission. The fees must be paid via Venmo to @Boston-Bollywood.
11. Teams registering early will receive 5 minutes extra tech time.
12. Team leaders must be available on Friday, June 12th (6PM to 11PM) for lighting meetings and all team dancers and team leads  must be available all day Saturday, June 13th (10 am to 10 PM). Lighting meeting and Tech Schedule will be announced 4 weeks prior to the show. If your team is coming from out of town, we may be able to accommodate your lighting meeting on Saturday, June 13th.
13. Judging criteria for the competition will be explained to team leaders after they have been selected into the competition.
14. Teams may choose to work with different choreographers for sourcing choreography for their acts.

Prizes:
We have some exciting prizes for winning teams!
1st Prize: $2500 and a chance to teach one of your choreographies at one of Boston Bollywood's workshops
2nd Prize: $1250 
3rd Prize: $750

Duet Category:

For the duet category, your team must have only 2 dancers and you must abide by the following guidelines:

Registration Timeline:
Early Registration deadline: March 16th
Late Registration deadline: March 23th
Finalists Announced: March 30th

In order to register for the competition, please fill the following form:
Naach 2020 Registration Form

​Audition Rules:
1. Teams must submit a 1-minute long video shot in one take demonstrating at least two of the following styles: Folk (Bhangra, Garba, Marathi Folk, Koothu, Ghoomar, any other South Asian Folk dance style), Classical, Semi-Classical, Bollywood, Hip hop, Contemporary, and Lyrical.
2. Music used in the above video must be by a South Asian artist.

Competition Policies:
1.  Collegiate as well as non-collegiate dancers may participate. Both dancers must be 18+.
2. Excluding the introduction voice over / introduction video, the minimum length of the performance must be 3 minutes and the maximum length of the performance must be 4 minutes. 
3. Introduction voice over/introduction video may not exceed 1 minute 30 seconds. Tell us who you are, what you are about to do, the story you’re about to tell, etc.
4. Teams may either choose to only play audio during their performance or have a video projected behind them as they perform. Please see the following video to understand the concept of a video being projected on the back screen during the act.
5. Teams, in their act, must present  at least two of the following dance styles: Folk (Bhangra, Garba, Marathi Folk, Koothu, Ghoomar, any other South Asian Folk dance style), Classical, Semi-Classical, Bollywood, Hip hop, Contemporary, and Lyrical.
6. Teams are welcome to experiment with other styles not mentioned above.
7. Teams can bring props that can be placed easily on the stage. They are responsible for set up, removal, and maintenance of their own sets and props (no stagehand help will be provided.) No fire props allowed.
8. Teams may not hang backdrops. Tsai Auditorium does not allow for rigging.
9. Teams must pay a $40 registration fee to enter the competition. This must be done at the time of form submission. The fees must be paid via Venmo to @Boston-Bollywood.
10. Teams registering early will receive 5 minutes extra tech time.
11. Team leaders must be available on Friday, June 12th (6PM to 11PM) for lighting meetings and all team dancers and team leads  must be available all day Saturday, June 13th (10 am to 10 PM). Lighting meeting and Tech Schedule will be announced 4 weeks prior to the show. If your team is coming from out of town, we may be able to accommodate your lighting meeting on Saturday, June 13th.
12. Judging criteria for the competition will be explained to team leaders after they have been selected into the competition.
13. Teams may choose to work with different choreographers for sourcing choreography for their acts.

Prizes: 
1st Prize: $500
2nd Prize: $300

Have a question? Send an email to info@bostonbollywood.com and we will get back to you within 2 business days.