We had such an incredible time at our fourth city of the season in Spartanburg. Thank you to all dancers, teachers, studio owners and parents for spending the weekend with us! We hope you had as great a time as we did!

Convention

MINI

INSPIRE RECOGNITION:

Paislee Shirley – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Peryn Wallen – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Ava Adams – Starz Artistic Performing Company

HALF-CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP:

Auburn Roberts – Palmetto En Pointe

Hadleigh Helms – NO LIMITS Dance Company

Selah Weaver – Palmetto En Pointe

CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP:

 Claire Reeves – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Emerson Cowart – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Marloe Toney – Starz Artistic Performing Company 

YEAR SCHOLARSHIP:

Adalyn Johnson – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Keniah Henderson – Starz Artistic Performing Company

HALF-NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Bray Nash – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Ellison Read – Starz Artistic Performing Company

FULL NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Cambree Ross – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Brynlee Terry – Carolina Dance Capital

MINI APPRENTICE RUNNER UP(S):

Madison Schwartz – Dancing Plus

Grace Lowenstein – Starz Artistic Performing Company

MINI APPRENTICES:

 Emsley Beavers – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Lainey Guy – Carolina Dance Capita

JUNIOR

25% OFF NEOVATE (OUR NEW SUMMER INTENSIVE):

Addie Meadows – Arts Academy of the Carolinas

Brooklynn Fuller – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Kayley Salyer – Bristol Dance Academy

Mary Spann – Renner Dance Company

Sukira Duck – Starz Artistic Performing Company

INSPIRE RECOGNITION SCHOLARSHIP:

Caroline Turner – In Motion Dance Center

Jocelynn Patterson – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Kaylee McIntyre – Arts Academy of the Carolinas

Michaela Petkova – Carolina Dance Capital

Sarah Scott – Palmetto En Pointe

HALF-CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP:

Kathryn Johnson – Arts Academy of the Carolinas

Kennedy Manny – The Academy for the Performing Arts

Chloe Smith – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Maddie Stewart – Studio One

CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP:

Addison Norris – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Ellison Beavers – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Faith Bulford – Creative Edge Dance Center

BROADWAY DANCE CENTER:

Addison McLees – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Carter Lewis – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Addie Miles – No Limits Dance Center

Sophia Scalzo – K-Force Dance Academy

YEAR SCHOLARSHIP:

Aubrie Simpson – Studio One

Mia Mondok – No Limits Dance Center

Vanessa Carey – Carolina Dance Capital

HALF-NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Alexandria Smith – Vantage Pointe Dance

Addie Christie – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

FULL-NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Sophie Brecken – Carolina Dance Capital

Kate Petrilli – NO LIMITS Dance Company

Spencer Parnell – The Academy for the Performing Arts

50% OFF NEOVATE:

 Kensley Smith – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Christina Baldzhieva – Carolina Dance Capital

JUNIOR APPRENTICE RUNNER UP(S):

Mia King – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Brooke Roth – NO LIMITS Dance Company

Danica Godfrey – The Academy for the Performing Arts

Claire Morgan – Creative Edge Dance Center

JUNIOR APPRENTICES:

Jillian Hansborough – United We Dance

Cassie Ross – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Nicholas Moreno – Starz Artistic Performing Company

TEEN

25% OFF NEOVATE: 

Antonia Stivaletti – NO LIMITS Dance Company

Vera Ntasin – Carolina Dance Capital

Sydney White – Creative Edge Dance Center

Zoe Jarvis – United We Dance

INSPIRE RECOGNITION SCHOLARSHIP:

Miralyssa Organo – The Academy for the Performing Arts

Nika Nosova – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Phoenix Riedel – No Limits Dance Center

Sophia Napotalino – Creative Edge Dance Center

HALF-CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP:

Taylor Green – The Academy for the Performing Arts

Amaya Wolfe – Studio One

Isabelle Lewis – Meta Focus Dance Project

Keke Broughton – United We Dance

CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP:

Parris Hester – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Alexia Peek – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Saleya James – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Samantha Causey – Carolina Dance Capital

BROADWAY DANCE CENTER:

Ava Kinninger – Shock Dance Center

Elizabeth Charland – No Limits Dance Center

Marlee Billiter – No Limits Dance Center

Ariana Flanagan – No Limits Dance Center

English Rabideaux – Starz Artistic Performing Company

YEAR SCHOLARSHIP:

Emma Pretter – No Limits Dance Center

Georgia Thomas – No Limits Dance Center

Isabella Moreno – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Kathryn Asper – Palmetto En Pointe

HALF-NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP: 

Georgie Condon – Creative Edge Dance Center

Emerson Cular – No Limits Dance Center

Kaitlyn Knight – No Limits Dance Center

FULL-NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Peyton Bly – Carolina Dance Capital

Savanna Logan – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Ava Batson – Dancers Corner

50% OFF NEOVATE

Lauren Boyle – The Academy for the Performing Arts

Sophie Hunsicker – Columbia City Jazz

Samantha Zgombic – NO LIMITS Dance Company

TEEN TRUE PERFORMER RUNNER UP(S):

Anna Heinemann – Meta Focus Dance Project

Kenzie Robertson – Dancers Corner

Niyah Smith – No Limits Dance Center

TEEN TRUE PERFORMERS:

 Julia Deane – The Academy for the Performing Arts

 Colin Bendziewicz – Carolina Dance Capital

SENIOR

SENIOR

25% OFF NEOVATE:

Ashlyn Clay – No Limits Dance Center

Madison King – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Maitlyn Cullingford – Carolina Dance Capital

Natalie Johnson – The Academy for the Performing Arts

INSPIRE RECOGNITION SCHOLARSHIP:

Meredith Pritchard – Carolina Dance Capital

Jenna Riling – Dance Conservatory of Charleston

Kelly Forrester – Starz Artistic Performing Company

HALF-CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP:

Savannah Lands – Studio One

Abby Walsh – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Alex Spartz – Carolina Dance Capital

Ava Williams – Carolina Dance Capital

CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP: 

Carolina Strickland – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Jadyn Linney – Creative Edge Dance Center

Macy Willis – United We Dance

Madison Insolia – Carolina Dance Capital

BROADWAY DANCE CENTER:

Kaitlyn Higgens – Creative Edge Dance Center

Abreona Fields – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Belle Hunsinger – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

YEAR SCHOLARSHIP:

Raegan Owens – Creative Edge Dance Center

Sarah Jane McKinney – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

HALF-NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Madison Rumsey – Dancers Corner

Lena Matthews – Creative Edge Dance Center

Ashlynn DeGeorge – The Academy for the Performing Arts

FULL-NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Trey Barrett – Renner Dance Company

Ashleigh Brackett – No Limits Dance Center

 

50% OFF NEOVATE:

Brooklynn Perkins – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Sophia Campbell – Carolina Dance Capital

SENIOR RUNNER UP TRUE PERFORMER(S):

Taylor O’Dell – Carolina Dance Capital

SENIOR TRUE PERFORMERS:

Ryleigh Norton – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Emma Simons – No Limits Dance Company

Kaitlyn Byrne – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

Competition

DIVISION

DIVISION

MINI SOLO

  1. #201 Long Way Home – Isabella Shortridge – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  2. #210 Burn – Skyla Lucena – Dancing Plus
  3. #209 I Won’t Let You Down – Emsley Beavers – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  4. #211 King – Cambree Ross – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  5. #206 How Could I Ask for More – Madison Schwartz – Dancing Plus
  6. #203 Wonderful Life – Paislee Shirley – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  7. #200 Hold the Drama – Kylie Call – Palmetto En Pointe
  8. #198A Dance Like Yo Daddy – Emerson Cowart – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

JUNIOR SOLO

  1. #54 Overboard – Kate Petrilli – NO LIMITS Dance Company
  2. #67 Used to Be Mine – Kayla Montgomery – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  3. #32 Where Were You – Addy Christie – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  4. #63 Could – Spencer Parnell – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  5. #64A Mutual Core – Addison McLees – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  6. #61 You’re the Cause – Josie Molodowitz – Industry Dance
  7. #21 Disappear – Jenna-Kate Tollison – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  8. #28 Mine – Nicholas Moreno – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  9. #4 Get Ready – Jillian Hansborough – United We Dance
  10. #37 Secondary World – Lindsey Sobon – In Motion Dance Center
  11. #7 Gotcha – Faith Bulford – Creative Edge Dance Center
  12. #12 We Are Not In Love – Carter Lewis – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  13. #60 Disco Inferno – Amber Guzy – Center Stage Dance Studio
  14. #33 Young One – Claire Morgan – Creative Edge Dance Center
  15. #52 Light That Never Fails – Cassie Ross – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

TEEN SOLO

  1. #188 I Will Follow – Laci Heinrich – Dance Conservatory of Charleston
  2. #168 Meet Me – Samantha Zgombic – NO LIMITS Dance Company
  3. #134 Never Let Me Down – Nika Nosova – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  4. #161 Elizabeth Taylor – Ariana Flanagan – No Limits Dance Center
  5. #148 Hero – Niyah Smith – No Limits Dance Center
  6. #158 Promises – Tatum Sandlin – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  7. #162 Last I Heard – Anna Heinemann – Meta Focus Dance Project
  8. #153 Black & Blue – English Rabideaux – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  9. #137 Love Song – Kathryn Asper – Palmetto En Pointe
  10. #163 Gravity – Julia Deane – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  11. #184 There Is A Dark Place – Lauren Boyle – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  12. #145 Tread On Me – Ava Kinninger – Shock Dance Center
  13. #176 Foolish Games – Reaghan Given – No Limits Dance Center
  14. #155 Human – Kaitlyn Knight – No Limits Dance Center
  15. #146 Shelter – Elizabeth Charland – No Limits Dance Center

SENIOR SOLO

  1. #292 Mending Passages – Trey Barrett – Renner Dance Company
  2. #290 Parting Gift – Morgan Johnson – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  3. #282 All of a Sudden – Ashlynn DeGeorge – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  4. #298 Gone – Ashleigh Brackett – No Limits Dance Center
  5. #287 Evergreen – Kaitlyn Byrne – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  6. #272 Fire – Emma Simons – NO LIMITS Dance Company
  7. #268 Confession – Sydney Law – No Limits Dance Center
  8. #284 Caterpillar – Kasia Oliver – Studio One
  9. #283 Side Effects – Raegan Owens – Creative Edge Dance Center
  10. #300A What You Have To Do – Sarah Jane McKinney – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

JUNIOR DUO/TRIO

  1. #220 Lanterns – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  2. #215 Somewhere Only We Know – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  3. #216 What’s to Come – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  4. #215A Let Me Grow – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  5. #221 What Is Gonna Happen Now? – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  6. #212 Purse First – Starz Artistic Performing Company

TEEN DUO/TRIO

  1. #252 A.M. – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  2. #253 Avant Gardener – No Limits Dance Center
  3. #248 Your Day Will Come – NO LIMITS Dance Company
  4. #250 Biting Down – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  5. #249 Survive – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  6. #255 Some Things Last – The Academy for the Performing Arts

SENIOR DUO/TRIO

  1. #313 In Parallel – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  2. #310 Evening I Will Not Forget – No Limits Dance Center
  3. #311 Safari – Creative Edge Dance Center

MINI SMALL GROUP

  1. #231 Tiny Cities – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  2. #222 Me & My Girls – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  3. #241 River Side – Starz Artistic Performing Company

JUNIOR SMALL GROUP

  1. #72 Easy – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  2. #77 Control – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  3. #105 Hustle – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  4. #81 Hit and Run – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  5. #122 Weakness – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  6. #121 To Be Free – Creative Edge Dance Center
  7. #75 Sisters – No Limits Dance Center
  8. #83 If Only – Creative Edge Dance Center

TEEN SMALL GROUP

  1. #97 Open – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  2. #84 Ready – No Limits Dance Center
  3. #95 Breathing In – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  4. #99 Daylight – NO LIMITS Dance Company
  5. #96 Don’t Stop Believing – No Limits Dance Center
  6. #87 Bang Bang – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  7. #111 Back to Black – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  8. #109 Things Fade – NO LIMITS Dance Company
  9. #112 Is It Cold In the Water – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  10. #107 My Immortal – No Limits Dance Center

SENIOR SMALL GROUP

  1. #103 I Remember – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  2. #104 Again – Creative Edge Dance Center

JUNIOR LARGE GROUP

  1. #260 Low – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  2. #234 Pandemonium – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  3. #227 Gold – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  4. #225 Last Day of School – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

TEEN LARGE GROUP

  1. #237 Howl – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  2. #262 Rut – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  3. #261 Who I Am – The Academy for the Performing Arts
  4. #229 100% – Upstate Carolina Dance Center
  5. #236 Love Is – The Academy for the Performing Arts

JUNIOR EXTENDED TIME LARGE GROUP

  1. #244 Different Kind of Human – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

MINI LINE

  1. #242 Unbreakable – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

JUNIOR LINE

  1. #235 Cover Is Not the Book – Palmetto En Pointe

TEEN LINE

  1. #124 Gravity – No Limits Dance Center
  2. #118 Swimming – Starz Artistic Performing Company
  3. #120 Piano Man – No Limits Dance Center
  4. #123 Square-Biz – Starz Artistic Performing Company

TEEN PRODUCTION

  1. #239 There Will Be Time – No Limits Dance Center

OVERALLS

MINI

#231 Tiny Cities – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

JUNIOR

#244 Different Kind of Human – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

TEEN

#97 Open – Starz Artistic Performing Company

SENIOR

#103 I Remember – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Creative Elements

IMPROV

MINI

2nd Runner Up:            Skyla Lucena

1st Runner Up: Cambree Ross

WINNER:                     Isabella Shortridge

JUNIOR

5th Runner Up: Christina Baldzhieva

4th Runner Up: Nick Moreno

3rd Runner Up: Kate Petreili

2nd Runner Up:            Cash Denney

1st Runner Up: Kayla Montgomery

WINNER:                     Cassie Ross

TEEN

5th Runner Up: Isabella Moreno

4th Runner Up: English Rabideaux

3rd Runner Up: Tatum Sandlin

2nd Runner Up:            Lauren Boyle

1st Runner Up: Colin Bendziewicz

WINNER:                     Niyah Smith

SENIOR

5th Runner Up: Ashlynn DeGeorge

4th Runner Up: Natalie Johnson

3rd Runner Up: Kasia Oliver

2nd Runner Up:            Trey Barrett

1st Runner Up: Jack Beaule

WINNER:                     Morgan Johnson

COLLABORATIVE CONCEPT CHALLENGE

JUNIOR

WINNER:  Dangerous Divas – Cassie and Addy

TEEN

WINNER: Icy Hot – Savannah and Nika

IMAGINATION

WINNER:         #1 Cringe – Morgan Johnson – Starz Artistic Performing Company

Studio Awards

TRUE PRODUCER

#104 Again – Creative Edge Dance Center

#84 Ready – No Limit Dance Center

#237 Howl – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

TRUE DIRECTOR

#93 Nothing – Palmetto En Pointe

#97 Open – Starz Artistic Performing Company

CHOREOGRAPHY

MINI

#222 Me & My Girls – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

JUNIOR

#72 Easy – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

TEEN

#84 Ready – No Limits Dance Center

#100 Airstryp – The Academy for the Performing Arts

#99 Daylight – No Limits Dance Company

#118 Swimming – Starz Artistic Performing Company

SENIOR

#104 Again – Creative Edge Dance Center

VISIONARY

#239 There Will Be Time – No Limits Dance Center

#92 Cave of Hands – Creative Edge Dance Center

#97 Open – Starz Artistic Performing Company

#244 Different Kind of Human – Upstate Carolina Dance Center

JUDGE'S CHOICE

#111 Back to Black – The Academy for the Performing Arts

#93 Nothing – Palmetto En Pointe