Vibe International Vienna

General

Reviewer:

Parent with Dancer Input

Dancer Age:

Pre-selection process:

Yes

Pre-selection details:

The preselection and the 2nd final round take place live both the same weekend. For example if on friday the dancers are qualified for the finals, they get to dance again on the sunday

Competition experience:

6-10

Event Details

Round:

Final

Season:

2025-26

Location:

Vienna

Entry affiliation:

School

Rules Easy to Access?

Yes

Did Dancer Miss School?

Attended master classes:

Master Classes

Why no master class:

Because from the previous year, when we also attended, we could observe that in the master classes, dancers are jammed together, levels were way too mixed up and classes were too full and we did not think it would bring any learning value

Performance Details

Venue name:

Theater Akzent Wien

Venue description:

A proper theatre

Stage description:

Was not raked. They had proper flooring. They had enough backstage changing rooms for the dancers, but not enough space for parents and visitors to hang around all day for multiple days

Off-stage warm-up space:

It was proper

Dressing rooms:

I don't know

Parents in dressing rooms:

Male dressing room:

Unsure

Parents backstage:

Yes

Onstage warm-up:

She had a good experience backstage. They could also get to designed spaces in the audience room to watch other dancers

Schedule adherence:

Tended to run behind

Other schedule comments:

My biggest critique is, they wanted to jam to many dances and too many categories in just couple days, so we were several hours late with the schedule. The days of the finals we left the theatre after midnight. We are talking of young children. Organisation was very very poor. I am a dance mum but also a dance teacher. This happens when making money becomes more important then giving the dancers a good experience. We had to pay for every entrance in the audience room, we had to pay and were obliged to leave our jackets and personal bags at the entrance, we could not even take a small personal bag inside the audience room. There was no space to hang out, only a restaurant, so you had to consume to stay there. It is just a money making machine. Some categories were just a joke, in the neoclassical solo category there was a modern dance ( that won), a classical tutu varuation, some other lyrical dances, and just no sense at all. Not professional at all

Staff communication:

Poor

Parent seminar offered:

Judging

Judging rubric clarity:

Judges' attentiveness:

Yes, all judges were actively watching

Feedback turnaround:

At the end of the competition

Type of Feedback:

Numerical scores

Feedback helpfulness:


Not Helpful At All	Extremely Helpful

Main takeaway:

We didn't. Our girls did go to final and placed but no comments were made

Scoring felt fair:

Unsure

Why Scoring Unfair?

No idea scoring was not open

Awards & Scholarships

Awards ceremony:

A nightmare, parents were not allowed. Only the children were allowed, as young as 5 years old that risked to be squashed in the crowd, as only very few watchers were allowed in the sitting room, whereas all the incredible amounts of parents hat to wait outside squashed toghether till midnight

Won an award or training offer:

Yes

Festival offer:

Gala offer:

Award or Training Offer Description:

Just a certificate

Final Comments

Best aspect:

Some of the dancers were extremely good

Worst aspect:

Bad organisation, greed

Competition culture:

They claim they are inclusive, and yes there is one or two schools that participate with students of different abilities. But that is a very minor section of the competition and it is not what it is about. Just used as a marketing strategy

Attendee culture:

Normal I did not notice anything different then other competitions

Suggested changes:

They need to rent the theatre for longer, or put a stop to the number of participants.

Cost vs. expectation:


Significantly More	Significantly Less

Time worth it:


Not Worth It	Worth Every Minute

Overall rating:

Anything else?

My kid had fun and they also won something. For the kids it was tiring but fun. But for parents it is a nightmere. As a dance teacher i do not understand why the jury , when they saw some dancers were in the wrong category, they did not move them to the right category for the next round. Higlhy unprofessional.