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The Astra Studios Senior and Junior dance teams earned grand champion honors for their routines at Platinum Performing Arts on April 23. Pictured are (front row) Ava Schmidt (Clinton) and Amanda Pernal (Old Saybrook); (middle row) Juliette Linares (Chester), Chloe Bugden (Westbrook), Ashley Roberts (Westbrook) Emma Golembeski (Gales Ferry), Tess Santarsiero (Old Saybrook), Jillian Pernal (Old Saybrook), and Giovanna Silva (Westbrook); (back row) Carla Matute (Old Saybrook), Maya Cassagrande (Higganum), Renee Perregaux (Westbrook), Victoria Le (Clinton), Sophie Bugden (Westbrook), Mylena Cruz (Westbrook), and Mackenzie True (Westbrook). Photo courtesy of Nancy Lyn-Lockwood

On April 23, Astra Studio’s Senior and Junior dance teams were named the grand champions in a competition at Platinum Performing Arts. The Seniors achieved this recognition for their lyrical routine, Tears of an Angel. The Juniors were named grand champions for their jazz routine, Dear Future Husband, earned a special judges’ award called Polished & Pristine, and also received a platinum dancer invitation. The Senior jazz team received a platinum dancer invitation for its performance of That Man.

Senior soloist Ashley Roberts and Junior soloist Jillian Pernal earned first-place high-score awards. Roberts, Pernal, and Amanda Pernal all received platinum dancer invites for their solo routines.

The Senior lyrical routine scored a platinum award and its jazz routine scored a high gold, while the tap and hip-hop numbers scored gold. The Junior jazz routine scored a platinum, with its lyrical and tap routines claiming high gold. Soloists Roberts and Jillian Pernal earned platinum awards. Soloists Juliette Linares, Amanda Pernal, and Emma Golembeski all earned high golds. Maya Casagrande scored a gold for her solo routine. A contemporary duo performed by Linares and Jillian Pernal earned a high gold award

Other competitors for the Junior and Senior teams included Ava Schmidt, Cloe Bugden, Tess Santarsiero, Giovanna Silva, Calra Matute, Renee Perregaux, Victoria Le, Sophie Bugden, Mylena Cruz, and Mackenzie True.

Astra Studio is located at 210 Main Street in Old Saybrook. For info about upcoming workshops, summer classes, or to register for the fall, visit www.astrastudioct.com, or contact 860-304-4314 or info@astrastudioct.com.