DANZA Dance Studios

▪️ FIRST COMP BACK! ▪️

Can’t forget about these STUNNERS! 💎🔨📞
Celebrating what was an incredible debut for our 2026 teams! 🧡💗

▪️NYPA NOMINATED▪️

The 2026 competition season started off with a BANG 💥

We are bursting with pride & excitement that our senior contemporary piece “Phantom” received there nomination for 2026 this weekend! 🧛🏻‍♀️💋

We are so honoured to represent the Bays School of Dance Competition Society yet again!

A massive congratulations to our friends for also receiving a nomination this weekend 🤏🏼

See you soon Palmy.. we can wait!! ⏰🫀

▪️APDA TOP TIER & TOP MARK▪️

The last couple of weeks have been about celebrating our incredible students and their APDA exam results.

In particular, these legends who either received Top Marks or in the top 2% IN THE WORLD 🌎🤯

TOP MARK:
⭐️ Aspen Griffen - Intermediate 3 Jazz
⭐️ Annabelle Gasparich - Solo Seal Ballet
⭐️ Mazie Strickett - Advanced 2 Ballet

TOP TIER:
⭐️ Lucia Davison - Elementary 2 Tap & Elementary 3 Jazz
⭐️ Isabella Suamili - Junior 3 Jazz
⭐️ Nora Gray - Junior 3 Jazz
⭐️ Scarlett Glass - Junior 3 Jazz
⭐️ Rose Suamili - Elementary 1 Tap
⭐️ Maeve O’Brien - Advanced 1 Tap
⭐️ Ella Colligan- Advanced 1 Jazz
⭐️ Coco Veber - Nichols - Intermediate 3 Jazz

Congratulations Ladies! - we are proud as punch! 🧃🥹

▪️EXTRAVADANZA IS BACK▪️

Our very first school holiday for the year is approaching FAST! …. And this is a EXTRAVADANZA you don’t want to miss!! ⏰

Aimed for 5-12 Y/O with 3 JAM PACKED day’s including:

🪩 A variety of dance classes
🦋 Butterfly Creek Trip
🎥 Movies Trip
🎨 Arts & Craft

ENROL NOW via our website OR the link in our bio👩‍💻
OPEN TO ALL 🤗

▪️Our Perfect Place!▪️

Be right back.. we can’t stop looking at the ‘Our Place’ photos!! 🥹🏡

📸📸 .nz

▪️DANZA INTERNSHIP 2026▪️

Ready to shape your future and start your teaching journey in 2026? Dreaming of becoming a qualified teacher?

Join our 2026 Internship Programme and receive a full year of exceptional training, hands-on mentorship, and the opportunity to qualify with an internationally recognised teaching qualification.

Our previous interns have gone on to create their own legacy, both here in NZ and overseas. Are you ready to build a legacy of your own? We are now taking expressions of interest in preparation for our 2026 Internship Programme.

📩 Apply via email - [email protected]
⏰ Applications close Sunday 11 January
🤝 Applicants notified by Sunday 18 January

If you’re passionate about dance education and ready to grow, then this is the sign you’ve been waiting for.

▪️BREAKFAST TVNZ XMAS SHOW▪️

Finishing off our 2025 celebrating with .official and as we head into the xmas break. Thank you to Alice and Lucy for the invite to perform this morning - we had an absolute blast and was definitely worth setting our alarms for 📺 ⏰ 🎥 🌟 🎇

Always so proud of how professional our dancers are and how well they represent our wider DANZA Fam!

Dancers -

strickett
anne.colligan



shaoo
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Choreography -
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Costuming -

▪️ OUR PLACE 2025 ▪️

Reminiscing on what was the MOST incredible week with our special community of dancers, teachers and all of their families.
This years end of year showcase is definitely one for us to remember and reminded us all of our “why” and the passion we all share for dance.

This year has bought some irreplacable connection and given us a lot to be grateful for. Heres to all of the highs, all of the lows and every single special memory that we’ve been able to share together over the last 7 years.

We hope the show was as special to you as it was to all of us and we are so pumped to get back into it for 2026 ❤️❤️

▪️SHOW DAY!▪️

It’s show day BABY!
Our dancers are rehearsed and ready to dance their hearts out! … how is it show time already 🥹

Last minute tickets in bio! 💚