The Jubilee Talent Showcase will:

 

• Showcase a wide variety of Ismaili talent in the performing arts

• Provide a unique opportunity to celebrate and represent the Jamat’s rich and diverse culture from the USA and around the world

• Enhance technique and delivery for on-stage performance in front of a large audience

• Provide performers the opportunity to meet fellow artists from across the USA and around the globe

 

The Jubilee Talent Showcase will include a very wide expanse of performances, organized into the following categories.

Music category submissions will be pieces in which the majority of the act is created by instruments. Music acts may be solo, small group, or larger (e.g. orchestral) acts in any cultural style. All musical genres including classical, folk, and popular styles are welcome. Music must be played live, without backing tracks.

Dance submissions will be pieces based on the movement of the body, in solo or group choreography. Dance acts may be solo, small group, or larger troupe choreographies in any cultural style. Background music tracks may accompany submissions. Live musicians may also accompany submissions, but only choreography will be evaluated. Stage props will be allowed so long as setup and teardown is feasible within two minutes between performances.

Voice submissions will be pieces featuring the performance of song, melody, and/or rhythm, by the voice. Voice acts may be solo, small group, or larger (e.g. choral) submissions in any cultural style and language. Original and pre-existing pieces (“covers”) may be performed. Vocalists may be accompanied by live instrumentalists and/or recorded tracks; however, only the vocalists will be evaluated. 

This category is meant to be as inclusive of different forms of performance-based art as possible. Acts may be solo, small group, or larger submissions in any cultural style and language. This category is meant to encompass any performing art form not covered by the other three categories, including – but not limited to:

 

• gymnastics

• martial arts

• step dance

• shadow dance

• poetry and spoken word performance

• monologues and readings

• acting/rendering of scenes from plays or films

• comedy

• puppetry

• magic

• visual artists creating pieces live onstage

 

Performance time: maximum 4 minutes total length (plus 2 minutes for prop setup/takedown)

Maximum group size: 20 performers

Stage dimension: 30’ (depth) x 40’ (width)  

Each artist or group will be asked to describe how their submission incorporates at least one of the creative prompts: Time, Legacy, Aspiration, and Devotion. There are myriad ways that artists can work these prompts into their submissions.  In addition, submissions to the Talent Showcase will be evaluated on the following technical criteria: