Dance Competition
10 June – 16 June 2024
Hamilton Performing Arts Centre
Dance Categories:
- Classical
- Theatrical
- Ballet
- Contemporary
- Jazz
- Lyrical
- Tap
- Hip Hop
- Demi Character
- Song and Dance
- Solos, Duos and Trios
- Troupes
Special Awards:
The following special awards are available for the 2024 Hamilton Eisteddfod Dance Competition.
Australian Ballet Summer School Scholarship: 12 Years and Under
Granting the recipient a place at the 2025 Australian Ballet Summer School.
Sponsored by Angela Magill and Hamilton Dance Company
Stagelit Studios Encouragement Award: Junior
One award of $150, for a junior dance student.
Donated by Stagelit Studios
Lions Club Encouragement Award
Two awards of $250 each.
Donated by the Lions Club of Hamilton
Australian Ballet Summer School Scholarship: 13 Years and Over
Granting the recipient a place at the 2025 Australian Ballet Summer School.
Sponsored by Gwen & Edna Jones Foundation and The Hamilton Eisteddfod
Stagelit Studios Encouragement Award: Senior
One award of $150, for a senior dance student.
Donated by Stagelit Studios
Aggregate Awards
Pamela Coates Perpetual Trophy: 6 Years and Under 8
Hamilton Eisteddfod Perpetual Trophy: 8 Years and Under 10
Hamilton Eisteddfod Perpetual Trophy: 10 Years and Under 12
Magill Family Perpetual Trophy: 12 Years and Under 14
Dawn Amour Perpetual Trophy: 14 Years and Under 16
Hamilton Eisteddfod Perpetual Trophy: Open 16 Years and Over
2024 Dance Adjudicator:
Debbie Landel
Debbie is the former Principal of ‘Debbie Beale School of Ballet’ in Sydney, as well as
‘Dance Classique’ on the Gold Coast. She has regularly taught in Japan where she is the Patron of a Ballet School in Okayama, ‘Petit Ballet Studio’.
She has adjudicated the Hamilton Eisteddfod Dance sections on multiple occasions, as well as numerous other eisteddfods and competitions throughout her career. Most recently, Debbie travelled to Bangkok, Thailand to adjudicate The Australian Teachers of Dancing International Competition.
Debbie wishes to share her passion and encourage the up-and-coming performers of
tomorrow.
