REVOLUTION TALENT COMPETITION 2017

So proud of my Elite Competition Team this weekend at Revolution! I am so blessed to have such awesome team parents, dancers and staff. Most all of our dances placed TOP 10, won 2 Entertainment Awards and a couple of other special judges awards, lots of Platinums and to top it all off, had 3 dances place in the TOP 3 for Overall Highest Scores for age 11 and up and 12 and over for the entire competition! 3 GOLDEN Tickets and an invitation to compete at the WORLD DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP! Great job Dancers!!

ELITE DANCERS PERFORM AT DISNEY WORLD!

Our Elite Dancers just came back from performing at Disney World for the 4th time! (The date says May however this took place in December 2016 and I neglected to post until now!)What a great job these girls did!  Rehearsals were long and grueling however it was so worth it once they found themselves dancing down Main Street U.S.A. entertaining thousands of people. They also got to perform at the Beauty and the Beast stage at Hollywood Studio's which was such a great experience.  We made memories to last a lifetime!

Every other year, we take our dancers to perform at Disney World and hope that perhaps your dancer will audition to dance at Disney with us in 2018!

Now Registering for Private Piano and Voice Lessons!

We are so excited to announce that Elite Dance & Fitness is now Elite Dance, Fitness & Music! We now offer private lessons in piano and voice.  Classes are $110 per month for (4) 30 minute private lessons per month.  We have openings for piano on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and for voice, we have openings on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.  Mrs. Heather O’Dell is our voice coach and Mr. Riley is our piano instructor.  Feel free to check out their BIO's!

We are going to Disneyworld!

Every other year, we take a group of our dancers to perform at Disney World in the Holiday Spectacular parade and this is our year to go again! Dancers ages 10 & up are eligible to participate in the parade down Main Street U.S.A. and will get to perform in a production dance at the Theatre of the Stars Stage, home of the Beauty and the Beast Stage Show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  Those ages 7 – 9 are invited to perform in the production dance at the Theatre of the Stars at Hollywood Studios.

I would like to extend this invitation to all of my dancers, not just the competition team members but to every dancer who is of age and who has at least 2 years dance experience to audition for this amazing opportunity!  If you are interested in dancing with us at Disney December 1 – 4, 2016, email me at danceatelite@yahoo.com or call 615-776-4202.

Beauty and the Beast Workshop

We are so excited to announce that Elite Dance will have a cast member from the National Broadway Tour of BEAUTY & THE BEAST coming to teach a Musical Theatre Workshop on June 1st from 9:00 – 11:00 for ages 7 and up in conjunction with our Broadway Vocal Performance workshop June 1 – 3rd!  Mrs. Heather O’Dell will be teaching the Vocal Performance portion of the workshop and Miss Hannah Kohn, actress, dancer and singer from the cast of BEAUTY & THE BEAST will teach the 2 hour Musical Theatre workshop at Elite Dance on June 1st.  We also have secured a special group rate of $22.50 for seats in the loge section and $33.50 for seats in the grand tier at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center for the June 1st, 7:30 PM show where afterwards, dancers who attending the workshop will get to go to the backstage door to see Miss Kohn and maybe even some of the other cast members for autographs and pictures!

You must reserve your tickets to the show through Elite Dance by emailing Mrs. Cheri Urie at danceatelite@yahoo.com NO LATER THAN APRIL 10th!

Phantom of the Opera Workshop

We are so excited to have Broadway Connections instructor and cast member with the National Tour of Phantom of the Opera, Mr. Christopher Howard teach a master class at Elite Dance on March 13! After the 2 hour class, our dancers and parents will go to see him perform in the matinee show at TPAC and will get to go backstage for pictures with he and other members of the Phantom cast! Pictures to come soon..
 

Best of Parenting 2015

Thank you to all who voted for Elite Dance & Fitness in the Parent Magazine’s Best Of Poll making us the #1 Dance Studio in Williamson County again for 2015! It is our 3rd year winning the top studio status and we could not be more humbled and thrilled to serve our hometown of Nolensville and the surrounding areas for our 10th Season!

Congratulations Elite Competition Teams! Rising Star National Champions!!

You guys rocked at your very first National Competition!  We took home 6 Overall National Titles, 17 first place wins for our individual categories and age groups, 16 of our dances placed in the Top 5 Overall for their divisions and 5 of our dances placed in the Top 10 Overall for their divisions!  And did I mention we had a lot of fun bonding and sharing some really great times together as a team?? Thank you to my top notch teaching staff, Tony Speight, Nadine Harrer, Heather Dabbs, Lisa Hays,  Jessica Matney & Madolyn Garrett for your wonderful choreography and for pouring your heart and souls into your students.  A very special thank you to all of my supportive and wonderful team parents for another great season!  Thank you to all of my team dancers who put all the hard work in their classes and left it all out on the stage this year! It has been amazing to watch this team grow and bloom this season.

1st Place Overall Jr Duet – Hannah & Amelia Fleming

1st Place Overall Petite Small Group – for our Petite Hip Hop dance

1st Place Overall Jr Large Group  – for our Jr/Sr Tap dance

1st Place Overall Jr Super Group – for our Production Hip Hop dance

1st Place Overall Petite Large Group – for our Mini Hip Hop dance

1st Place Overall Teen Duet – Kimberly Bonauito & Ryan Hernandez

Congratulations Elite Dancers on your Disney Performances!

Our Disney Dancers had a great time as they traveled to Disney World in Orlando, Florida on November 30 for the taping of the Disney Christmas Day Parade! Fifteen Elite Dancers performed in three different dances that will be aired on ABC TV Christmas morning on the Disney Christmas Day parade.  The older dancers learned actual choreography from the Broadway hit musical, NEWSIE’S and rehearsed with the choreographer from the show as well as some cast members.  Our younger dancers will be featured in the BRAVE section of the parade dancing right behind Merida.  Also, we had 2 of our dancers, Miss Jazmyn Jenkins and Miss Kaitlyn Cobat chosen out of 300 other dancers to be featured as one of 20 dancers for the special maypole section of the Brave dance.  We are so proud of all our dancers as they did a great job representing Elite!

Brave Dancers!

Brave Dancers!

Maypole Dancers Rehearsing

Maypole Dancers Rehearsing

Jingle Bells Dancers waiting to perform,

Jingle Bells Dancers waiting to perform,

Jingle Bells Dancers!

Jingle Bells Dancers!

Elite dancers in the afternoon parade at Disney dancing to Jingle Bells.

Elite dancers in the afternoon parade at Disney dancing to Jingle Bells.

Newsies waiting for the bus to rehearsal

Newsies waiting for the bus to rehearsal

“NEWSIE” dancers on Main Street at the Magic Kingdom waiting before filming at 5:00 AM.

“NEWSIE” dancers on Main Street at the Magic Kingdom waiting before filming at 5:00 AM.

“Brave” dancers goofing off!

“Brave” dancers goofing off!

JAZMYN AND KAITLYN – Our two special dancers chosen to be one of the 20 featured “Maypole” dancers. Way to go girls!

JAZMYN AND KAITLYN – Our two special dancers chosen to be one of the 20 featured “Maypole” dancers. Way to go girls!

Now Registering for SUMMER CAMPS & CLASSES!〰️

Now Registering for SUMMER CAMPS & CLASSES!〰️