PACANZ

NYPA nominations

NPACS competitions are generally held in late August and September which is close to the Young Performer Awards finals held in October each year.

To ease administration for the PACANZ organisers, we hold our nomination classes for the Young Performer Awards finals that will be held in the following year.

2025 competitions

At our 2025 competitions, we will be offering nomination classes for 2026 National Young Performer Awards finals in the following genres:

• Ballet

• Tap Dance

• Troupe Dance - Nomination class for all dance genres will be held during the Modern Jazz & Tap Dance competitions on 5 - 7 September 2025.
  There will not be a nomination class for Troupes during the Ballet competitions 13 & 14 September 2025.

• Vocal

The criteria for each art form will be available in May 2025.

2025 NYPA Finals 

Go to the PACANZ website for information about the National Competitions held 24 to 26 October 2025, in Palmerston North.

> www.pacanz.co.nz