Posts tagged “Creative Dance Center”

DanceMakers Nationals

Posted on July 2, 2023

What starts in August with choreography ends in June with DanceMakers Nationals and the last time they perform their routines of the season. Several routines took home Style High Scores including Let It Bump for Teen Hip Hop Extended Line, Ensnared for Senior Open Group, Money for Senior Hip Hop Line and Heatin’ Up for Senior Hip Hop Extended Line and Ensnared winning Performance of the Year. Lucas always comes into Nationals with nerves and expectations. His emotions swung from insecurity to validation and I am so proud of his resilience and what he was able to accomplish and prove to himself.

Tagged: Creative Dance Center, dance, Dancemakers, Lucas, Myrtle Beach, Nationals, Penny

Penny’s Season 2

Posted on June 11, 2023

From 2018…

Tagged: CDC, competition, Creative Dance Center, dance, Penny

Dance Stars!

Posted on May 22, 2023

Creative Dance Center’s End of Season party was a Celebration of Celebrity and Dance Stars complete with a red carpet and plenty of shining stars.

Tagged: Creative Dance Center, dance, Lucas, Penny

FLY Dance Competition

Posted on May 19, 2023

Lucas’ and Penny’s last regional competition and the first all team competition, all three teams took the stage and all three teams supported each other as Creative Dance Center took home a lot of top placements.

Tagged: competition, Creative Dance Center, dance, Fly, Lucas, Penny

Hollywood Vibe!

Posted on April 24, 2023

This kid won a Team Vibe Scholarship, an Artistry Scholarship from David Moore, scored multiple Vibe Awards for his team routines and placed in the top 20 of Senior soloists out of over 100. But before all of that I enjoyed an uninterrupted 3 hour and 30 minute car ride listening to music and catching up with my son. And between all of that we both enjoyed countless laughs and celebrations with our dance family.

Tagged: CDC, convention, Creative Dance Center, dance, dance life, dance moms, Hollywood Vibe, Norfolk, photography

ASH Dance Convention

Posted on February 27, 2023

Artists Simply Human (ASH) Dance convention was our second team convention of the season for Lucas and Penny’s first. While we’ve attended a few optional conventions this season with a smaller group, being there with your whole team is always the best experience.

Matthew Smith has been choreographing and teaching master classes for our studio for the past five years. Part of the faculty at ASH, attending this convention gave our dancers the opportunity to take his classes and continue learning from him. And also gave him the opportunity to see our dancers continued growth. Matthew remembers Lucas from five years ago and has been able to see his growth bit by bit, year over year. Sometimes in classes the choreographer will select a dancer to be filmed. What a tremendous honor and opportunity for Lucas to have this first shining moment with Matthew.

Tagged: ASH, CDC, competition, convention, Creative Dance Center, dance, Lucas, Penny, scholarship

DanceMakers Richmond

Posted on February 14, 2023

DanceMakers Richmond is the first team competition and convention of the season. DanceMakers is also one of our favorite conventions having gone year after year, the kids getting to know the choreographers and the choreographers able to see their growth. We compete against the same studios year after year and we measure our progress against theirs. We went from not being known to being the Hip Hop studio to being the studio that wins the Overall Group High Score.

Tagged: competition, convention, Creative Dance Center, dance, Dancemakers, Lucas, Richmond

Lucas Go, Choreographer

Posted on January 20, 2023

Creative Dance Center’s Leadership program provides opportunities for students to lead from assisting teachers in classes, supporting the Baby Ballerina program and leading fundraisers. Lucas has participated for the past few years and regularly assists classes every week. Recently he was asked to step up and fill in for a teacher to teach a Hip Hop Class, Penny’s Hip Hop class. The choreography was challenging but Penny got it and the entire class was thrilled to have Lucas, a friend and teammate, teach the class.

Tagged: CDC, choreography, Creative Dance Center, dance

Nutcracker 2022

Posted on November 22, 2022

A full house and a great show. The fans were lined up and packed in to get an autograph from the dancers after the show. It was great to see them enjoying the energy and friendships of a great performance.

Tagged: CDC, Creative Dance Center, dance, Nutcracker

Gabby gets “married”

Posted on August 14, 2022

The dance studio has become a second home for Lucas and now Penny. They spend countless hours there, making and growing friendships, trusting the teachers, directors and studio, and exploring their love of dance. For almost the whole time we’ve been at Creative Dance Center we’ve known Gabrielle as the studio director. Her compassion and kindness balances the demands and stress of competitive dance, giving all the dancers, especially mine, the foundation they need to be vulnerable, to take risks and to grow. In celebration of Gabrielle’s and Joe’s upcoming nuptials, the studio planned the most special and sweet faux wedding. No detail was missed and all the dancers were able to celebrate and share in their joy.

The Rehearsal