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Dance Etc. Elite EDA Nationals Results

 1st Place Youth Prep Pom

1st Place Youth Prep Jazz

1st Place Youth Pom

1st Place Youth Jazz

1st Place Youth Combo

1st Place Youth Lyrical

1st Place Junior Pom

1st Place Junior Jazz

2nd Place Senior Lyrical

2nd Place Senior Jazz

2nd Place Youth Hip Hop

3rd Place Senior Hip Hop

4th Place Junior Hip Hop

4th Place Senior Pom 

50 Dance Etc Dancers were chosen as All Americans and invited to perform at the Pro-Bowl in Hawaii in February 2009. 

Also the Dance Etc. Junior Prep Team received a Paid Bid to Final Destination Dance Worlds for their Pom Performance. 
 
Dance Etc. Elite Teams Take Top Honors at the Jamfest Winter Jam

The Dance Etc. Elite teams competed on Saturday, December 8th at the Jamfest WinterJam Competition at the Lexington Convention Center.  All Four teams came away with top honors.  The Pee Wee Elite Team won first place in the Mini Jazz and Pom categories and also won the choreography award for their Jazz routine.  The Jr. Prep Elite took first place in the Youth Variety division and won 2nd place in the Youth Pom and Jazz divisions.  The Junior Elite team won 1st place in the Junior All Star Jazz division and won 2nd place in the Pom Division.  The Senior Elite won 1st place in the Senior All Star Pom division and 2nd place in the Jazz division.  The Junior and Senior teams received gold bids to the Jamfest Dance Super Nationals to be held in Cincinatti in February and the Pee Wee and Jr. Prep teams received Silver Bids to the National Competition.  The teams are now preparing for the Jamfest Nationals in February as well as the EDA Nationals to be held in Myrtle Beach in late March.

 

Dance Etc. & The Mountain Arts Center Complete 10th Annual Run of

“The  Nutcracker” Ballet

Dance Etc. and The Mountain Arts Center continued their Holiday Tradition this past week  as they presented their 10th annual production of “The Nutcracker”.  Over 250 dancers from Dance Etc. Studio of Dance participated in this year’s Production.  The dancers presented 6 Performances of the Classic Holiday Ballet, including 3 sold out matinee performances for local schools.  The dancers performed for over 5000 spectators throughout the week.

On opening night, Dance Etc. owner and Show director Jody Shepherd along with her assistant director Jennifer Smith commemorated the 10th anniversary by bringing on stage and recognizing the 10 dancers who have played the lead role of “Clara” over the years.  Shepherd said it takes all of the dancers to make a successful show but she thought that by recognizing the young ladies who had played the lead role it was a way to see how the dancers had grown.    Shepherd said that the most amazing part was that out of the 10 dancers, 9 of them still participated in her dance classes and were part of “ The Nutcracker” cast this year. 

Originally “The Nutcracker” was planned as a bi-annual production but the students fell in love with the show.  They look forward to it every year and by the time they are in High School many of them have played most of the roles in the production Shepherd said.

 This year’s show was also marked by some beautiful new costumes courtesy of costume designer, Mrs. Jenny Robinson.  All of the children in the Party Scene had  new costumes  made by  Mrs. Robinson.  Shepherd said the Party Scene costumes were very authentic and rivaled many worn by professional Ballet companies.  Robinson also made many other new costumes and accessories which really added to the production.

Dance Etc and the Mountain Arts Center were very excited to have completed another successful run of the Show.  Now after a short Holiday Break the dancers will begin preparing for their annual Spring Production which they will present at the MAC on June 7th.