Yoko's Dance and Performing Arts Academy

Thank you to everyone at for providing a beautiful stage and event for our dancers to perform at. We were excited to have some of our dancers be a part of your inaugural season!

🌟We were thrilled to accept the Refresh Legacy Award in honor of our beloved founder, Miss Yoko Young. The Legacy Award honors an educator who has spent 20+ years shaping the future of dance through intention, passion, and leadership within their community. It was an honor to have Miss Yoko remembered in this way!

🌟Mini Elite Solos: Charlotte won 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Junior Elite Solos: Audrey 🥔 won 3rd 🥉 Nadine 2nd 🥈and Rosie 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Teen Elite Solos: Sydney 10th overall, Megan 9th, Kamran 6th, Molly 4th, Iris 3rd 🥉, Sierra 2nd 🥈 and Audrey won 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Senior Elite Solos: Lilyan won 8th overall!
🌟Teen Elite Duets: Sierra & Molly won 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Dance the Magic invite: Nadine, Sydney, Lilyan
🌟Elite Petite Squad Winner: Emma
🌟Elite Junior Squad Finalist: Nadine, Audrey 🥔
🌟Elite Junior Squad Winner: Rosie
🌟Elite Teen Squad Finalist: Kamran, Molly, Iris, Sierra
🌟Elite Teen Squad Winner: Audrey
🌟Elite Senior Squad Finalist: Lilyan

Thank you to for a great weekend of dancing in Santa Clara, we loved being a part of your first season! Our dancers loved taking classes and performing on your stage. Great job to all of our dancers that participated!

Savage highlights:
🌟Teen Solos: Arielle placed 10th, Avery Y 2nd 🥈 and Emilie 1st place!🥇
🌟Junior Solos: Rosie 8th and Anya 5th place!
🌟Mini Solos: Renee 9th place and Kate 8th!
🌟Little Savage solos: Emma placed 5th, Jojo 4th and Charlotte 2nd place! 🥈
🌟Teen Industry Icon Winner: Emilie and Bella
🌟Teen Industry Icon Finalist: Arielle, Audrey and Avery Y
🌟Junior Industry Icon Winner: Aubrey
🌟Junior Industry Icon Finalist: Isabelle, Skylar, Lauren, Priscilla, Grace, Anya
🌟Mini Industry Icon Finalist: Kate
🌟Selected for the Teen/Senior Hip Hop showcase, Monsters Never Die: Anaya, Emilie and Aubrey
🌟Choreography Award: Miss Erin
🌟Faculty Scholarship Chosen by Autumn Miller: Audrey
🌟Faculty Scholarship Chosen by Alex Blitstein: Avery Y
🌟Titans of Dance Scholarship: Lauren
🌟Contemporary Scholarship: Anaya
🌟Lyrical Scholarship: Joshua

Our dancers loved getting to take classes and perform on the stage last month! Thank you to everyone on the Jump faculty for showing us such a great weekend!

Jump Highlights:
🌟Teen solos: Bella 10th, Avery 7th and Joy 1st place! 🥇
🌟Mini Solos: Emma 5th, Jojo 4th and Charlotte won 1st place! 🥇

🌟Junior JUMP VIP Runner-Up: Joshua, Kaylee
🌟Teen JUMP VIP Winner: Emilie, Joy
🌟Teen JUMP VIP Runner-Up: Sierra, Anaya, Bella Avery
🌟Senior JUMP VIP Runner-Up: Isabel, Jasmine

Thank you for a great weekend of dancing in Santa Clara! Our dancers had a great time in your classes and on your stage last month!

Competition Highlights:
🌟Junior Solos: Nadine 5th overall, Grace 3rd and Rosie 1st overall!🥇
🌟Teen Solos: Molly 5th, Anaya 4th overall!
🌟Senior Solos: Jasmine 2nd overall! 🥈

🌟Junior Contemporary: Grace 1st!🥇
🌟Junior Tap: Eliana 4th and Rosie 1st!🥇
🌟Junior Jazz: Nadine 2nd!🥈
🌟Junior Lyrical Duets: Kate and Jacob 2nd!🥈
🌟PreTeen Contemporary: Priscilla 3rd 🥉 and Molly 2nd!🥈
🌟PreTeen Tap: Kamran 1st! 🥇
🌟Preteen Lyrical: Emma S 3rd! 🥉
🌟Teen Contemporary: Anaya 2nd!🥈
🌟Teen Lyrical: Sydney 3rd!🥉
🌟Senior Contemporary: Jasmine 1st! 🥇

Scholarship Highlights:
🌟Tap Scholarship winner: Kamran
🌟Scholarship Winner: Jasmine and Grace
🌟Scholarship Finalists: Michelle, Jasmine, Rosie, Nadine

And that’s a wrap on our final Regional competition of the 2026 season! Next stop, Recital, then Finals!!
It was truly a great weekend getting to see all the hard work our dancers have been putting in pay off! We’ve seen so much progress in everyone since the beginning of the season, and we’re ready to make that final push getting ready for July! What an amazing season this is turning out to be! Thank you to everyone at for a stellar weekend of competition, it was truly a pleasure to share your stage with so many talented studios in our area! And now, we rest! 😴

Day 3 Highlights:
🌟Regional Elite Top Studio: Yoko’s Dance! 🎉
🌟Highest Scoring Diamond Group: Single Ladies! 🏆
🌟Diamond Choreography Award: Single Ladies
🌟Teen Diamond Small Groups: All I Wanna Be 10th, Meu Amor 9th, Let Me Entertain You 8th, Can’t Rely On You 7th, Apale 6th, Move It 4th, Ice Age 2nd 🥈 and Rubberband Man 1st overall! 🥇
🌟 Senior Diamond Small Groups: Instruction 10th, Goodbye 9th, Stay 7th, Here Then Gone 2nd 🥈 and Single Ladies 1st overall! 🥇
🌟 Teen Diamond Large Groups: Gravedigger 6th, With Time 5th and Boys Will Be Boys 1st overall! 🥇
🌟 Senior Diamond Lines: Withering Away won 1st overall! 🥇

🌟Pre-Senior Diamond Solos: Caitlin 10th, Avery D 8th, Maddie 7th, Bella 5th, Emilie 4th, Grace 3rd, Joy 2nd and Isabel 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Pre-Senior Diamond Title Winner: Joy
🌟Pre-Senior Diamond Contemporary Icon: Isabel
🌟Pre-Senior Diamond Jazz Icon: Emilie
🌟Pre-Senior Diamond Lyrical Icon: Emilie
🌟Pre-Senior Diamond Open Icon: Isabel
🌟Pre-Senior Diamond Tap Icon: Grace K

🌟Senior Diamond Solos: Michelle 9th and Jasmine won 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Senior Diamond Contemporary Icon: Jasmine

Our second day with was busy and exciting, and we loved getting to watch our petite and junior groups hit the stage. Congratulations, dancers, on a fabulous day of dancing!

Day 2 Highlights:
🌟Mini Sapphire Small Groups: Perfect Day won 4th overall!
🌟Petite Ruby Small Groups: Route 66 won 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Petite Diamond Small Groups: Rock Around The Clock 4th, Everything is Brighter 3rd 🥉Center Field 2nd 🥈 and More To The Story 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Junior Diamond Small Groups: Imagine 8th overall, Wanna Be Like You 7th, Rock With Jennie 5th, A Little Party 4th, Hello 3rd 🥉 Man With A Hex 2nd 🥈 and Dissolving 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Petite Ruby Large Groups: Time To Swing 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Petite Diamond Large Groups: Lullaby 2nd 🥈and She’s in Love 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Junior Diamond Large Groups: Smile won 1st overall!🥇
🌟Petite Diamond Large Groups: Fuego 🔥 won 1st overall!🥇

🌟Junior Diamond Solos: Audrey 🥔 9th, Rosie 8th, Candice 7th, Lauren 6th, Grace 4th, Priscilla 3rd 🥉 Isabelle 2nd 🥈 and Aubrey 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Junior Diamond Title Winner: Priscilla
🌟Junior Diamond Ballet Icon: Priscilla
🌟Junior Diamond Contemporary Icon: Aubrey
🌟Junior Diamond Jazz Icon: Grace
🌟Junior Diamond Open Icon: Priscilla
🌟Junior Diamond Tap Icon: Rosie

🌟Pre-Teen Diamond Solos: Hanyou 8th, Julia 7th, Jacob 5th, Skylar 4th, Joshua 3rd 🥉 Anya 2nd 🥈 and Kaylee 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Pre-Teen Diamond Contemporary Icon: Anya
🌟Pre-Teen Diamond Title Winner: Jacob

It’s so great to see our dancers back on the stage! Our last regional competition of the season started off with a full day of solos and duets, and our dancers did not disappoint! Congratulations to all the dancers on the Showbiz stage today, we can’t wait for groups tomorrow!

Day 1 Highlights:
🌟Mini Sapphire Solos: Samantha won 4th overall!
🌟Petite Diamond Solos: Emma 3rd 🥉 Jojo 2nd 🥈 and Charlotte 1st overall!🥇
🌟Petite Diamond Costume Winner: Emma
🌟Petite Diamond Title Winner: Jojo 👑
🌟Petite Diamond Musical Theater Icon: Jojo

🌟Pre-Jr Diamond Solos: Jocelyn 10th, Renee 9th, Kimber 8th, Eliana 6th, Kate 4th, Emma Y 3rd 🥉 Kara T 2nd 🥈 and Nadine 1st overall!🥇
🌟Pre-Jr Diamond Costume Winner: Renee
🌟Pre-Jr Diamond Title Winner: Kara T 👑
🌟Pre-Jr Diamond Lyrical Icon: Nadine
🌟Pre-Jr Diamond Musical Theater Icon: Kate
🌟Pre-Jr Diamond Open Icon: Nadine

🌟Diamond Junior Duets: Sophia & Ayana 6th, Emma & Kimber 4th, Jacob & Kate 3rd 🥉 and Aubrey & Joshua 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Teen Diamond Duets: Sierra & Molly 4th overall!

🌟Teen Diamond Solo Overalls: Sydney 6th, Sierra 5th, Arielle 4th, Audrey 3rd 🥉Kamran 2nd 🥈and Avery won 1st overall! 🥇
🌟Teen Diamond Title Winner: Arielle K 👑
🌟Teen Diamond Contemporary Icon: Audrey
🌟Teen Diamond Jazz Icon: Emma
🌟Teen Diamond Lyrical Icon: Audrey
🌟Teen Diamond Tap Icon: Kamran

Our studio had an amazing time at our first Press Play event! Thank you to everyone with for such a fun and memorable weekend, and great job to our dancers for working tirelessly all weekend! 💪

Weekend Highlights:
🌟Junior Duets: Aubrey & Joshua 5th place!
🌟Teen Solos: Iris and Bella tied for 5th, and Joy won 1st place! 🥇
🌟Mini Featured Artist Runner-Ups: Nadine and Grace
🌟Junior Featured Artist Runner-Ups: Joshua, Lauren, Jacob and Aubrey
🌟Teen Featured Artist Winner: Joy 🏆
🌟Teen Featured Artist Runner-Ups: Iris, Arielle K, Anaya, Bella and Avery Y
🌟Senior Featured Artist Runner-Ups: Isabel, Avery D and Maddie
🌟Spotlight In Ballet: Sierra, Alex, Audrey
🌟Spotlight in Hip Hop/Jazz Funk: Kara T
🌟Spotlight in Jazz/Contemporary: Emilie
🌟Spotlight in Tap: Rosie

Thank you we had so much fun dancing with you in Santa Clara last month! Great job to all of our dancers that worked hard all weekend!

🌟Mini Solos: Grace and Rosie tied for 9th place!
🌟Junior Solos: Priscilla 9th and Isabelle 6th place!
🌟Teen Solos: Bella won 1st place! 🥇

🌟Mini Protege Runner-Up: Grace
🌟Junior Protege Runner-Up: Isabelle and Anya
🌟Teen Protege Winner: Joy
🌟Teen Protege Runner-Up: Sierra
🌟Senior Protege Runner-Up: Jasmine
🌟Cutting Edge in Jazz/Contemporary: Ella
🌟Cutting Edge in Ballet: Rosie, Priscilla, Candice
🌟Cutting Edge in Hip Hop: Jacob
🌟Cutting Edge in Ballroom: Connie

🌟Choice Artist chosen by Tina Caspary: Skylar!
🌟Choice Artist chosen by Matthew Kubitz: Jacob!

Less than 3 weeks until we hit the stage and tickets are selling fast!
Join us for our 20th Annual Nutcracker Production at the Smith Center at Ohlone College with the Fremont Opera Orchestra!