Choreography Competition 2025
Our annual choreography competition is a brand new event in our BW Dance Works Calendar!
Dancers in our P3+ / Level 3+ classes are invited to enter our very own, in house, routines in any style, to their own choice of music and in their own costumes. They then get to perform on a stage in front of an audience of family and friends, and a small panel of guest judges.
All participants will receive a certificate for each routine they perform, with medals and trophies for winners in each section. It is a fun and friendly competition meant to drive creativity and performance ability!
Best of all, the overall winner will get to perform their piece in our 2026 Show.
Our choreography competition will be held on Saturday 15th of November 2025. Friends and Family can arrive from 6.30pm and the Competition will begin promtly at 7pm. The results and trophies will be announced at 10pm. The event will finish at 11pm. There will be a bar open for parents and a small selection of snacks. In between our age sections we will have a couple of games PLUS performances from our Company Teams.
Our choreography competition will be held in the Leonardo Hotel, Murrayfield. The address is, 187 Clermiston Rd, Edinburgh, EH12 6UG and has ample parking although we encourage you to leave the car at home, come and enjoy a tipple with us as we celebrate our dancers.
Please read all of the Rules and Regulations at the bottom of our page and find the Entry Form link.
Dancers can only enter a maximum of 2 routines each.
Each entry is £8 per dancer.
Entry to come and watch will be £5 per person, under 3s go free!
Dancers will be required to wear something appropriate to their style of dance. Costumes can be hired from the ‘BW Costume Store‘ on a first come, first serve basis at the rate of £5.50 per costume. Alternatively, there are many dance costume websites where you can buy your own or even just on amazon/ebay you can find lots! You don’t have to buy anything expensive or extravagant.
- Dances in all age groups must not exceed 1 minute 30 seconds. The music may be stopped should it exceed the time limit, or points deducted from our judges.
- Music must be cut to the correct length and sent in 2 weeks advance of the competition day. If you need help cutting music, please get in touch with bethany@bwdanceworks.com.
- Music must not contain explicit or suggestive lyrics. Parents must check their child’s music before the competition. Music may be stopped if it is considered inappropriate.
- Our show this year is ‘Jet Set.’ Please think about appropriate routines and songs for an ‘Around the World Theme’ when deciding.
You can find songs that are not available to use here:
Click Here For Songs Reserved in Jet Set
Click Here For Songs Already Picked By Other Dancers
By entering our choreography competition, you will be in with a chance of winning. There will be a medal for everyone taking part as no matter of how the performance goes on the night, we want to celebrate each dancer who has used their creativity and passion to work hard to choreograph something! We will have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each of our age groups as well as an ‘OVERALL WINNER.’ The overall winner will get the opportunity to perform their choreography in our annual show.
We had originally said 2 entries per dancer, but given the amount of interest we have already had, we will open 1 entry per dancer to begin. In 2 weeks (Monday 15th of September), we will review & if space open up secondary entries.
