5*6*7*8 Dance Company 2010-2011 Competition Results
In the summer of 2010, 5*6*7*8 Dance Company attended Hollywood Dance Convention Nationals in LA. At this event we had two dancers that competed for the top honor of ICON Award. We were proud of our dancers who competed: Vanessa Mendes and Samuel Gerber! We were delighted that Samuel Gerber the 2009 Icon Winner danced his heart out. Then to have Vanessa Mendes to be chosen as the 2010 Icon Winner continued to make us proud of all of our dancers and their continued love of dance. Congratulations to Vanessa Mendes 2010 HC Dance Superstar ICON.
5*6*7*8 Dance Company attended five Dance Conventions and Competitions this season. The Company took classes from the world’s finest choreographers including: Joe Tremaine, Brooke Lipton, Travis Wall, Tyce Diorio, Wade Robson, and Mia Michaels just to mention a few. At each convention there were auditions for scholarships, in addition to the competition awards.
Here are the results of the 2011-2012 Competitions:
CO DANCE - November 4th - 6th - Sacramento
Scholarship winners - Kyndal Bockhahn, Vanessa
Mendes, Daniel Piña and Lauren Poppin
Boogie Fever - Gold and highest
score in jazz
42nd Street - Gold, highest score in petite division
and judges choice
Fast As You Can - Gold
Itsy Bitsy Spider - Gold
Taxi Jam - Gold and highest score in hip hop and
extended line
Sway - High Gold
They Don't Care About Us - High Gold and highest
score in tap
You Gotta Have pep- Gold
Pot Kettle Black - Gold
Up - Gold
Shout - High Silver
West Side Story - Gold
Swing With me - High Silver
The grid - Gold
In this life - gold
Womanizer - High Silver
Mata Hari – Gold
Vanessa - Gold
Sam- Platinum
Lauren - Gold
Cherish - Gold
Annalise - High Gold
Jenna - Gold
Danny- Gold
Annalise received third and Sam second overall in the
Junior division for their solos.
TREMAINE –November 26th - 27th - San Francisco
Competition
results-
1st Place - Glam, This is Me, 42nd Street, Boogie Fever, Itsy Bitsy Spider, The
Grid, Mr Pinstripe Suit, Dynamite, You've Gotta Have Pep, Sway, West Side
Story, Mata Hari and Swing With Me
2nd
Place - Taxi Jam, Walking Trapeze, They Don't Care About Us, Fast As You Can,
Up, Toxic, Womanizer
3rd
Place- In This Life, Shout
In addition to their awards 42nd Street and The Grid received "Best
Showmanship" in the Junior & Teen divisions.
Scholarship
Winners-
Regional Scholarship - Annalise Duran & Jenna Beltran
The Edge - Daniel Piña