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2011 Competititon Results and Performance Videos!

DANCE MACHINE Competition Results:  7 Platinum Awards, 4 High Gold Awards, 1st Place Overall Teen Solo Division (contemporary), 2nd Place Overall Teen Solo Division (lyrical), 3rd Place Overall Teen Solo Division (Pointe), 5th Place Overall Teen Solo Division (Pointe), 8th Place Overall Teen Solo Division (Jazz), 9th Place Overall Teen Solo Division (Pointe), 2nd Place Overall Junior Large Group (Hip Hop), 4th Place Overall Teen Small Group (Pointe), 1st Place Overall Senior Small Group (contemporary).

BRAVO! Competition Results:  2 Platinum Awards, 3 High Gold Awards, 5 Gold Awards, 1 Silver Award, 3 Special Judges Awards, 1st Place Senior Solo Contemporary, 3rd Place Overall Senior Division (contemporary), 9th Place Overall Junior Division (jazz).

STARBOUND Competition Results: 3 Elite Gold Awards (equilevent to Platinum Awards), 7 HIgh Gold Awards, 1 Gold Award, 3rd Place Junior Solo Overall, 2nd Place Junior Solo Overall, 1st Place Junior Solo Overall, 8th Place Senior Solo Overall, 4th Place Senior Solo Overall, 3rd Place Senior Solo Overall, 1st Place Senior Solo Overall, 1st Place Junior Group (novice), 6th Place Junior Group Overall, 6th Place Senior Group Overall, 3rd Place Senior Group Overall.  Congratulations Dancers on a tremendous season you worked so hard and have made DCG very proud of each of you.

Click below to view videos of our fantastic dancers in performances.  Subscribe to 'dancecentergso' on YouTube and catch all our video postings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW_IDsE4ADs,  Cecchetti Summer Intensive, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSG2uWPsCw,  DCG's Nutcracker Suite Performance, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCGiZz6Jw_M,   DCG's Spring Recital Performance, 2010

http://www.youtube.be/sDPdtyX_Sc8,   Star Struck class fun, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KWBF4qK47Q

DCG is very proud and would like to congratulate the following student accomplishments during the 2010-2011 dance year:

  •  Congratulations to the students that travelled with Ms. Jeanne to the International Cecchetti Ballet Intensive Summer Study, Michigan 2010 and 2011.  Ms Jeanne would like to say, "Congratulations on your personal levels of success throughout the program, your performances were simply outstanding, so, thank you, and congratulations on receiving 1st runner-up to the National scholarship for 2011 and 2nd runner-up to the National scholarship for the 2012 summer instisive study.  You were incredilbe ambassadors for DCG and our community is proud of your representation."
  • Congratulations to Connor Speetjens for her acceptance into North Carolina School of the Arts, Contemporary Dance Program 2011-2014.
  • Congratulations to the students that participated in the Open Space Cafe production of Tommy, July 2011.  DCG is proud to hear that the show was a tremendous success!  Congratulations on another great acheivement!
  • Congratulations to the all the students that participated in the Destination Broadway Intensive Study, NYC, July 2011. DCG is very proud to hear that several of you were placed into the advanced level dance program after your day 1 auditions!  DCG is really proud of each of you!
  • Acceptance into New York University, Tisch School of The Arts, New Studio on Broadway: Music Theatre and Acting, Fall 2010 and Fall 2011
  • Acceptance into University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Dual Degree Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts Dance Degree in the Llyod International Honors College
  • Student Participation in the 2010 and 2011 Cecchetti Council of America's National Ballet Examinations (with a 100% pass rate).
  • Acceptance into The Radio City Music Hall Rockette's 2010 and 2011 Summer Intensive Study, NYC.
  • Acceptance into numreours local theatre companies including The Community Theatre of Greensboro, Open Space Cafe, Community Theatre of High Point, Gallery Player's of Burlington, The Barn Dinner Theater and more!


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2011 Spring Recital Photographs

Nutcracker Suite, Act I

Nutcracker Suite, Act II

Nutcracker Suite, Rehearsal Fun

Cecchetti International Ballet 2010

2010 Spring Performance Photographs

Contemporary Dancer Ballet Dancer Contemporary Dancer Tap Dancer Tap Dancer Contemporary Dancer Ballet Dancer Broadway Jazz Ballet Dancer Broadway Jazz Contemporary Dancers Ballet Dancer

Faculty photos new and old

Master Classes with Guest Artists

Our Youngest Dancers

Dancing is so much fun! Warming Up! Stretching our legs! On Your Mark! More tumbling. We love the ribbon dancing!

Birthday Parties!

A beautiful princess table. Birthday party dance room with decorations. Getting ready for the birthday party. Princess party in all pink. Snow White and little princess. Snow White and presents. This princess party was fun for all. Wow, a beautiful princess cake.

Technique Classes

Advanced tappers in flight Cecchetti ballet examination. Cecchetti ballet. Great advanced tap warm-ups. Hip Hop - Too cool. Hip hopper going full out. Intermediate ballet getting to the pointe. Intermedite ballet right on it. Teen tappers in a tap off. Teen tappers in sync. Teen tappers making noise.

Tumbling Classes are popular and fun!

Great bridges guys! Great form! Great handstand work! Great stretched position! Nice straight front-to-back. Practice makes perfect! Stretch and hold. Stretching out for tumbling. Tumblers learn a new trick. Tumbling classes are great. Working on our flexibility.

Great fun in our challenging classes - Jazz Musical Theater.

Advanced jazz class stretch. Beg-int. musical theater...it's showtime! Beg-int. musical theater...getting into character. Broadway jazz class warming up. Broadway jazz dancers learning choreography. Broadway jazz - ...A...5...6...7...8.

Cecchetti Testimonial:

"The Cecchetti Method is the only ballet technique that I have found to be kind to a dancer's body. It provides a precise system for training and teaches the terminology of ballet. I completed Grades I-V as a student and I feel this is what got me accepted to The Juilliard School.

As I went on to the professional dance world…the auditions I would attend 9 times out of 10 began with a ballet combination. I performed as a Radio City Rockette, and who would think you’d need ballet training to do high kicks?! The Rockettes are all about precision and with my Cecchetti training I was able to achieve the proper arm and leg positions that precision dancing requires, with EASE!

I then went onto perform in the Broadway revival of 42nd Street, a heavy tap show. What was the first thing we had to do for that audition? Ballet! Cecchetti got me the job!!!

I am now finding that many students do not know the basic steps and terminology of ballet that follow through in jazz, tap and lyrical. I stopped teaching the “tricks” and introduced the Cecchetti Method to my students. The rate of improvement accelerated. The system of the Cecchetti method allows a dancer to develop their body and mind in a few short years. Today I am busy preparing 45-50 students a year for their National Cecchetti Ballet Examinations. The most important thing I see is how interested and excited the kids are to learn and how they recognize the benefits that Cecchetti gives them.”

Jennifer Marquardt-Waldner, NYC

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