Young performers awards contest

The National Eisteddfod Academy NPC, a non-profit organisation for youth development in the arts since 1997, is calling for entries for the 20th NEA Young Performer Awards competition.

The competition is open to all young talented amateur performers in classical and contemporary music, dance and drama who have excelled in any Eisteddfod or similar events anywhere in the country in 2022. It is presented over four rounds, starting on 1 March and will end with the final round on 13 May at the Roodepoort Theatre.

Participation and adjudication in the first and second rounds will allow for both live and video recorded performances. To even the playing field in the adjudication and ranking of live and video performances, each will be ranked separately in both the first and second rounds. The final quarterfinal ranking will then comprise the top achievers from both groups.

To qualify for entry, the would-be participant should have received a diploma award in the National Eisteddfod of South Africa in 2022 or a similar award in any other Eisteddfod or competition in the same period. To assist those talented performers that did not participate in any Eisteddfod last year and therefore do not qualify to enter, NEA has introduced a preliminary qualifying round for those performers by means