Activate Dance Complex

📢📢 ANNOUNCING
Competitive Team Auditions Season 2, Activate Dance Complex 2026-2027
Join our emerging, innovative, award winning competitive team this season. Ages 3-18 are invited to apply for a week long intensive process the week of July 27th, with auditions to follow Saturday August 1st. This can be your ticket in to Hot Spring’s fresh, up and coming competitive dance company 🏆

Send a message or email us at [email protected] to secure your spot in the audition process. Spots are limited!

Activate Dance Complex is directed by seasoned, multi-choreography award winning instructor, and National Choreographer of the Year 2025 Finalist, Kelsey Vega. For years as a competitive instructor, Kelsey has led students towards success in becoming both Regional and National Title Holders. However, Kelsey and ADC define success in dance by more than achievements or trophies, it is equally found in passion, growth, and the ability to inspire.

Want to be more prepared for auditions August 1st? Keep an eye out for our 5 Week Summer schedule beginning the week of June 28th. Open enrollment to both competitive and recreational dancers. Don’t miss a summer full of dancing, training, and fun!

📍 3131 Airport Rd in Wolf Plaza

Happy Recital Day Dancers and Families!

We cannot wait to see you light up the dance floor this afternoon! Good luck to everyone performing 💙🖤

📢💙🖤 NEW LOCATION ANNOUNCEMENT 🖤💙

We are so excited to announce our new location will be in the center of Wolf Plaza!

📍3131 Airport Rd

We are hard at work getting the space ready for summer classes to begin! Thank you so much to National Park College for allowing us to utilize their dance room to prepare for recital as we are making this move into our new location!

Thank you all for your support and keep an eye out for our exciting summer schedule!

Attention Hot Springs Area!
We have exciting news to share! ADC is MOVING LOCATIONS and expanding our facilities!

Official location announcement is just around the corner, along with our Summer Schedule and Competitive Team Auditions! Stay tuned, you won’t want to miss this!

Along with our move, we are running an extra special, and yummy, fundraiser 🍪

Purchase a Crumbl Cookie certificate sent directly to you that can be used at any Crumbl location, and a portion goes towards ADC and our facility expansion! Feel free to share with friends and family, and anyone who might have a sweet tooth. Treat yourself to some delicious desserts while supporting our local dance studio!

Thank you all so much for your support, and we can’t wait to start dancing in our new location🧑‍🩰

Fundraiser:

https://www.successfund.com/645kv

ADC is now accepting applications for experienced, motivated, and energetic instructors and choreographers!
Must have weekday evening availability along with some weekends. Experience in competitive dance is not required, but preferred.
Please send us a message or email us at [email protected] for application!

Activate Dance Complex presents: “Color Our Story”

Our first annual spring recital with performances by ADC competitive and recreational members.

This production paints a beautifully vibrant picture of what dance means to us, represented by colors and music. Illustrated by showcasing some of the hard work these dancers have put in this season!

Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door.

Dance Families: Please check your emails for important rehearsal and recital information!

A few of our routines took the stage this weekend at Triumph National Talent and they absolutely rocked it!

“Hello” - Ariana Yanez
🏆 Platinum High Point
🥇 1st Place Junior Hip Hop Category
🥇 7th Place Overall Junior Novice Solo
⭐️ 1st Overall Junior Explosive Entertainer

“Teen Spirit” - Ava Walker
🏆 Platinum High Point
🥇 1st Place Junior Contemporary Category
🥇 5th Place Overall Junior Novice Solo

“Money, Money, Money” - Nola Threadgill
🏆 Gold
⭐️ Judge’s Choice Award “Personality Plus”

“Never Walk Alone” - Alena Vega
🏆 Diamond High Point
🥇 1st Place Mini Contemporary Category
🥇 1st Place Overall Mini Competitive Solo
⭐️ National Performance Team Invitation

“Go Webs Go” - Abel Vega
🏆 Platinum High Point
🥇 1st Place Mini Character Category
🥇 4th Place Overall Mini Competitive Solo
🥇 1st Place Overall Mini Mr. Southern Charm Title
⭐️ Judge’s Choice Award “Cutest Crime Fighter”

“Popular” - Ariana Yanez & Nola Threadgill
🏆 Gold High Point
🥇 1st Place Junior Musical Theatre Category
⭐️ Judge’s Choice Award “Double Trouble”

“Get Silly” - Ava Walker, Alena Vega & Ariana Yanez
🏆 Platinum High Point
🥇 1st Place Petite Hip Hop Category
🥇 1st Place Overall Petite Novice Duet/Trio

“Shine” - Eva Toska
🏆 Platinum High Point
🥇 1st Place Teen Lyrical Category
🥇 2nd Place Overall Teen Intermediate Solo
⭐️ National Performance Team Invitation

“Rescue” - Heaven McConnell
🏆 Platinum High Point
🥇 1st Place Senior Lyrical Category
🥇 3rd Place Overall Senior Novice Solo
📷 1st Place Overall Senior Photogenic Winner

Congratulations dancers! We are so proud of all of your hard work!

The ADC Minis took the stage on Friday evening and made us proud!

Lightning Crump “Big Kid Energy”
🏆 Top First
🥇 Mini Hip Hop Champion
⭐️ First Runner-Up Mr. Mini Dance

Eva Menjivar “Shake it Off”
🏆 Top First
🥉3rd Place Mini Jazz

Abel Vega “Go Webs Go”
🏆 Top First
🥇 Mini Character Champion
🥉 3rd Place Overall Mini Solo Champion
⭐️ Mr. Mini Dance

Lightning Crump and Legend Crump “The Weekend”
🏆 Top First
🥇 Mini Duet Hip Hop Champions
🥉 3rd Place Overall Mini Duet Champions

Watching these minis steal the show was incredible! ADC is so proud of each one of you!

ADC is proud to be the home of the Arkansas Diamonds Arena Football Official Dance Team, the Arkansas Gems 💎 with our director, Kelsey Vega, as coach and choreographer.

We cannot wait to bring this talent to the community and cheer on the Arkansas Diamonds Football Team in a winning season 🏈

Let’s go Diamonds!!

Lightning Crump performing “Big Kid Energy” for the very first time this season, at BravO! this weekend, scoring an impressive
⭐️ Elite High Gold

This is Lightning’s very first solo and we are so proud of him for working hard, and taking initiative to get up on the competitive stage all by himself! Great job Lightning!