Categories:

• A: Grades 1, 2 and 3
• B: Grades 4 and 5
• C: Grades 6, 7 and 8
• D: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

Prizes:

- Two winners from each category will be awarded trophies.

- All winners and participants will get eCertificates.

Type of Entry: Solo Performance

Theme: The Last Human Skill

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world around us. Today, machines can create images, compose music, generate stories, and perform tasks that once seemed uniquely human.

As technology continues to advance, an important question emerges: What remains uniquely human? Is it creativity? Is it empathy? Is it imagination? Is it curiosity? Is it the ability to dream, feel, connect, and create meaning? Or beyond…

This theme invites you to explore what you believe may be the last human skill that cannot be replaced by machines.

The participants are required to choreograph and create a solo dance performance on the theme 'The Last Human Skill' that expresses their interpretation of what makes us uniquely human. Use movement, rhythm, expression, and storytelling to communicate emotions, ideas, experiences, and qualities that define humanity in an increasingly technology-driven world.

Registration Fees:

- For students in India: 150 INR

- For students in UAE: 15 AED

- For students in any other country: 10 USD

Instructions:

• 1. Each participant is allowed to submit ONLY one entry for Nritya.
• 2. Participants can use one genre or a combination of genres appropriate to address the theme. No special points given based on the number of genres used as the objective should be to address the theme effectively.
• 3. Participants will be required to send a maximum 4 minutes duration dance video on the selected theme to the song of their choice.
• 4. Video must be shot in horizontal orientation.
• 5. Participants must keep the use of props and costumes at the minimum range.
• 6. Participants must follow the given theme and must send only a self-choreographed performance.

Submission Guidelines:

• 1. The video of the performance should be clear and well-lit.
• 2. Submissions to the competition to be uploaded on the submission link, that will be received on your registered mail ID, as a video in an MP4 format, maximum size 100 MB.
• 3. Participants are responsible for including their music with their video submission.
• 4. When submitting please label your video file with your name, category for clear identification, for example: Nameofthestudent_CategoryName_Nritya.mp4

Criteria for Judgement:

The performance will be judged based on the following criteria:

Performance - Overall performance and effectiveness in communicating the theme 'The Last Human Skill'. Does the performance present a meaningful, engaging, and unique interpretation of the theme?

Technique - The clarity of dance technique used and optimum usage of space.

Originality - The performance's originality, creativity, and unique perspective on what may remain uniquely human in a technology-driven future.

Musicality - Connection of the music to the dance theme. Overall rhythm/timing in the movement and how effectively the music supports the interpretation of the theme.

Showmanship - Appeal, emotional impact, and thought-provoking qualities created by the performance as a work of art.

- Last Date of Submission-15th November, 2026

- Result Announcement-15th December, 2026