Sorry we haven't been posting much lately; its' been very busy at the studio, haven't really had a chance to relax after The Nutcracker, we've been getting our students ready for different competitions.
Some of our students have competed in NUVO, where they both have won break-out artists.
We have competed in Spotlight, where all of our competitors won prizes in their respective cathegories. (for full story, check our facebook, or the Spotlight site).
In the end of February our team of six students competed in the Los Angeles semifinals of the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition. This was a big one, since YAGP is the world's largest international student ballet competition. We were successful there, too, four out of our six dancers got scores of above 93 (out of the possible 100). One of them placed third in Junior Classical cathegory and made it to top 12 in Junior Contemporary, with scores of 96,6 and 95. She will be representing us in New York, where she will compete with some of the best ballet students from all over the world.
This past weekend some of our students auditioned for Celebration of Dance to be held on April 30th and June 4th. They all did a great job.
All four of our students who auditioned for World Ballet Competition made it through the first round (video auditions). We are getting them ready for that competition to be help in Orlando, Fl. during the week of May30-June 4th.
In the meantime we are getting ready for our spring recital, to be held May 27th and 28th at the Paradise Valley Community College.
We are also planning our summer intensive of 5 weeks, June 4th through July 9th.
That's all in a nutshell, more about all of these in the future.
