Westbrook Dance Academy Sending Three Teams to World Championship
The Westbrook Dance Academy competition teams recently took part in two major competitions: the Starpower Talent Regional Competition and the Imagine Dance Challenge Regional Competition. As a result of their performances at these events, three Westbrook squads earned bids to compete at the World Dance Championship that will take place in New Jersey from Monday, July 30 through Sunday, Aug. 5.
The Senior Competition team’s dance, Avenue Q, and the Teen Competition team’s dance, Bend and Snap, won the Star Dance Alliance Regional championship out of 400 entries in each of their respective age divisions at the Imagine Dance Challenge to earn their bids to the World Dance Championship. Additionally, the Large Group Tap team’s dance, School of Rock, scored in the top three among 800 entries at the Starpower competition to net a spot at the World Championship.
The Westbrook Dance Academy will compete among dances that qualify from across the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, China, and Great Britain at the World Championship. The Senior, Teen, Teen Intermediate, and Junior teams all competed in the World Dance Championship in 2017. The Senior team finished fourth in the finals after reaching the final five in the preliminary round. In 2015, the Senior Team finished third.
Senior Competition team members include Katherine Izadi, Courtney Briggs, and Mara Kelley from Old Saybrook, as well as Miles Waterbury of Clinton.
Teen Competition team members are Kaylene Koelle and Claire Pease from Clinton, Megan Murphy of Old Saybrook, and Brooke Dellarocco from Chester.
Large Group Tap team members include Zoie Murphy and Sophia Rutkis from Westbrook, Sylvia Sonenstein, and Caroline Bowe of Madison; Alixandria Giannini, Murphy, Izadi, Briggs, and Mara Kelley from Old Saybrook; Waterbury, Koelle, Pease, Gabriella Navarra, and Madison Grady from Clinton; and Dellarocco from Chester.
Westbrook Dance Academy offers programs for those aged 2 to adults at the beginner, advanced, recreational, and competition levels. For info on Westbrook Dance Academy or to register for summer or fall classes, contact 860-664-4308 or westbrookdanceac@aol.com, or visit westbrookdanceacademy.com.
Information courtesy of David Russo