Over the past decade, a growing number of competitive dancers have amassed large social media followings by sharing dance-related content, becoming stars in a way that previous generations of comp kids couldn’t have imagined. The benefits of this exposure can include networking, training, and professional opportunities. But the negative aspects of social media fame—the anxiety […]
Gabe De Guzman grew up taking convention classes across the country and starring in one viral class video after another, gaining tens of millions of views and hundreds of thousands of fans in the process. Now 24 years old, De Guzman is back on the convention circuit—at the front of the ballroom, leading the next […]
Tremaine Dance Conventions & Competitions started as a dream: A dream to share the fresh, new training techniques and material being taught in major cities like Los Angeles and New York with dance students throughout the country. President and co-founder Dr. Joe Tremaine (who received an honorary doctorate from The University of Arizona) has a long history of working with […]
As an educator and the founding director of Francisco Gella Dance Works, Francisco Gella has nearly 30 years of experience teaching at colleges, conservatories, studios, competitions, and conventions. Now, he is combining the best aspects of all these diverse environments in ROOTS Dance Summit. “I created ROOTS Dance Summit as a hybrid of sorts,” says […]
Studio owners might just leave their first That’s Entertainment Performing Arts competition feeling like they couldn’t have planned the weekend better themselves. That’s no accident: Director RoseMary Pontuck’s family spent years running their own dance studio before launching That’s Entertainment. The team’s fundamental understanding of what studios—and dancers—need now shows up in every detail and […]
Revive Dance Competition and Convention is returning for its sixth (and largest!) season yet with their “Discover the Difference” national tour. What started as an offshoot of Adrenaline Dance has firmly established itself as a unique dance competition/convention experience for dancers to grow as artists. Revive’s mission is to connect up-and-coming teachers with the next […]
The world is slowly opening back up. And if we can be honest, none of us will miss our sweaty masks sticking to our faces. Wearing a mask while dancing is nobody’s favorite thing. But there’s another downside to masks that dancers must now grapple with: a year and a half now spent practicing performance […]
After a year of tumult, virtual events and constantly moving targets, it’s more than reasonable to wonder: What exactly is the state of the competition world? For months, we didn’t see our favorite friends and teachers unless it was through a screen—now, against all odds, programs are rising from the ashes to bring you meaningful […]
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