The Lower North Coast Dance Festival is an arts event showcasing the talents of students and teachers in dance and choreography K-12. The dance festival promotes excellence in dance education and will showcase high quality choreography and performance items that use the NSW Dance Syllabus as the foundation for creating work with integrity and merit. 

The festival dates for 2021 are: Monday 24 May - Thursday 27 May 2021 (Week 6, Term 2) at the Glasshouse, Port Macquarie

Participation in the Lower North Coast Dance Festival is via an audition process. Schools interested in participating in the festival are required to prepare a filmed audition submission of their dance item and complete the application form by clicking the button below.

Application forms received after close of business (3.30PM) on TBA 2021 will not be considered.
​The Lower North Dance Festival uses Google Forms for the application and audition process. You will only be able to access the form if you are logged onto the portal and have the G-Suite on your “Essentials” opening page on the DoE portal.

If you don’t have the G-Suite on your “Essentials” page, you can add it by going to “My learning tools”, search for the G-Suite Apps and click on “Add to My Essentials”

There is NO option to save your progress, so please ensure you have all information ready to go before starting the application form.
BEFORE COMPLETING THE APPLICATION FORM PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE: 
  • Read the LNC Dance Festival Guidelines 2021
  • The title and intent of your item
  • How the item reflects the appropriate stage Syllabus
  • The item title of other item/s the dancers are in
  • Total number of dancers in your SCHOOL as well as ITEM
  • The music details for all tracks used including title of track, artist, web address of lyrics (not YouTube) and iTunes or equivalent receipt number. Please ensure you have read the LNCDF Guidelines 20 to ensure you are following the copyright legislation.
  • A photograph or drawing/sketch of the costume/s used in your item
  • Lighting and props information
  • Checked "Authority to publish" for all students in your item
  • Discussed your item with your Principal and they have completed and signed the "Principal's Endorsement Form 2020" to be uploaded to each application form
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Please note: all questions are compulsory and are a necessary part of the planning of the LNC Dance Festival 2020. If the application is missing or contains misleading or false information, it may place the programming of the item under jeopardy. 

When you click on the button/s below you will be taken to a Google login page. Here you will need to sign in using:

detloginname@education.nsw.gov.au
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From there you will be taken to the DoE portal login page (unless you're already logged in) for you to complete as normal. 

When completing your Audition Form, you will need to upload a video of your item with at least one student in full costume
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​the final edit of your music in an MP3/M4A format only.

This will be the track that we will play at the Festival, so please ensure that it is the correct one. 

​Please ensure that all copyright guidelines are followed as per the LNC Dance Festival Guidelines.