Your first steps are your most important steps towards a successful dance experience
Your early exposure to caring, capable teachers with national experience and recognition will shape your dance education from the very start. We have some of the most qualified and outstanding teachers in the country, and are confident that your affiliation with this outstanding faculty will benefit all aspects of your life.
DAA would like to thank all of our students and parents for their continued support of our faculty and business.
Congratulations to Company Dance Traverse on your successful New York Nationals! The Company was honored with the prestigious title of "National Class Act Winners" for the Senior Age Division. CDT was selected from 46 of the top studios from throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for this honor. Please visit the Company Dance Traverse link for more results!
Action photos from our Spring Concert can be viewed by clicking here.
DAA UPDATES
Dance Camps for Kids!! Sign Up Today!
II - Monday, July 24th - Thursday, July 27th
Dance Exploration Summer Camps
II - Wednesday, July 26th - Friday, July 28th
Dance Arts Academy Summer Intensive for Dancers begins July 31st - August 17th
with DAA Faculty, and special guests - Sara Randazzo, Master Tap Teacher and Choreographer,
Jaime Kotrba, Dance Theater of Harlem (CDT Alumni), and Michael Phillips, Pascal Rioult Dance
Company, New York City
Congratulations to DAA students & Alumni on the following honors recieved:
Company Dance Traverse "Dancer of the Year" 2005.Leah McCord
Company Dance Traverse "Hall of Fame" Inductee.Elizabeth Reincke
Dance & or Musical Theater Major Scholarships:
Grand Valley State University - Leah McCord
Western Michigan University - Val Lober
California School of the Arts ("Cal Arts") - Nolen Joy Gentry
Wright State University - Daniel Johnson
Hope College - Kate Campbell
Eastern Michigan University - Amy Hansemann
Blue Lake Ballet Scholarship - Ariana Hendrix
"Lifetime Achievement Award"
from the Michigan Dance Council - Marjorie Randazzo
Additional DAA Dancer's Achievements:
"Mame" Broadway National Tour...Cat Widdifield
Dance Theater of Harlem & performance at the
White House for President Bush..Jaime Kotrba
Contemporary Company & Commercial Work,
Los Angeles, California...Felicia Phillips
Various Contemporary .Work, NYC.....Cara Steen
"Young Americans" (U.S. & Asia Tour)..Leigh Scheffler
West Coast Dance Explosion Scholarship...Athena Perample
Upcoming Events
Summer Session 1st TermJune 5th July 1st
Summer Session 2nd Term & DAA
Summer Intensive..July 31st August 18th
Dance Camps! 1st Session.....June 19th June 22nd
Dance Camps! 2nd SessionJuly 24th July 27th
Dance Exploration 1st Session..June 21st June 23rd
Dance Exploration 2nd Session..July 26th July 28th
Michigan Dance Collective Performance.June 30th, July 1st
Company Dance Traverse Auditions.August 16th
Lauren Adams Jazz WorkshopAugust 18th 21st
Company Dance Traverse Rehearsal Intensive..August 22nd 24th
Fall Registration..begins July 10th
Fall Session Begins September 11th
DAA/CDT Nutcracker..December 1st 3rd
Our Students are working hard on their Ballet Examinations
to be held June 23-25th. Dance Arts Academy congratulates our students that
successfully completed their Cecchetti Ballet Examinations in June, 2005:
Grade Two:
Caroline Carlton, Kennedy Cullen, Jessica Dancer, Suzanne Hardy,
Becca Hawkins, Rachel Hubbell, Devin Johnson, Jenny Morris, Christina Perry,
Allison Powell, Kayla Priest, Audrey Prisk, Veronica Woods, Mary Vande Keift
Grade Three:
Alexa Fedrigon, Celeste Heinz, Sayre Masters, Maggie Milliken,
Madelaine Mitchell-Ward, Jenny Morris, Hannah Mulder, Allison Powell,
Audrey Prisk, Kylie Schwartz, Lauren Spanski, Sarah West, Veronica Woods
Grade Four:
Anna Marie Antinozzi, Layne Austin Simescu, Rebecca Dancer, Cora Hargis,
Elizabeth Hubbell, Julia Krueger, Natalie Niergarth, Athena Perample
Special thanks to Marjorie Randazzo for coaching these students to
such successful examination results. Your hard work is evident, we are proud
of all of you!