Competition Programs
Competition dancers train multiple days a week, similar to other competitive athletes, with a focus on highly refined technique, strength, flexibility, cardio, and performance. Depending on age, they compete between 1 to 4 routines at several local competitions each spring, in addition to performing at our year end show. We offer different levels on our competitive teams based on dancer and family suitability, with assessments either done in a group setting in May, during our summer intensive, or arranged privately.
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Why Choose Competitive Dance?
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​Teamwork & Friendships: A competition dance team is like a family, where dancers learn to work with teammates from different backgrounds and skill levels. Our dancers have strong bonds of friendship, support each other on and off stage, and focus on themselves both as individuals and as part of the larger group.
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Increased Skills: The repetition from training multiple days a week helps movement happen at a much faster pace. while the practice and dedication required on a competitive dance team helps to dramatically increase abilities in a shorter time. With multiple ballet, technique, and choreography classes, dancers can develop advanced technique that takes years for less focused dancers to attain.
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Confidence & Self-Esteem: Performance takes confidence and competition teaches valuable life lessons such as resolving differences, being a gracious winner or loser, and skillfully applying feedback even when we don't agree with it.
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Creative Expression & Performance: Expressing yourself is something that many people struggle with. Competition dance allows us to find a safe and creative place to express ourselves in addition to improving stage presence with the excitement of performing for large cheering crowds.
Our 2024/2025 Competition Teams & Requirements**
Petite
Technique Classes
Ballet & Jazz
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Optional Classes
Acro
Mini
Technique Classes
Ballet, Jazz, & Acro
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Optional Classes
Tap & Hip Hop
Junior
Technique Classes
Ballet, Jazz, & Acro
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Optional Classes
Tap & Hip Hop
Intermediate
Technique Classes
Ballet, Jazz
Contemporary
Conditioning, Stretching
Optional Classes
Hip Hop
**Technique only, dances performed at competitions are offered separately
Senior Teams
At Danzmode we respect high school opportunities & academics and do our best to reduce mandatory commitment hours for our senior dancers. Dancers are welcome to audition for any or all three of our senior teams:
Hip Hop
75 minute class
Contemporary
60 minute class
Jazz
2 ballet, 1 jazz technique**
1 conditioning
jazz choreography
**Senior dancers are welcome and encouraged to take additional technique classes.