Spotlight

Spotlight

May 3-5

Kansas City, MO

 

PETITE

“Everybody Wants to be a Cat”

  • 1st Overall Future Gems Large Group

 

 

JUNIOR

“Imagine” – Kenzie VonTalge

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Junior Solo

 

“Woes” – Gabby Hardy

  • 3rd Overall Elite Gems Junior Solo

 

“Erased” – Ella Showers

  • 7th Overall Elite Gems Junior Solo

 

“The Party” – Agnes Hadley

  • 8th Overall Elite Gems Junior Solo

 

“Twilight”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Junior Duo/Trio

 

“Ain’t No Way”

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Junior Duo/Trio

 

“Rivers”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Junior Small Group

 

“Walk the Line”

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Junior Small Group

 

“Thrift Shop”

  • 5th Overall Elite Gems Junior Small Group

“Bird Flu”

  • 8th Overall Elite Gems Junior Small Group

 

“Contact”

  • 9th Overall Elite Gems Junior Small Group

 

“Raindrops”

  • 10th Overall Elite Gems Junior Small Group

 

“Scene of the Crime”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Junior Large Group

 

“Memories”

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Junior Large Group

 

 

TEEN

“Home” – Brianna Keingatti

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Teen Solo

 

“Doria” – Kate Echelmeier

  • 3rd Overall Elite Gems Teen Solo

 

“To Leave You” – Allie Whitbey

  • 8th Overall Elite Gems Teen Solo

 

“Fok” – Sophia Corrado

  • 10th Overall Elite Gems Teen Solo

 

“Barpapa”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Teen Duo/Trio

 

“Nothingness”

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Duo/Trio

“Shenandoah”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Teen Small Group

 

“When She Went Away”

  • 3rd Overall Elite Gems Teen Small Group

 

“Wasteland”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Teen Large Group

 

“Leave the Light”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Teen Line

 

 

SENIOR

“Almost Fell” – David Keingatti

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Senior Solo

 

“Hospice” – Anna Kate Sundvold

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Senior Solo

 

“These Boots are Made for Walkin’”

  • 3rd Overall Elite Gems Senior Solo

 

“Beautiful Life” – Katharine Mehle

  • 4th Overall Elite Gems Senior Solo

 

“Monserrat” – Ryan Evans (Monserrat)

  • 5th Overall Elite Gems Senior Solo

 

Connor Whitbey

  • 6th Overall Elite Gems Senior Solo

 

Kayla Ferguson

  • 10th Overall Elite Gems Senior Solo

 

“I Carry Your Heart”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Senior Duo/Trio

 

“Jolene”

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Senior Duo/Trio

 

“Back to Her Man”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Senior Small Group

 

“Bolero”

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Senior Small Group

 

“Boho Dance”

  • 3rd Overall Elite Gems Senior Small Group

 

“Suspects”

  • 4th Overall Elite Gems Senior Small Group

 

“O Sarracino”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Senior Large Group

 

“Opposites Attract”

  • 2nd Overall Elite Gems Senior Large Group

 

“This Old House is All I Have”

  • 1st Overall Elite Gems Senior Line

Elite Dance Cup

Apr 12-14

Kansas City, MO

 

PETITE

“Rise Up”

  • Gold

 

“Tell Me You Love Me”

  • Gold

 

“Dear Future Husband”

  • Gold

 

“Stand By Me”

  • High Gold

 

“Wonderful Life”

  • Gold

 

“Skinny Love”

  • Gold

 

“Fix You”

  • Gold

 

“Everybody Wants to be a Cat”

  • Gold

 

NUVO

April 12-14

Kansas City, MO

 

MINI

“Lady in Spain” – Sydney Glenn

  • 10th Overall Mini Solo

 

JUNIOR

“Imagine” – Kenzie VonTalge

  • 10th Overall Junior Solo

 

“Scene of the Crime”

  • 1st Overall Junior Line
  • Best NU Junior Group
  • Highest Scoring Junior Speicalty

 

 “Home”

  • 1st Overall Junior Extended Line

 

 

TEEN

“Almost Fell” – David Keingatti

  • 1st Overall Teen Solo

 

“Doria” – Kate Echelmeier

  • 7th Overall Teen Solo

 

“Nothingness”

  • 1st Overall Teen Duo/Trio

 

“Shenandoah”

  • 2nd Overall Teen Group

 

“The End”

  • 2nd Overall Teen Line

 

“Wasteland”

  • 3rd Overall Teen Line

 

“When She Went Away”

  • Highest Scoring Teen Lyrical

 

“This Old House is All I Have”

  • 1st Overall Teen Production
  • Best NU Teen Group
  • NUVO Studio Pick
  • Highest Socring Teen Specialty

 

“Viva la Vida”

  • Highest Scoring Teen Tap

 

SENIOR

“Is This Now” – Anna Kate Sundvold

  • 4th Overall Senior Solo

 

“Can’t You See” – Katharine Mehle

  • 8th Overall Senior Solo

 

“Perpetuum Mobile” – Connor Whitbey

  • 10th Overall Senior Solo

 

“I Carry Your Heart”

  • 1st Overall Senior Duo/Trio

 

“Back to Her Man”

  • 2nd Overall Senior Group
  • Best NU Senior Group
  • Highest Scoring Senior Lyrical

 

“Boho Dance”

  • 3rd Overall Senior Group
  • Highest Scoring Senior Specialty

 

“Bolero”

  • Highest Scoring Senior Musical Theater

 

“O Sarracino”

  • 1st Overall Senior Extended Line

 

 

 

Scholarships

Addison Hoffman – Mini Female Breakout Artist Runner-Up

Corinne Pingrey – Mini Female Breakout Artist Runner-Up

Layne Johnson – Mini Male Breakout Artist Winner

Kenzie Von Talge – Junior Female Breakout Artist Runner-Up

Brianna Keingatti – Teen Female Breakout Artist Runner-Up

David Keingatti – Teen Male Breakout Artist Winner

Anna Kate Sundvold – Senior Female Breakout Artist Winner

Katharine Mehle – Senior Female Breakout Artist Runner-Up

Connor Whitbey – Senior Male Breakout Artist Winner

Jude Keingatti – Senior Male Breakout Artist Runner-Up

 

 

StandOut in Musical Theater

Sarah Bietsch

Lilly Broswell

Daphnee Brown

Allie Whitbey

 

StandOut in Tap

Emma Dunlap

Kate Echelmeier

Carly Elliott

Camryn England

Kayla Ferguson

Sydney Glenn

Anna Marcks

Alyssa Sims

Alyvia Swearingen

Aleah Willenberg

 

StandOut in Jazz & Contemporary

Ainsley Beard

Emma Cardetti

Sophia Corrado

Jaden Hickman

 

StandOut in Ballet

Campbell Allen

Mackenzie Matheney

Madison Matheney

Pierce Plues

 

Die Hard Dancer

Ella Showers – chosen by Luis Javier Fuentes

Skye Smith – chosen by Ashly Costa

JUMP

April 5-7

Detroit, MI

 

MINI

“Try Me” – Addison Hoffman

  • 9th Overall Mini Solo

 

“Ain’t No Way”

  • 2nd Overall Mini Duo/Trio

 

“Red”

  • 2nd Overall Mini Group
  • Best of JUMP Mini

 

“Bird Flu”

  • 3rd Overall Mini Group
  • Highest Scoring Mini Specialty

 

“Sagapo”

  • Highest Scoring Mini Contemporary

 

JUNIOR

“Particles” – Alyssa Sims

  • 7th Overall Junior Solo

 

“Imagine” – Kenzie VonTalge

  • 8th Overall Junior Solo

 

“Woes” – Gabby Hardy

  • 8th Overall Junior Solo

 

“Twilight”

  • 3rd Overall Junior Duo/Trio

 

“Rivers”

  • 1st Overall Junior Group
  • Highest Scoring Junior Lyrical

 

“I Walk the Line”

  • 2nd Overall Junior Group
  • Highest Scoring Junior Contemporary

 

“Raindrops”

  • 3rd Overall Junior Group
  • Highest Scoring Junior Musical Theatre

 

“Scene of the Crime”

  • 1st Overall Junior Line
  • Best of JUMP Junior
  • Highest Scoring Junior Specialty

 

“Memories”

  • 3rd Overall Junior Line

 

 “Home”

  • 1st Overall Junior Extended Line

 

“Thrift Shop”

  • Highest Scoring Junior Tap

 

 

TEEN

“Almost Fell” – David Keingatti

  • 2nd Overall Teen Solo

 

“Sara” – Brianna Keingatti

  • 6th Overall Teen Solo

 

“Doria” – Kate Echelmeier

  • 8th Overall Teen Solo

 

“Stay There” – Ryan Evans

  • 8th Overall Teen Solo

 

“Barpapa”

  • 1st Overall Teen Duo/Trio

 

“Nothingness”

  • 2nd Overall Teen Duo/Trio

 

“Jolene”

  • 3rd Overall Teen Duo/Trio

 

“Shenandoah”

  • 1st Overall Teen Group

 

“Boho Dance”

  • 2nd Overall Teen Group

 

“When She Went Away”

  • 3rd Overall Teen Group
  • Highest Scoring Teen Lyrical

 

“The End”

  • 1st Overall Teen Line
  • Best in Studio

 

“Wasteland”

  • 2nd Overall Teen Line
  • Highest Scoring Teen Contemporary

 

“Birthplace”

  • 3rd Overall Teen Line

 

“Leave the Light”

  • 2nd Overall Teen Extended Line

 

“This Old House is All I Have”

  • 1st Overall Teen Production
  • Best of JUMP Teen
  • Highest Scoring Teen Specialty

 

“Opposites Attract”

  • Highest Scoring Teen Tap

 

 

SENIOR

“Perpetuum Mobile” – Connor Whitbey

  • 9th Overall Senior Solo

 

“Ballad of a Thin Man”

  • 1st Overall Senior Group
  • Best of JUMP Senior
  • Highest Scoring Senior Contemporary

 

“Back to Her Man”

  • 2nd Overall Senior Group
  • Highest Scoring Senior Lyrical

 

“Bolero”

  • 3rd Overall Senior Group
  • Highest Scoring Senior Musical Theatre

 

“O Sarracino”

  • 1st Overall Senior Line
  • Highest Scoring Senior Specialty

 

 

JUMP VIP Scholarships

Avery Allen – Mini Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Lilly Broswell – Mini Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Addison Hoffman – Mini Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Corinne Pingrey – Mini Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Emma Cardetti – Junior Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Gabby Hardy – Junior Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Kate Echelmeier – Teen Female JUMP VIP WINNER

Ainsley Beard Teen Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Sophia Corrado – Teen Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Emma Dunlap – Teen Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Jaden Hickman – Teen Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Meredith Inman – Teen Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Daphnee Brown – Senior Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Alyvia Swearingen- Senior Female JUMP VIP Runner-Up

Connor Whitbey – Senior Male JUMP VIP Runner-Up

 

Rock Star Dancer

Layne Johnson – awarded by Colby Shinn

 

Tap Class Scholarship Winners

Kayla Ferguson

Muzik Fox

Raegan Johnson

Anna Marcks

Sheridan Nagel

McKenna Parker

Pierce Plues

Piper Plues

Allie Whitbey

 

Jazz, Contemporary & Lyrical Scholarship Winners

Campbell Allen

Whitney Blackburn

Ella Cleppe

Sarah Jane Colbert

Libby Duncan

Carly Elliott

Madalyn Faber

Agnes Hadley

Elly Hall

Layne Johnson

Jude Keingatti

Isabel Lage

Emma-Kate Loehr

Mira Sachdev

Cora Shively

Ella Showers

Kayla VonTalge

Lily Wagner

Aleah Willenberg

 

Ballet Scholarship Winner

Alyssa Sims

DANCEMAKERS

Feb 22-24

Branson, MO

 

MINI

“Try Me” – Addison Hoffman

  • 2nd Place Overall

 

“Red”

  • 1st Place Overall Mini Small Group

 

JUNIOR

“Imagine” – Kenzie VonTalge

  • 3rd Place Overall

 

“Particles” – Alyssa Sims

  • 5th Place Overall

 

“Erased” – Ella Showers

  • 6th Place Overall

 

“Twilight”

  • 2nd Place Overall Junior Duo/Trio

 

“Walk the Line”

  • 1st Place Overall Junior Small Group

 

“Raindrops”

  • 2nd Place Overall Junior Small Group

 

“Scene of the Crime”

  • 2nd Place Overall Junior Line

 

“Home”

  • 2nd Place Overall Junior Production

 

“Rivers”

  • Highest Scoring Junior Number of the Weekend

 

 

STUDIO AWARD: Standout Studio of the Weekend

RADIX

Jan 25-27

Kansas City, MO

 

MINI

“Bird Flu”

  • 1st Place Overall Mini Group
  • Best of Radix
  • High Scoring Mini Specialty

 

“Sagapo”

  • High Scoring Mini Contemporary

 

“Standing There”

  • High Scoring Mini Tap

 

JUNIOR

“Imagine” – Kenzie VonTalge

  • 3rd Place Overall Junior Solo

 

“Twilight”

  • 3rd Place Overall Junior Duo/Trio

 

“Rivers”

  • 1st Place Overall Junior Group
  • Best of Radix
  • High Scoring Junior Lyrical

 

“Raindrops”

  • High Scoring Junior Musical Theatre

 

“Chopsticks”

  • High Scoring Junior Tap

 

“Thrift Shop”

  • High Scoring Junior Tap

 

“Memories”

  • 2nd Place Overall Junior Line

 

“Scene of the Crime”

  • 3rd Place Overall Junior Line

 

“Home”

  • 1st Place Overall Junior Ext Line

 

TEEN

“Sara” – Brianna Keingatti

  • 7th Place Overall Teen Solo

 

“The End”

  • 1st Place Overall Teen Line
  • Studio Standout Award
  • Best of Radix
  • High Scoring Teen Specialty

 

“Birthplace”

  • 2nd Place Overall Teen Line
  • High Scoring Teen Lyrical

 

“Opposites Attract”

  • 3rd Place Overall Teen Line
  • High Scoring Teen Tap

 

“Wasteland”

  • 3rd Place Overall Teen Line

 

“O Sarracino”

  • 1st Place Overall Teen Ext Line

 

“Leave the Light”

  • 3rd Place Overall Teen Ext Line

 

“This Old House is All I Have”

  • 1st Place Overall Teen Production

 

SENIOR

“Perpetuum Mobile” – Connor Whitbey

  • 6th Place Overall Senior Solo

 

“Is This Now” – Anna Kate Sundvold

  • 8th Place Overall Senior Solo

 

“I Carry Your Heart”

  • 1st Place Overall Senior Duo/Trio

 

“Boho Dance”

  • 1st Place Overall Senior Group
  • High Scoring Senior Specialty

 

“Back to Her Man”

  • 2nd Place Overall Senior Group
  • High Scoring Senior Lyrical

 

“Suspects”

  • 3rd Place Overall Senior Group

 

“Ballad of a Thin Man”

  • 1st Place Overall Senior Line
  • Best of Radix
  • High Scoring Senior Contemporary

 

 

Core Performer Scholarships

Kenzie VonTalge – Mini Female Core Performer Runner-Up

Kate Echelmeier – Teen Female Core Performer Winner

Brianna Keingatti – Teen Female Core Performer Winner

Meredith Inman – Teen Female Core Performer Runner-Up

Ryan Evans – Teen Male Core Performer Runner-Up

Katharine Mehle – Senior Female Core Performer Winner

Anna Kate Sundvold – Senior Female Core Performer Winner

Connor Whitbey – Senior Male Core Performer Runner-Up

 

Choice Artists Scholarships

Campbell Allen – chosen by Chaz Buzan

David Keingatti – chosen by Billy Bell

 

Class Scholarship Winners

Lilly Broswell – Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Sydney Glenn – Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Jude Keingatti – Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Belle Magsamen – Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Anna Marcks – Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Eleanor Samuels– Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Alyvia Swearingen – Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Allie Whitbey – Cutting Edge in Jazz & Contemporary

Campbell Allen – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Delaney Batterson – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Sarah Bietsch – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Emma Cardetti – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Sophia Chase – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Gabby Hardy – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Addison Hoffman – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Layne Johnson – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Corinne Pingrey – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Pierce Plues – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Ella Showers – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Alyssa Sims – Cutting Edge in Ballet

Mira Sachdev – Cutting Edge in Hip-Hop

 

 

 

 

ADRENALINE

Jan 18-20

St Louis, MO

 

MINI

“Ain’t No Way”

  • 5th Overall Mini Duo/Trio

 

 

JUNIOR

“Twilight”

  • 4th Overall Junior Duo/Trio

 

“Raindrops”

  • 2nd Overall Junior Group
  • Highest Scoring Junior Musical Theater

 

“Scene of the Crime”

  • 1st Overall Junior Large Group

 

“Home”

  • 1st Overall Junior Production

 

TEEN

“Almost Fell” – David Keingatti

  • 2nd Overall Teen Solo

 

“Jolene”

  • 4th Overall Teen Duo/Trio

 

 “Nothingness”

  • 2nd Overall Teen Duo/Trio

 

 “Barpapa”

  • 1st Overall Teen Duo/Trio

 

“Shenandoah”

  • 4th Overall Teen Group

 

“Birthplace”

  • 5th Overall Teen Large Group –

 

 “Wasteland”

  • 3rd Overall Teen Large Group

 

 “The End”

  • 1st Overall Teen Large Group
  • Overall Highest Score of the Weekend

 

“O Sarracino”

  • 1st Overall Teen Line

 

“This Old House is All I Have”

  • 1st Overall Teen Production

 

 

SENIOR

 “Hospice” – Anna Kate Sundvold

  • 2nd Overall Senior Solo

 

 “I Carry Your Heart”

  • 2nd Overall Senior Duo/Trio –

 

“Boho Dance”

  • 3rd Overall Senior Group

 

 “Back to Her Man”

  • 1st Overall Senior Group
  • Highest Scoring Senior Lyrical

 

“Ballad of a Thin Man”

  • 1st Overall Senior Large Group

 

 

STUDIO SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

 

REGIONAL CITY CREW RECIPIENTS

Daphnee Brown

Ryan Evans

Gabby Hardy

Addison Hoffman

David Keingatti

Brianna Keingatti

Corinne Pingrey

Kenzie VonTalge

 

HONORED DANCERS

Corrine Pingrey

Anna Kate Sundvold

Kenzie VonTalge

Addison Hoffman

 

JUMP

Dec 7-9

St. Louis, MO

 

MINI

Corinne Pingrey

  • Mini Female VIP Runner-Up

 

JUNIOR

Kenzie Von Talge

  • Junior Female VIP Winner

 

TEEN

“Ain’t No Sunshine” – David Keingatti

  • 1st Place Overall
  • Teen Male VIP Winner

 

“Monserrat” – Ryan Evans

  • 3rd Place Overall
  • Teen Male VIP Winner

 

“Home” – Brianna Keingatti

  • 9th Place Overall
  • Teen Female VIP Winner

 

Ainsley Beard

  • Teen Female VIP Runner-Up

 

SENIOR 

Connor Whitbey

  • Senior Male VIP Runner-Up

 

 

Class Scholarship Winners

Alyvia Swearingen, Tap

Addison Hoffman, Lyrical/Jazz/Contemporary

Ella Showers, Lyrical/Jazz/Contemporary

Lily Broswell, Ballet

Madalyn Faber, Ballet

 

 

Rock Star Dancer

Cora Shively, chosen by Nick Lazzarini

 

NYCDA

Oct 26-28

Kansas City, MO

 

MINI

“Try Me” – Addison Hoffman

  • 6th Place Overall

 

“Don’t Forget” – Corinne Pingrey

·        10th Place Overall

 

 

JUNIOR

“Particles” – Alyssa Sims

·        8th Place Overall

 

 

TEEN

“Ain’t No Sunshine” – David Keingatti

·        5th Place Overall

 

“Monserrat” – Ryan Evans

·        9th Place Overall

·        Teen Male Outstanding Dancer Runner-Up

 

“Home” – Brianna Keingatti

·        13th Place Overall

·        Teen Female Outstanding Dancer Runner-Up

 

 

SENIOR

“Hospice” – Anna Kate Sundvold

·        5th Place Overall

·        Senior Female Outstanding Dancer Runner-Up

 

Connor Whitbey

·        Senior Male Outstanding Dancer Winner

 

 

Class Scholarship Winners

Allie Whitbey, Tap

Kenzie VonTalge, Tap

Brianna Keingatti, Tap

David Keingatti, Tap

Connor Whitbey, Hip Hop

Kate Echelmeier, Triple Threat