Art Discipline Breakdown

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Below are the disciplines available for students to participate in during the Atlantic County Teen Arts Festival. Time limits are based on state requirements and must be adhered to in order to ensure all students have an equal opportunity to perform and be adjudicated. Some disciplines have so many performances to schedule, there is no room for a performance to run over its allotted time without affecting another performance. To further minimize scheduling conflicts and to ensure everyone gets a chance, students are permitted to participate in ONLY TWO Performing Disciplines (e.g. two dance performance; OR one vocal performance and one dance; etc.)

NEW THIS YEAR FOR PERFORMING DISCIPLINES!!! A performing group can only perform once. For example, a small instrumental jazz group can only be listed once, performing in ONE four-minute slot only. To be clear, this rule is for Dance, Instrumental, Musical Theatre, Theatre (drama) and Vocal. Teachers will be contacted if more than one entry per group is submitted.

Performing Disciplines

DANCE:
Dance Performance — 1-25 Performers
Four (4) performances per school. Due to time and space limitations, only two of each school’s performances can consist of group sizes between 6-25 performers.
Performance time: 4 minutes. As with all other art disciplines represented at the festival, a student can ONLY participate in a total of two performances - combined.

INSTRUMENTAL:
Large Instrumental — 16+ Performers
One Large (1) performance per school
Performance time: 12 minutes
Small Instrumental — 1-15 Performers
Three Small (3) performances per school (max)
Performance time: 4 minutes
Guitar — 1-8 Performers
Two (2) performances per school (max)
Performance time: 5 minutes
Piano — 1 Performer
Two (2) performances per school (max)
Performance time: 5 minutes

MUSICAL THEATER:
Large Musical Theatre Performance — 16+ Performers
One Large (1) performance per school
Performance time: 15 minutes
Small Musical Theatre Performance — 1-15 Performers
Three Small (3) performances per school (max)
Performance time: 4 minutes

THEATER:
Large Theatre Performance — 16+ Performers
One Large (1) performance per school
Performance time: 15 minutes
Small Theatre Performance — 1-15 Performers
Three Small (3) performances per school (max)
Performance time: 4 minutes

VOCAL:
Large Choral — 16+ Performers
One Large (1) performance per school
Performance time: 12 minutes
Small Vocal (solo/duet/small choral) — 1-15 Performers
Three Small (3) performances per school (max)
Performance time: 4 minutes

Non-Performing Disciplines

FILMMAKING:
Two (2) videos per student/group. Multiple students can be listed on one entry.
Four (4) videos per school (max)
Time limit: 10 minutes

LITERARY:
Sixteen (16) entries per school (max)
Poetry: Two (2) pages (max) – double spaced
Prose: Four (4) pages (max) – double spaced
One entry per student/category (one prose & one poem).

VISUAL ARTS:
Fine art & photography are combined into the total amount of allowable entries, but will be adjudicated separately.
HIGH SCHOOLS (Grades 9-12):
50 visual art entries (max)
MIDDLE SCHOOLS (Grades 7-8):
25 visual art entries (max)

New Jersey State Council on the Arts - Made Possible by funds from the Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affaits, a partner of the NJ State Cuncil on the Arts