Are you yorkshire’s young dancer of 2025?
Yorkshire Dance Awards
Competition Categories
Junior
Age 8 – 10 years
Dancers must be the age of 8, 9 or 10 on the 23rd August 2025
Intermediate
Age 11 – 13 years
Dancers must be the age of 11, 12 or 13 on the 23rd August 2025
Senior
Age 14 – 16 years
Dancers must be the age of 14, 15 or 16 on the 23rd August 2025
Saturday 23rd August 2025
Competitions will be held in Wakefield, Yorkshire!
Winners will be crowned Yorkshire’s Young Dancer of the Year!
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Yorkshire’s first regional young dancer competition. With expert judges and cash awards.
On a mission to find Yorkshire’s Young Dancer of the Year!
What are the rules?
Dancers must reside at a Yorkshire postcode
All applicants must live within the Yorkshire region.
Dances should be modern jazz, lyrical, contemporary or tap
All dances must show cabaret content with or without song.
Dancers must have won 1st, 2nd or 3rd in an open section with any cabaret dance
All applicants must be open section medal winners
Take note of our adjudicators
No dances should be choreographed or rehearsed by this year’s adjudicators
Cancellations are refunded 60 days before the event
No refunds post 23rd June 2025
Previous Winners
Our previous winners can enter again the following year in the relevant age category
Dancers must be within the category age
Junior Age 8-10
Intermediate Age 11-13
Senior Age 14-16
Dances must stay within the category time limit
Junior 1min30sec-2min
Intermediate 2min
Senior 2min-2min30sec
(extra 30sec for Song and Dance)
No personal photography or videography permitted
There will be a professional photographer at the event
2025 Adjudicators
Callum Skidmore
Callum is a well sought after Choreographer from Hartlepool. He teaches freelance in several of the top North East Dance Schools. With a passion for Jazz, Lyrical and Tap he can be found providing training and solo & group choreography for lots of talented dancers in the area. Callum’s work has also been showcased at CYD and has made finals of TDCI Championships and festivals. He is also set to be teaching at CYD this year.
Callum teaches for The Worx Academy College in Sunderland, working with some of the best pre vocational talent in the area. Callum is now also an adjudicator for festivals with fantastic feedback on his energy and positive nature!
‘Cals Creative’ was established in January 2023 and with this he’s been able to share his Choreography & Teaching in workshops and summer schools all over the country. His routines have also helped students achieve success in gaining places at top colleges including Laine Theatre Arts.
Phil Winston
Originally born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Phil commenced dancing at the age of 4 & hasn’t stopped since!
As a Choreographer he works in many facets, initially choreographing for television in the UK & Europe which progressed to many lavish floor shows, spectaculars, summer seasons & pantomimes.
He established a reputation in fusing technical dance choreography into the world of Ice Shows working worldwide and indeed choreographing the Olympic champion in 1994. Phil Choreographed the world famous ’Hot Ice Show’ in Blackpool for 20 years and more recently the ‘Celebrities On Ice’ New Year Show.
He initially started teaching at his own dance school in Doncaster before relocating to Blackpool the showbiz capital of the north where over the last 25 years he has developed Phil Winstons Theatre Works, a unique, affordable course structured for students to access professional training intensively over 3 days weekly. This system is accepted by the profession as an internationally recognised training program & can be accredited by the success of so many ex-students enjoying careers in the performing arts industry, including, London’s West End, Broadway, television, films, music videos, commercial & corporate productions, cruise ship spectaculars & lavish worldwide performances.