NYP Awards - Final Concert

Come and be part of a National Competitions Festival. 130 elite young performing artists aged from 15-25 yrs from all over New Zealand will compete at the National Young Performer Awards hosted by Performing Arts Competitions Assn of NZ (PACANZ), Palmerston North Dance Assn and Manawatu Performing Arts Competitions Society. This year\'s event is for Modern Dance, Highland Dance, Speech & Drama and Instrumental. This exciting weekend starts with preliminary rounds building to the Sunday semi-finals and the spectacular Sunday night Finals Concert featuring 15 of the best competing for $40,000 in prize money and tuition scholarships. Instrumental prelims and semi-finals to be held at The Speirs Centre, Speech & Drama at The Globe Theatre and all other art forms and the Final Concert at the Regent on Broadway. Session, Day, Weekend and Season tickets are all available and allow access to all 3 Venues for the duration of the Ticket. Each performer represents a PACANZ Member Society (50 around NZ) and undergoes a rigorous selection process, performing to the specific required standards of their chosen art form. As with their sporting peers, it is an honour for young performing artists to be selected to participate at a national level. For some, this is the pinnacle of their artistic endeavours; for others, however, the NYPA will be the catalyst that launches their professional career.