Southern Oregon Dance Center

Celebrate your dancer & help them take the stage across the world!

There’s still time to order flowers for your favorite dancer before the Celebrate Dance Concert!

Each beautiful mixed bouquet is created by a local florist and will be ready for pickup right in the theater lobby the night of your dancer’s performance — making it easy to celebrate their special moment on stage.

Even better? Every bouquet purchased helps support our dancers as they prepare for their 2027 Performance Tour through Europe, where they’ll have the incredible opportunity to share their love of dance internationally.

📅 Last day to order: June 8th

Make sure to select:
✨ Show 1 — Friday, June 12
✨ Show 2 — Saturday, June 13

Thank you for supporting our dancers, their dreams, and this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

A day celebrating hard work, dedication, and the love of dance.

Our Solo/Duo/Trio Showcase was such a special opportunity for our dancers to share their pieces with family and friends while celebrating an incredible season of growth, competition, and accomplishments.

Every performance tells a story — hours in the studio, moments of perseverance, confidence built, and dancers pushing themselves to become stronger artists.

A huge thank you to Heartland Dance Academy for graciously sharing their beautiful performance space with us and helping make this day possible. 🤍

Many of these pieces will take the stage again at our Celebrate Dance Concert June 12 & 13, and we can’t wait for you to see them shine. Some performances were shared just for today, but every single dancer left their heart on that stage.

So proud of this group and all they continue to accomplish.

CELEBRATE DANCE 2026

Join us for an unforgettable weekend as Southern Oregon Dance Center takes the stage for our annual spring concert, Celebrate Dance!

From our youngest dancers stepping into the spotlight for the very first time to our award-winning Advanced Production Company and professional SOD Collective performers, this show celebrates the passion, artistry, growth, and heart of dance in our community.

🎭 Featuring:
• Hip Hop
• Contemporary
• Ballet
• Jazz
• Tap
• Musical Theater
…and so much more!

📍 Grants Pass Performing Arts Center
📅 Friday, June 12th — Kids & Beginning Levels
📅 Saturday, June 13th — Intermediate, Advanced + SOD Collective
🕖 Shows begin at 7PM | Doors open at 6:30PM

Tickets go on sale Monday, June 1st

Whether you’re cheering on your dancer or simply love the arts, this is a weekend you won’t want to miss. Come celebrate the beauty of movement, storytelling, and the incredible dedication of these dancers.

What a way to close out our 2026 competition season.

This weekend was more than awards — it was a reflection of the heart, discipline, artistry, and dedication poured into every rehearsal, every correction, every early morning, and every moment on stage.

🏆 8 Diamond Awards
🏆 Multiple High Score Overall placements
🏆 Special Judges’ Awards for choreography & musicality
🏆 Director’s Choice Award for The Grotto — the top standout piece of the entire regional competition
🏆 Outstanding Senior recognition for leadership, character, and community impact
🏆 And an incredible scholarship finalist achievement for one of our seniors at Azusa Pacific University

But beyond the titles and trophies… we are most proud of the kind of dancers these students are becoming.

At SODC, we strive to build more than strong technicians. We strive to develop artists who move people, leaders who inspire others, and humans who carry excellence both on and off the stage.

To our dancers, teachers, choreographers, families, and supporters — thank you for trusting the process and believing in the vision. The growth this season has been beautiful to witness. 🤍

And to our seniors… thank you for leaving your mark on this studio.

Next up:
🎉 Boatnik Parade
🎭 CELEBRATE DANCE — June 12 & 13

The season may be wrapping up, but the magic keeps going.

What a weekend for our SODC dancers ✨

Our soloists took the stage Saturday at competition and absolutely shined. We are beyond proud of the hard work, passion, discipline, and heart these dancers continue to bring every single time they perform.

🏆 Libby received:
• Diamond Adjudication
• A Cut Above Spotlight Award
• Contemporary Senior Category Winner
• Emerald Award — 3rd Place Overall Senior Division (all categories)

🏆 Presli received:
• Diamond Adjudication
• Contemporary Teen Category Winner
• 1st Place Overall Teen Division
• Special Award for Choreography alongside choreographer Molly 🎉

Competitive dance is about so much more than trophies. It’s about growth, confidence, artistry, resilience, and learning how to perform with heart under pressure — and these girls represented SODC beautifully this weekend.

Now onto group performances and all the memories still to come

Some dancers do it for trophies.
Some do it for the photos.

But the special ones?
They do it because they can’t imagine life without dance.

The stage feels like home.
The music means something.
The rehearsals, the nerves, the performances, the hard moments, the breakthroughs… they love all of it.

At SODC, our Performance + Competition Teams are for dancers who truly want to grow, perform, connect, and experience dance on a bigger level.

And this season? It’s even bigger.

🌍 Selected Advanced Team dancers will have the opportunity to perform in EUROPE (Austria) Summer 2027.

If your dancer lights up the second the music starts… this might be exactly where they belong.

📍 Southern Oregon Dance Center
📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026

Intermediate (11–13 yrs): 1–3 PM
Advanced (14–18 yrs): 3–5 PM

Train. Perform. Compete. Travel. Excel.

Tag a dancer who lives for the stage