What a wonderful three weeks of dance conventions and travels we have had at The Dancenter! First we had our annual trip to Denver, Colorado for the Monsters of Hip Hop Convention. Students had a great time taking from some of the industry's top hip hop teachers and choreographers. Senior Team members Ava & Payton were called out to assist some of the choreographers with classes. Senior Hip Hop Team performed Sweat in the Saturday night Monsters Showcase to rave reviews. Next we traveled to Dallas for The Showstopper Dance Convention at the Great Wolfe Lodge in Grapevine. Showstopper's classes this year were outstanding. Students took classes with a lot of very talented instructors, including FikShun, winner of So You Think You Can Dance. Students Jordyn Mullings, Kylee Shive and Zachary Treadway were all singled out as demonstrators in addition to instructor Austin Nieves, who also performed in the Faculty Showcase on Saturday evening. Next, we again traveled to the Big D for The Pulse on Tour Dance Convention. Senior Team Members performed A contemporary routine (Breath of Life) and a Hip Hop routine (Sweat), as well as duets by Ava & Zach and Kylee & Zach, and solos by Alyzabeth, Ava & Kylee. Teen Team members Alivia & Camryn were called out in class in addition to faculty member Austin Nieves. Austin & Zach performed in the Pulse Showcase Fashion Show representing Dave Scott & Urban Empire. Many scholarships were handed out to numerous students over these past few weekends. Congratulations to all of dancers and winners for a job well done!

Alivia (Teen Team) - Pulse Leadership Scholarship    

Austin Nieves - Pulse Summer Intensive Scholrship

Ava (Senior Team) - Pulse Chorepgraphers Choice Award for Chorepgraphy & Summer NYC Scholarship

MacKynzie (Senior Team) - Pulse Convention Scholarship                                                           

Payton (Senior Team) - Monsters of Hip Hop Nationals Scholarship

Wonderful performances given by dancers Makaila Branam, Alivia Campbell, Masami Carpenter, Ava Conceicao, Lauren Nicholson, Austin Nieves, Keelie Romo, Payton Sanderson, Kylee Shive, Zachary Treadway & Camryn Williams, performing "Run the World" and "Sweat". Solos were also performed by Austin, Ava & Camryn.

Team Dancenter is celebrating a big win from the Outlet Shoppes of Oklahoma CIty's "Something to Dance About" Competition which was held Saturday, Spetember 27, 2014. The group, made up of dancers Makaila Branam, Ava Concecao, Lauren Nicholson, Austin Nieves, Payton Sanderson, Kylee Shive and Zachary Treadway, performed the routine "Sweat" winning the Judges Choice Award and a total of $700.

Congratulations to Dancenter Alumni Kristen Privette for being named Co-Captain of the University of Oklahoma Pom Team. Kristen began her dance career at The Dancenter at age 3 and was an active competitive student, studying multiple styles of dance. She is a Senior at the University of Oklahoma.

Congratulations to Dancenter alum Brooke Keasler and instructor Jordan Eason on their engagement! The surprise proposal took place at the OK/LA dance Competition on April 18 at the Reynold's Theater. The Bride-to-Be was surprised and the ring is beautiful. Yes, fellas - you're out of luck, he put a ring on it!                                           

Our Senior Team had a great time taking classes and performing in NYC this summer. Students attended classes at The Pulse National Convention, as well as Broadway Dance Center and Alvin Ailey. They also performed a hip hop character routine to "Bang Bang" from the movie The Great Gatsby and watched a performance from the Martha Graham Company at Central Park's SummerStage. Faculty member Austin Nieves performed in a Pulse Intensive Piece chorepgraphed by Newsie's choreographer Richard Hinds. Watch the video of his performance!

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While in NYC's Grand Central Station several of our dancers were approached by photographer Richard Renaldi to be part of a shoot for his upcoming book "Touching Strangers", where he takes complete strangers and puts them together for photos as if they are close friends or family. The girls were also interviewed by CBS news and they story featured their photo. Very fun experience!!!

While in NYC we were lucky to have  Abigail Schubert &Hunter Jones be part of such an exciting project. Congratulations girls!

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