Darden Dance Company

OMG! RECITAL IN 2 DAYS! 🤩✨

🎭 Darden Dance Company Presents… MOTOWN MAGIC 🪄

🩷 May 30, 2026
📍 Mooresville Performing Arts Center

⏰ Showtimes:
✨ 11:00 AM
✨ 5:00 PM

🌟 The costumes are ready.
🌟 The stage is set.
🌟 Our dancers can’t wait to shine!

See you in 2 days! 💖🩵

🩷 OUR RECITAL IS ONLY 5 DAYS AWAY! 🩵

We cannot WAIT to see our dancers light up the stage and celebrate an unforgettable Season 6 of ✨Motown Magic✨

From our tiniest stars to our senior dancer… these 2 shows are filled with so much talent, hard work, love, and MAGIC 💫

Officially a HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE 🎓✨

We are so incredibly proud of our Special Senior, Isabella who graduated with Honors today from LNHS! 🇺🇸 UDA All American Dancer now heading off to UNC Wilmington this fall 🤍🦅🌊What an exciting season of life ahead!

Thank you for being such a special part of our DDC family. Your kindness, hard work, and sweet spirit have impacted so many people, and we love and appreciate you more than you know!

Once a Darden dancer, always a Darden dancer 🩷
Congratulations, Isabella! Your future is so bright ✨

🚨 ✨ TOMORROW NIGHT, FREE POM CLASS ✨ 🚨

Ready to bring the ENERGY tomorrow night?! 🩷🩵

Join us for a FREE Pom Class at Darden Dance Company!
📣 TOMORROW NIGHT
⏰ 7:00–8:00 PM
BRING YOUR OWN POMS!

OPEN TO ALL DANCERS Ages 11+🔥 Don’t miss out on a fire class!!!!

Just shoot us a DM to let us know you’re coming!

📍Darden Dance Company

Lights, smiles, and recital magic ✨📸
Recital pictures are officially underway this week! Make sure dancers arrive to class picture-ready with hair, makeup, tights, shoes, and costumes prepared for the camera. We can’t wait to capture these special Season 6 memories! 💖

Last Weekend at ID Dance 🔥

The competition was FIERCE from start to finish, and our dancers rose to the challenge in every single way. I am beyond proud of this team, not just for the results, but for the growth, the passion, and the heart they bring every time they step on stage.

From standout performances to major awards like the Studio Impact Award and multiple ID Icon Buzzer moments, to Choreography Awards, Highest Scoring Routines of the Day, and being recognized for our Artistic Excellence.. last weekend was a true reflection of who we are as a studio: Hardworking, driven, and full of love for what we do!!!

Week after week, these girls continue to grow, push themselves, and amaze me in new ways. Their dedication does not go unnoticed, and I feel so lucky to lead such an incredible group of dancers.
Proud is an understatement!

✨ ID Studio of Excellence – Studio Impact Award Recipient! ✨ The Studio Impact Award recognizes a studio whose leadership, culture, and presence create a meaningful impact and performance. This award honors studios that uplift their dancers and contribute positively to the overall event experience and community. ID has partnered with Dancescend this season to offer a scholarship to their Mental Health Certification for the ID Studio Impact Award.

✨ Mini Utopian Award Recipient - How Does A Moment ✨
Emerged from the Utopia Tour, the Utopian Award is presented at each ID Event to the highest-scoring routine within each age division across small groups, large groups and lines-productions. This award represents the pinnacle of performance excellence and is reserved for the routine that achieves all-around distinction.

🌟 Pre-Company Team:
Think- Iconic Platinum, 3rd in Category, 5th Overall Mini Novice Small Group
Better Place - Iconic Platinum, Standout Award for Teamwork, 2nd Overall Mini Novice Duet/Trio
Vienna - Platinum, 2nd in Category, 9th Overall Mini Novice Small Group

🌟 Company:
I Don’t Think About You - Iconic Platinum, 1st in category, 4th Overall Petite Iconic Small Group, Magnetic Engagement Award
Hallelujah - Iconic Platinum, 5th Overall Petite Iconic Small Group, 3rd in Category
Mama I’m A Big Girl Now- Iconic Platinum, 1st in category, 1st Overall Petite Iconic Small Group, Musical Theatre Technique Award
How Does A Moment - Iconic Platinum, 1st Overall Mini Iconic Small Group, 1st in Category, Standout Emotion Award, Mini Utopian Award, ID ICON BUZZER RECIPIENT
Like This, Like That - Platinum, 2nd Overall Mini Iconic Small Group, 1st in Category, Standout Costume Award
Boots - Iconic Platinum, 5th Overall Mini Iconic Large Group, 1st in Category
Ciara - Iconic Platinum, 4th Overall Petite Iconic Large Group, 1st in Category
Workin Day and Night - Iconic Platinum, “On Fire” Stand Out Award, 13th Overall Junior Small Group
Pirates Voyage - Iconic Platinum, Judges Dynamic Award, 1st in category, ID ICON BUZZER RECIPIENT, 7th Overall Junior Iconic Large Group
Orange Colored Sky - Iconic Platinum, 3rd in Category
Somebody to Love - Ultra Iconic, Judges Dynamic Award, Judges Musicality Award, Artistic Ex*****on Award, 19th Overall Teen Small Group
Let It Whip - Iconic Platinum
Someone to Call My Lover - Iconic Platinum
Oscar Winning Tears - Iconic Platinum
A Song For You - Ultra Iconic, Judges “All The Feels” Award, 20th Overall Teen Small, ID ICON BUZZER RECIPIENT
Let’s Glo - Iconic Platinum, 3rd in Category
Voice of God - Iconic Platinum, Judges Inspiration Stand Out Award, 1st in Category
Gaga Ball - Iconic Platinum, 2nd in category, 5th Overall Teen Line/Production, ID ICON BUZZER RECIPIENT
Chasing Pavements - Iconic Platinum, Utopia Package Scholarship, Judges Pure Emotion Stand Out Award, 16th Overall Teen Novice Solo
Blame It On The Kids - Iconic Platinum, Judges “Energy On Fire” Stand Out Award
DIME - Iconic Platinum, Judges Stand Out Award, 3rd in Category, 7th Overall Petite Iconic Solo, Title Runner-Up
FIREBALL - Ultra Iconic, 2nd in Category, 4th Overall Petite Iconic Solo, ID ICON BUZZER RECIPIENT, Title Runner-Up
I Have Nothing - Ultra Iconic, 1st in Category, 3rd Overall Petite Iconic Solo, Title Runner-Up
Brave - Iconic Platinum, 10th Overall Petite Iconic Solo
But, I Am A Good Girl - Ultra Iconic, 2nd in Category, 2nd Overall Petite Iconic Solo, Improv Showcase Scholarship, Title Runner-Up
Fabulous - Iconic Platinum, 3rd in Category, Title Runner-Up
Swiftie Swag - Iconic Platinum, 1st in Category, 9th Overall Petite Iconic Solo, Photogenic Runway Walk Scholarship
Circus - Iconic Platinum, Title Runner-Up
Skeleton Sam - Iconic Platinum, 1st in Category, 1st Overall Petite Iconic Duet/Trio
Strut - Iconic Platinum, Judges Dynamic Award, 2nd Overall Mini Iconic Soloist, 1st Runner-Up Title Recipient
Jealous of the Angels - Ultra Iconic, Judges Dynamic Award, Masterclass Scholarship, 1st in Category, Mini Miss ID Title Winner, Highest Scoring Routine of the Entire Session
Big Time - Iconic Platinum, 1st in Category, Choreography Award
The End Of Love - Iconic Platinum, Photogenic Runway Scholarship
Girl In The Movies - Iconic Platinum
Emotions - Iconic Platinum, 8th Runner Up Teen Title
Nightmare - Iconic Platinum, ID ICON BUZZER Recipient
All I Ask - Iconic Platinum
Black Car - Iconic Platinum, 6th Runner Up Title Runner-Up, Iconic Costume Award
Cold - Ultra Iconic, Iconic Costume Award, 19th Overall Teen Iconic Solo (out of 114) Judges Standout Award for Storytelling, Master Class Scholarship, Runner-Up for Teen Title, 5th Runner-Up for Teen Title
Listen - Iconic Platinum
Man In The Mirror - Iconic Platinum
If Tomorrow Starts Without Me - Ultra Iconic, 14th Overall Teen Iconic Solo (out of 114), 2nd Runner-Up for Teen Title, Faculty Assistant Invite and Scholarship for ID Dance Nationals
Don Juan - Ultra Iconic, Judges Award for Dynamic Ex*****on, TRNDSTTR Award, ID ICON BUZZER Recipient
Someone in the Crowd - Iconic Platinum, 2nd in Category
Smooth Criminal - Iconic Platinum, Improv Scholarship, Magnetic Engagement Award, Judges Standout Award for Powerhouse Performance
Via Dolorosa - Ultra Iconic, 15th Overall Junior Iconic Solo
Classic - Iconic Platinum, 1st in Category
Bad Dreams - Iconic Platinum
A Little Party - Iconic Platinum, Title Runner-Up
Bang Bang - Iconic Platinum, Title Runner-Up

Improv:
Mini/Petite Top 15:
Saylem Temple
Harlow Kessler
Madison Vickery
Mary Adalyn Emberton
Elena Batalha
Nora Teague
1st Runner-Up Winner Mini/Petite Improv: Madison Vickery

Junior Top 5:
Haydan Valentine

Teen/Senior Top 15:
Aubrey Davis-Brown
Madelyn Geiger

Photogenic:
Graelynn Getz - Mini/Petite Photogenic Winner
Isabella Allen - 3rd & 5th Runner Up Photogenic Winner
Sloane Orban - 6th Runner Up Teen Photogenic Winner

✨ It’s that time again… BEST OF IREDELL 2026 ✨

We are officially in the nomination round, and we need YOUR help to make it to final voting round 🩷🤍🩵

Year after year, YOU have made DDC a community favorite, and we truly could not do this without our incredible dancers, families, and supporters 🥹

➡️ Be sure to select “Best Dance Studio”
👉 Take a quick second to nominate Darden Dance Company

🗓 Nominations close April 29

🔗 go.statesville.com/bestof26

Let’s do it again, DDC fam 🪩🔥