Does a winner have to spend the prize on dance?
No. The £5,000 Commissions must be spent on creating a work for the competition, but the ten prizes of £1,000 and the £25,000 for the winner are cash for any purpose.

How will you prevent a finalist inviting all their friends to a performance and voting for them?
They would win £1,000, true, but they would have to spend £1,500 on tickets to swing it, so what would be the point? Only ticket holders who watch the entire performance are eligible to vote, so that excludes anyone performing in a finalists piece. The Place Prize staff are also not allowed to vote.

What will happen to those pieces which are not selected for the final?
They will belong to the choreographers who may present them again at The Place and elsewhere, or may develop them into longer works. Some are likely to be shown again under different circumstances at The Place in the spring of 2009. Producers from overseas will visit the competition, and may extend performance invitations as a result.

Is The Place Prize awarded at a ceremony?
The Prize will be awarded at a public ceremony shortly after the last performance at the Robin Howard Dance Theatre on Saturday 27 September 2008.