Universal Ballet Competition

Skokie, IL

General

Reviewer:

Parent

Dancer Age:

Competition experience:

2-5

Event Details

Round:

Regional

Season:

2025-26

Location:

Skokie, IL

Traveled to compete:

Regionals attended:

Who encouraged multiple regionals:

Entry affiliation:

School

Rules Easy to Access?

Yes

Did Dancer Miss School?

Yes

Days of school missed:

Attended master classes:

Yes

Master Classes

Master Class Types:

Technique, Contemporary

Distance from venue:

At the same venue

Received corrections:

Teacher engagement:

Teachers walked around with energy. Over all was a very good experience.

Crowding:


Really Crowded	Plenty of Room to Move

Master Class Feedback

Technique:

Contemporary:

Additional master class comments:

Over all was good.

Performance Details

Venue name:

North shore center for Performing arts in Skokie

Venue description:

The theater is nice but It was not a good venue for both dancers and audience.

Stage description:

IDK

Off-stage warm-up space:

Dressing rooms:

IDK

Parents in dressing rooms:

Yes

Male dressing room:

Unsure

Parents backstage:

Yes

Onstage warm-up:

My dancers were younger so they let me went to the dressing room to help.

Schedule adherence:

Tended to run ahead

Staff communication:

The competitions staff are very helpful and tried to do as much as they can. However some theater staffs were not being respectful and box office asked me to buy the ticket for my early 4 years old kid which I wasn’t asked the same in the other UBC in Harris theater.

Parent seminar offered:

Judging

Judging rubric clarity:

Yes

Judges' attentiveness:

Yes, all judges were actively watching

Feedback turnaround:

A few days after the competition

Type of Feedback:

Audio file that contains feedback

Feedback helpfulness:


Not Helpful At All	Extremely Helpful

Main takeaway:

The feedback are really positive and helpful.

Scoring felt fair:

Yes

Awards & Scholarships

Awards ceremony:

Very encouraging and positive.

Won an award or training offer:

Yes

Festival offer:

Gala offer:

Invited to finals:

Yes

Award or Training Offer Description:

One dancer received 1st for both classical and contemporary and the other dancer received top 5 for both

Final Comments

Best aspect:

Very positive and encouraging competition.

Worst aspect:

None

Competition culture:

Very encouraging competition

Attendee culture:

Good

Suggested changes:

dancers’ birth certificates should be verified to ensure that everyone is competing in the correct age category, as some dancers may misrepresent their ages to gain a competitive advantage.

Cost vs. expectation:


Significantly More	Significantly Less

Time worth it:


Not Worth It	Worth Every Minute

Overall rating:

Anything else?

Highly recommend.