Long Island Ballet Competition - Variations Rules and Lists

Variations - Rules and Lists

The following instructions are to help competitors properly prepare for the LIBC. Instructions for the Junior Division (ages 9-11) are as follows:

There are no costumes. Female competitors must wear a black tank leotard, ballet pink tights and pink ballet slippers (no pointe). Male competitors must wear a snug white T-shirt, black tights and black ballet slippers.
All music selections must be continuous, not less than forty seconds and no more than one minute duration and must be completely without any vocals. The audio tracks should simply fade to black at the desired or allotted time if the music selection is longer than necessary. Avoid an abrupt ending to your audio track. Fadeout should not exceed five seconds.
The Junior variation or enchainement must contain three required elements as listed: (at least2 different) large jumps, (at least 3 different) small jumps and (at least 2 different) turns plus at least three different optional elements as listed below:

Required Elements:

Large Jumps (at least 2 different) select from: Sissonne, Grand Jétè En Avant, Grand Jétè En Tournant or Saut de Basque.

Small Jumps (at least 3 different) select from: Entrechat Royale, Trois or Quatre, Glissade, Assemblé, Pas de Chat, Sauté Arabesque, Échappé or Jétè. Turns (at least 2 different) select from: Piqué, Chainé turns, or Pirouette En Dehors.

Optional Elements:

At least three different – select from: Pas de Bourrée, Balancé, First Arabesque (piqué or relevé), Coupé Ballonné, Pas Couru, Passé, Retiré, or EmboÎté.

Senior Division (ages 12-14) and Pre-Professional Division (ages 15-18) may select from the following list of variations below which are separated into male and female categories. All competitors must select two classical variations from the list provided. Additionally, Pre-Professional Division competitors will perform a contemporary selection in addition to the two classical selections.

Female Variations
Senior (ages 12-14) and Pre-Professional (ages 15-18) Divisions
Name of work (Composer/Choreographer) Identifier
Coppelia (Delibes/St. Leon) Pas de Deux
Diana & Acteon (Pugni/Vaganova) Pas de Deux
Don Quixote (Minkus/Petipa) Queen of Driad (Act II)
Don Quixote (Minkus/Petipa) Kitri’s Variations (Acts I & II)
Don Quixote (Minkus/Petipa) Pas de Deux (Act III)
Don Quixote (Minkus/Petipa) Variations (Act III)
Flames of Paris, The (Asafiev/Vainonen) Pas de Deux
Flower Festival at Genzano (Helsted/Bournonville) Pas de Deux
Giselle (Adam/Perrot, Coralli) Peasant Pas de Deux (Act I)
Giselle (Adam/Perrot, Coralli) Pas de Deux (Act II)
Giselle (Adam/Perrot, Coralli) Variation of Giselle
Grand Pas Classique (Auber/Gsovsky) Pas de Deux
Harlequinade (Drigo/Petipa) Pas De Deux
La Bayadere (Minkus/Petipa) Gamzatti (Act I)
La Bayadere (Minkus/Petipa) Kingdom of the Shades Solos
La Bayadere (Minkus/Petipa) Nikia (Act IV)
La Esmeralda (Pugni/Petipa) Pas de Deux
La Fille Mal Gardee (Hertel/Nijinska, Romanoff) Pas de Deux
La Sylphide (Lovenskjold/Bournonville) Pas de Deux
Le Corsaire (Adam, Drigo/Petipa) Jardin Animé (Act III)
Le Corsaire (Adam, Drigo/Petipa) Odalisques Variations
Le Corsaire (Adam, Drigo/Petipa) Pas d’Esclave
Le Corsaire (Adam, Drigo/Petipa) Pas de Deux
Napoli (Paulli/Bournonville) Pas de Six
Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky/Vainonen) Sugar Plum Pas de Deux
Paquita (Minkus/Petipa) Paquita & All Solos
Pas De Quatre (Pugni/Perrot, Dolin) Pas de Deux
Raymonda (Glazunov/Petipa) All Solos
Satanella (Pugni/Petipa) Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa) Variation from Blue Bird Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa) Variation Wedding Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa) Aurora’s Variations (Acts I & II)
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa) Variations of Fairies
Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky/Petipa, Ivanov) Black Swan Pas de Deux
Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky/Petipa, Ivanov) Odette’s Variation (Act II)
Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky/Petipa, Ivanov) Pas de Trois
Walpurgis Nacht (Gounod/Lavrovsky) Pas de Deux

Male Variations
Senior (ages 12-14) & Pre-Professional (ages 15-18) Divisions
Name of work (Composer/Choreographer) Identifier
Coppelia (Delibes/St. Leon) Franz (Act III)
Diana & Acteon (Pugni/Vaganova) Pas de Deux
Don Quixote (Minkus/Petipa) Basilio’s Variation - Pas de Deux (Act III)
Flames of Paris, The (Asafiev/Vainonen) Pas de Deux
Flower Festival at Genzano (Helsted/Bournonville) Pas de Deux
Giselle (Adam/Perrot, Coralli) Pas de Deux (Act II)
Giselle (Adam/Perrot, Coralli) Peasant Pas de Deux (Act I)
Grand Pas Classique (Auber/Gsovsky) Pas de Deux
Harlequinade (Drigo/Petipa) Pas De Deux
La Bayadere (Minkus/Petipa) Solar’s Variation
La Esmeralda (Pugni/Petipa) Pas de Deux
La Fille Mal Gardee (Hertel/Nijinska, Romanoff) Colin (Act III)
Le Corsaire (Adam, Drigo/Petipa) Slave Variation (Act II )
Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky/Vainonen) Sugar Plum Pas de Deux
Satanella (Pugni/Petipa) Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa) Blue Bird Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa) Wedding Pas de Deux
Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky/Petipa, Ivanov) Black Swan Pas de Deux

Contemporary

Pre-Professional Division only: The Contemporary selection is restricted to a maximum of two and one half minutes in duration and must not include any vocals on the sound track. The audio track should simply fade to black at the desired or allotted time if the music selection is longer than necessary. Avoid an abrupt ending to your audio track. Fadeout should not exceed five seconds. For the Contemporary variations, competitors are not required but are strongly encouraged to perform en pointe. Costumes and choreography must be in good taste and reasonable for a general audience. The competitor is solely responsible for obtaining any and all choreographers’ and music rights for the contemporary variation performed at the competition. The LIBC shall be held harmless, by the competitor, for a failure on the competitors part to abide by the competition rules.