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Starquest and Dancexplosion

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:24:26 -0400

Though the 2010 Dance Company Regional Season has sadly drawn to a close, we are extremely proud of our dancers and what they have accomplished. We can’t wait to see them perform again at Nationals this July. Keep up the hard work dancers! Congratulations the dancers and choreographers of “Big bird in a small cage” for winning the FDC Award for the second year in a row at Starquest. Check back soon for information on voting.

Starquest High Score Results:

Petite Level:
3rd overall Petite small group - “Dance to the music”
1st overall Petite Duet/Trio - “Material Girls”

Junior Level:
2nd overall Junior soloist - Christina Nicolo “Hound Dog”
3rd overall Junior soloist - Julia Davidson “Extraordinary Machine”
6th overall Junior soloist - Alexa Beichert “Riot Gear”
8th overall Junior soloist - Vanessa Escobedo “I wish I was a punk rocker”
2nd overall Junior line - “Don’t pass me by”
3rd overall Junior Duet/Trio - “Outta my head”

Teen Level:
3rd overall Teen Soloist - Giana D’Avanzo “Gravity”
4th overall Teen Line - “Calling all Angels”
5th overall Teen Line - “Fly on the wall”
3rd overall Teen small group - “Slow me Down”
2nd overall Teen Large group - “Big bird in a small cage”

Senior Level:
2nd overall Senior Line - “Sweet Dreams”
3rd overall Senior Line - “Falling Slowly”
4th overall Senior Large Group - “Black Butterfly”
1st overall Senior small group - “Lifeline”

FDC Award - “Big bird in a small cage” (choreographed by Jen Laut and Anjuli Bova)

Choreography Nominations:
Black Butterfly - choreographed by Jacqui Freund and Alina Bova
Dance to the Music - choreographed by Alina Bova
Sweet Dreams - choreographed by Anjuli Bova, Alina Bova, Kendra Seaward
Lifeline - choreographed by Jacqui Freund
Fly on the wall - choreographed by Jodie Points and Anjuli Bova
Big Bird in a small cage - choreographed by Jen Laut and Anjuli Bova

Outstanding Costume - “Two Birds”

Dancexplosion High Score Results:

Petite Level:
3rd overall Petite Solo - “I wish I was a punk rocker”
5th overall Petite Duet/Trio - “We got the party”
3rd overall Petite Duet/Trio - “Walk the dinosaur”
1st overall Petite Duet/trio - “Material Girls”

Junior Level:
10th overall Junior duet/trio - “I tried to do handstands”
8th overall Junior solo - “Extraordinary Machine” - Julia Davidson
6th overall small group - “Labels or love”
5th overall small group - “Cowboy take me away”
4th overall small group - “Favorite Things”
2nd overall small group - “My Boyfriends back”

Teen Level:
5th overall Teen Small Group - “Lifeline”
8th overall Teen large group/line - “Big bird in a small cage”
2nd overall Teen large group/line - “Falling Slowly”
10th overall Teen duet/trio - “Breakin Dishes” - Amanda, Ashley, Meghan

Senior Level:
8th overall Senior duet/trio - “More Time” - Ariana, Jourdan and Jen
7th overall Senior duet/trio - “Where I stood” - Jen and Lauren
3rd overall Senior duet/trio - “Locomotion” - Nina and Ashley
9th overall Senior Solo - “This years love” - Lindsey Monaco
6th overall Senior Solo - “Ooh La La” - Jennifer Mormon
1st overall Senior Solo - “In your eyes” - Jourdan Giambona
10th overall Senior small group - “The Promise”
9th overall Senior Small group - “Slide”
3rd overall senior small group - “Details in the fabric”
6th overall Senior large group/line - “Black Butterfly”
5th overall Senior large group/line - “Graceful Imperfection”
3rd overall Senior large group/line - “Move”

Novice Division:

7th overall small group - “Ordinary Miracle”
6th overall small group - “Under the Sea”
5th overall small group - “Cooties”
4th overall small group - “Dance to the music”
2nd overall small group - “Hey Baby”
6th overall large group - “Breathe, Stretch, Shake”
5th overall large group - “Kids in America”
4th overall large group - “Over the rainbow”
3rd overall large group - “Boogie Woogie”

Excellence in Jazz - The Dream Center Dance Academy

12 and up Choreography of the year - “Cowboy take me away” - Anjuli Bova

2nd runner-up X-calibur award - “Falling Slowly”

Recital News

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:47:32 -0400

It’s almost that time!!! We are very excited about our upcoming recital, “The American Dream”, June 12th and 13th at SUNY Old Westbury. Over the next week, all parents will be receiving our recital mailing. This packet includes information about show times, ticket sales, dress rehearsal times, booster information and more. Please read over all of the information carefully, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Don’t forget: Picture day is Monday, April 19th for company dancers, Tuesday, April 20th for all main division dancers. Make sure that your dancer has all required tights and shoes prior to coming in that day. We are looking forward to a wonderful show!!!

We are also excited to announce that our 2010 Recital Tee-shirts are in!! All dancers names have been listed on the back - grab yours today!!!

Kids Artistic Revue 2010

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:33:09 -0500

What an amazing first competition!!! Congratulations to the Dream Team for winning Top Primary and Top Elite Studio at the KAR Long Island Regional this past weekend. We had such a wonderful weekend - we could not be more proud of the dancers and their accomplishments.

High Score Awards:

PRIMARY LEVEL:

7th overall solo 9-11 Allie Ferrugia “More”
3rd overall solo 9-11 Vanessa Escobedo “I wish I was a punk rocker”
1st overall solo 9-11 Christina Nicolo “Hound Dog”
4th overall duet/trio 8 & under Ava and Kaitlyn “Walk the Dinosaur”
2nd overall duet/trio 8 & under Colleen, Jessica, Briana “We got the party”
1st overall duet/trio 8 & under Jessica, Lauryn, Nina “Material Girls”
6th overall small group 8 & under “Cooties”
5th overall small group 8 & under “Hey Baby”
2nd overall small group 8 & under “Dance to the music”
1st overall small group 8 & under “Ordinary Miracle”
5th overall small group 9-11 “Get Silly”
2nd overall small group 9-11 “Can’t stop the beat”
8th overall large group 9-11 “Boogie Woogie”
7th overall large group 9-11 “Breathe, Stretch, Shake”
5th overall large group 9-11 “Over the Rainbow”
1st overall Line 9-11 “Don’t pass me by”

SECONDARY LEVEL:

4th overall solo 9-11 Julia Davidson “Extraordinary Machine”
1st overall solo 9-11 Alexa Beichert “Riot Gear”
8th overall duet/trio 9-11 McKayla, Amanda, Olivia “Stuck in the middle with you”
6th overall duet/trio 9-11 Rachel, Julia, Allie “Outta my head”
5th overall duet/trio 9-11 Jessica and Alex “Supermodel”
7th overall small group 9-11 “Mamba”
6th overall small group 9-11 “Favorite Things”
4th overall small group 9-11 “Cowboy take me away”
1st overall small group 9-11 “My Boyfriends Back”
2nd overall large group 9-11 “Mad Tea Party”
3rd overall small group 12-14 “Bird’s Eye View”
Miss Junior Kids Artistic Revue JULIA DAVIDSON

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL:

6th overall solo 12-14 Jessica Giovino “Swing with me”
9th overall small group 12-14 “You’ll find a way”
4th overall small group 12-14 “Slow me down”
1st overall line 12-14 “Calling all angels”
8th overall duet/trio 12-14 Brittany, Sam, Rachel “Chicago Illinois”

ELITE LEVEL:

1st overall line 15-19 “Falling Slowly”
2nd overall large group 15-19 “Graceful Imperfection”
1st overall large group 15-19 “Black Butterfly”
4th overall small group 15-19 “Details in the Fabric”
2nd overall small group 15-19 “The Promise”
1st overall small group 12-14 “Mama”
1st overall large group 12-14 “Big Bird in a small cage”
2nd overall solo 12-14 Giana D’Avanzo “Gravity”
10th overall solo 15-19 Jourdan Giambona “In your eyes”
9th overall solo 15-19 Nina Ragno “Always Midnight”
6th overall solo 15-19 Lindsey Monaco “This years love”
2nd overall solo 15-19 Nicole Goedel “Make you feel my life”
5th overall duet/trio 15-19 Ariana and Angelina “Time of your life”
1st overall duet/trio 15-19 Lindsey, Ariana, Giana “Lifeline”

2nd overall Superline “Sweet Dreams”

Dancexplosion

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:25:07 -0400

What a great way to end an absolutely fantastic competition season! Congratulations to “To build a home” for winning the X-Caliber award (the highest scoring teen/senior dance for the entire weekend)!! We would also like to congratulate the following dances for being selected for the “Blast Off” - “Burnin Love” , “Dare you to move”, and “To Build a Home”. We are very proud of our dancers and choreographers for this accomplishment! The Dream Center also won both of the choreography awards for “Clocks” and “To build a home”. And to our graduating seniors, thank you for sharing your talents with us over the last five years. The Dream Center has been forever touched by your presence, and we wish you nothing but the best in the future!

Overall High Scores:

Petite Solos:
3rd place overall “Tutti Frutti” Vanessa Escobedo - Extreme Team Member

Teen Solos:
6th place overall “Tiny Dancer” Giana D’Avanzo - Extreme Team Member

Senior Solos:
1st place overall “Gardenia” Kelsey Ludwig - Extreme Team Member
2nd place overall “A little more of you” Nicole Goedel - Extreme Team Member
6th place overall “Wonderful World” Maribeth Cacchioli - Extreme Team Member
8th place overall “Apologies” Nina Ragno - Extreme Team Member
9th place overall “Free Fallin” Gabrielle Duggan - Extreme Team Member
10th place overall “Hallelujah” Lauren Scotti - Extreme Team Member

Petite Duet/Trios:
1st place overall “Rock Star” - Allie, Christina and Jessica

Junior Duet/Trios:
3rd place overall “Let my love open the door” - Taylor and Carly
4th place overall “Think” - Alexa and Alex
5th place overall “The way I am” - Allison and Julia
6th place overall “The Special Two” - Gianna and Jaime
10th place overall “Seven Nation Army” - Taylor, Ariana and Jaclyn

Teen Duet/Trios:
2nd place overall “Somewhere only we know” Kelsey and Lindsey
6th place overall “Divas” Amanda, Meghan and Ashley

Senior Duet/Trios:
1st place overall “Mercy” - Nina and Lauren
2nd place overall “15 Step” - Kelsey and Maribeth
5th place overall “The world spins madly on” - Crista and Cayla
7th place overall “Roll to me” - Jenna and Gabby
10th place overall “Sea Lion Woman” - Jourdan and Alyssa

Petite Small Groups:
1st place overall “Burnin Love”
4th place overall “Dancin in the streets”
5th place overall “Girls just wanna have fun”
6th place overall “Hot Note”
7th place overall “Us little kids”

Junior Small Groups:
3rd place overall “Clocks” - 3rd runner up for the Petite/Junior X-Calibur Award
8th place overall “The moment I said it”

Teen Small Groups:
1st place overall “Dare you to move” - Runner-up for Teen/Senior X-Calibur Award
3rd place overall “Rhythm is a dancer”
5th place overall “I wanna dance with somebody”
7th place overall “Bounce with me”

Senior Small Groups:
1st place overall “Sincerely, Us”
2nd place overall “Love Show”
3rd place overall “The Road”
4th place overall “Relief”
6th place overall “Let me think about it”
9th place overall “Raining in Baltimore”

Junior Large Group / Lines:
2nd place overall “Bohemian”

Senior Large Groups / Lines:
1st place overall “To Build a home” - Winner of the Teen/Senior X-Calibur Award
2nd place overall “Black Parade”
5th place overall “My Same”

Novice Division:
2nd place overall Petite Duet/Trio “Beyond the Sea” - Carissa, Briana and Colleen
5th place overall Petite Duet/Trio “When she loved me” - Olivia, Nina and Alexa
2nd place overall Petite Small Group “Witch Doctor”
6th place overall Petite Small Group “Imagine”
9th place overall Petite Small Group “Itsy Bitsy Spider”

Starquest

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:52:15 -0400

WOW! What a great weekend! We are once again extremely proud of our dancers - thank you for your hard work and dedication! Congratulations to the dancers and choreographers of “To Build a Home” for winning the Federation of Dance Competitions (FDC) 2008 Judges Choice Award! Check back soon as we will have a link to the FDC website so that you can view this award winning routine. Beginning in late May all supporters of the Dream Center will have the opportunity to vote for “To Build Home” on the FDC website - we will keep you posted! We would also like to congratulate all of the Dream Center choreographers for winning TEN choreography nominations. We are very proud of your accomplishments!

HIGH SCORES

5th overall Junior small group “Dancing with myself”
4th overall Junior small group “Dancing in the streets”
3rd overall Junior small group “August Rush”
2nd overall Junior small group “Clocks”
5th overall Senior small group “Relief”
2nd overall Senior small group “Love Show”
1st overall Senior Line “To build a home”
5th overall Teen Line “Bohemian”
1st overall Teen small group “Dare you to move”
5th overall Teen duet/trio “Divas” Amanda, Meghan and Ashley
5th overall Junior duet/trio “Let my love open the door” Carly and Taylor
4th overall Junior duet/trio “Seven Nation Army” Taylor, Ariana and Jaclyn
7th overall Teen solo “Sway” Lauren Tamburrino
3rd overall Teen solo “Tiny Dancer” Giana D’Avanzo
10th overall Senior solo “A little more of you” Nicole Goedel
9th overall Senior solo “Gardenia” Kelsey Ludwig

SPECIAL AWARDS

FDC JUDGES CHOICE AWARD “TO BUILD A HOME”
“Pretty as a picture” Amanda Cecala
“Fabulous Finished Feet” Nicole Goedel
“Awesome Arabesque” Kelsey Ludwig
“Luscious long lines” Nina Ragno
“Passionate Performance” Crista Gallo
“Cute Connection” Somewhere only we know - Lindsey and Kelsey
“Breath of fresh air” Summer Breeze - Angelina and Ariana
“High flyin taps” Beyond the sea - Carissa, Colleen and Briana
“Cute and Sassy” Rockstar - Jessica, Christina and Allie
“Great Visuals” Bohemian
“Super Staging His eye is on the sparrow
“Lovely Legs” I wanna dance with somebody
“Sassy Divas” Oh Snap
“Topsy Turvy” Kianna Escobedo
“Creative Choreography” Ariana Salomon
“Perfectly Adorable” I wanna be loved by you
“Great flippin out” August Rush
“Cutest spiders ever” Itsy Bitsy Spider

Costume Awards

Petite Solo Costume: “Tutty Fruitty”
Awards of Distinction:
That Walk - Ashley Monaco
Marching bands of Manhatten - Lindsey Monaco
Do your thing - Julia Davidson
Flyin’ - Ariana Salomon
The Special Two - Jaime and Gianna
Night of the dancing flame
When she loved me - Nina, Alexa and Olivia

Studio Choreography Nominations:

To build a home - Anjuli Bova and Jacqui Freund
Dancing with myself - Anjuli Bova
I wanna dance with somebody - Anjuli Bova and Jodie Points
Clocks - Anjuli Bova
Dancing in the streets - Jodie Points
The moment I said it - Jacqui Freund
Bohemian - Anjuli Bova and Jean Benincasa
Love Show - Kendra Seaward
Raining in Baltimore - Jen Laut and Anjuli Bova
Dare you to move - Jacqui Freund