What an amazing weekend! DDA was the only area dance studio to be invited to perform the pre-show at the Sprint Center on September 24 for So You Think You Can Dance!  Over 35 dancers performed some of our award-winning competition routines prior to the show at the Sprint Center.   All of our dancers then performed our Dreams Come True Finale number – to a huge crowd!  After the show, many of our dancers were excited to meet, take pictures, and get autographs from Lauren, Kent, and the whole SYTYCD dancers!  It was great!  Pictures are coming soon!

Break A Leg Dancers!

DDA is now proud to offer free wi-fi to our clients!  This will be great for parents who like to wait for their dancer in the lobby or for dancers who need to finish up homework between classes!  Our new stereo system is computerized as well – eliminating the need for switching back and forth between cd’s and saving valuable class time! 

Classes begin on September 7th!

What an awesome time!!  Our Master Class with Kristin Sudeikis was amazing!  Thanks to everyone who made it such a success – and to Kristin for sharing her talents with us at DDA!  We are looking forward to having her back again soon!

Congratulations to all of our National Dance Champions 2010!  We recently returned from Branson, MO with over 100 awards and placements!  DDA took both the 2nd Runner Up and the Grand Champion Titles in the Finals Shootout at Stage One Dance Productions National Competition.  DDA was also awarded the Studio Excel Award out of over35 studios attending.  Check back soon for some updated pictures and a full listing of winners!

Way to go dancers!

Congratulations to all of our dancers on an awesome show!  Our Grand Recitals were fabulous and we hope you enjoyed the shows! Great job!

DDA Dancers Wow the Crowd at the Harlem Globetrotters!!

Our dancers performed at the evening game of the Harlem Globetrotters!  The dancers performed their Mickey Production "Mickey’s in the House" routine that was choreographed for their trip to Orlando, Florida last October.  The dancers were the halftime entertainment show at the Sprint Center and then had the opportunity to be the "Honorary Cheerleaders" for the Globetrotters and sit with the team.  It was a great night!

Break a leg to our pointe dancers who will be performing in the "Nutcracker – All Jazz’d Up" this weekend!  Dancers from DDA include Kaitlyn Stout, Erica Cohen, Jamie Florack, Lauren Hammond, Hope Piernick, and WHitney Hare.  They will be featured as the Reed Flutes.  Shows are free and open to the public – no tickets required!  The performances will take place at Olathe Northwest High School.  Shows are on Saturday, Dec 5th at 2 pm and 7 pm and on Sunday, Dec 6th at 2 pm.  Come on out and support our dancers.  This production is a collaboration effort of four different studios – Academy of the Arts, Aspire Dance Center, Studio 1, and Denise’s.  Thanks to Tonya Ebner of Academy of the Arts for the opportunity to be a part of this holiday tradition!

WOW!  Congratulations to our fabulous Disney Dancers!!  We had a great trip and an outstanding performance.  Our dancers were treated to a great week at Disney World at the end of October.  The dancers were able to take part in a private Disney Dancin’ Workshop hosted by one of the Disney choreographers.  They learned several routines that are being performed in the Disney parks…lots of fun!  And the workshop ended with a fun opportunity to dance with Goofy!!  Our performance at Downtown Disney was also great – our dancers performed in a 25 minute show and ended with a fun Mickey Production.  We received lots of compliments and a standing ovation from the audience.  Thanks to Miss Melissa, Miss Kate, Miss Nadine, and Miss Denise for chaperoning the trip.  Our dancers represented the state of Kansas very well!  We will be posting pictures soon…so check back!

 WOW!  What an incredible Master Class we had over the weekend!  We were so fortunate to fly Don Mirault in from Las Vegas to work with our dancers at DDA.  The girls worked so hard and learned some fun pieces in so many different dance styles.  Our girls were even treated to a fun tribute routine to Michael Jackson….they had fun with that one!  I know the parents had a good time in the Parent Seminar, too - and Don was able to answer many of their questions about competitions, scoring, etc.  Overall, it was a terrific kick-off to our Fall dance season!  Thanks to all of the dancers who participated and the parents who made it all possible.  We also want to thank Don for his time and talent – he is awesome!!!

We are proud to introduce to you to brand new Denises Dance Academy Blog!  We will be posting news and information about our dance studio here in our blog to keep you better informed of all that is going on at DDA.  We look forward to sharing funny stories, tips for dancing and news about how our dancers are doing in competitions all over the United States.

We look forward to your comments as well so that we can develop our own little dance community right here at www.denisesdanceacademy.com.  See you on the blog…..