Dancing in Montecatini Could Change Your Future: Scholarships and Auditions with the Judges
At the World Dance Competition, winning a medal is just the beginning. The judges also award scholarships, workshops, and passes to international festivals. Before the award ceremonies, many of them hold auditions for their own schools, academies, and dance companies.
Below, you’ll find the scholarships first, followed by the auditions, organized by discipline.
Scholarships by Dance Discipline
Modern Dance
TAF Awards: scholarships covering 70%, 50%, and 30% of tuition fees.
Contemporary Dance
Full-year 100% scholarships with Performare and MAP, access to the Fonderie Follonica Festival, and TAF Awards.
Acrodance / Fantasy Acro
TAF Awards offering scholarships ranging from 30% to 70%.
Oriental Dance
50% scholarships for the complete packages of Egypt in Turin 2027, the 2027 training week with Wael Mansour, and the Intensive Course in Turin with Vaagan.
Aerial Dance
TAF Awards offering scholarships ranging from 30% to 70%.
Caribbean & Latin Show Dance
A €300 scholarship with New Silvan School Dance, workshops, and free entry to the Tip Top and Just Dance competitions.
Musical Theatre
With Gypsy Musical Academy: a 50% scholarship for the first year of the Academic Programme, a 100% scholarship for the Full Dance Programme, three 50% scholarships for the Broadway & West End Gypsy Project, and the opportunity to perform as a group in a show during the 2026–2027 season.
Street Dance
A full pass to Valencia Waacks, one week of urban dance training with Let’s Grow School, workshops, and free entry to the Tip Top and Just Dance competitions.
Singing & Show Voice
A free in-person or online lesson with N.O.T.A. Music, along with scholarships from Gypsy Musical Academy.
Auditions by Dance Discipline
Before the award ceremonies, the judges meet dancers and performers to hold auditions for their schools, academies, and companies.
Classical Ballet
Barcelona Dance Project, Accademia Ucraina Milano, Fini Dance, Venix Talent Show.
Modern Dance
Tanzschule Let’s Dance, Gypsy Musical Academy, Gypsy Academy International University Center, Fini Dance, Venix Talent Show.
Contemporary Dance
Barcelona Dance Project, Accademia Ucraina Milano, Fd Junior Ensemble and Kinesis CDC 2, Performare, Fini Dance.
Acrodance / Fantasy Acro
Fini Dance.
Oriental Dance
Najma Group, Serena Boselli’s professional dance company, and Venix Talent Show.
Folk Dance & Pizzica
Tanzschule Let’s Dance.
Caribbean & Latin Show Dance
Tip Top Club, New Silvan School Dance, Fini Dance, Tanzschule Let’s Dance.
Musical Theatre
Gypsy Musical Academy, Gypsy Academy International University Center, Tip Top Club.
Street Dance
Tip Top Club, Fini Dance.
Singing & Show Voice
Gypsy Musical Academy, N.O.T.A. Music.