Darden Dance Company

BEST OF IREDELL FAVORITE DANCE STUDIO 2026! 🩷🩵🏆

We are SO incredibly honored to be named Best of Iredell’s 2026 Favorite Dance Studio and even more grateful to say this marks 5 YEARS IN A ROW that our community has voted DDC a favorite! 😭✨

To our DDC family, the Lord above, our community, and everyone who continues to believe in what we’re building.. THANK YOU! We never take your love and support for granted, and we are so proud to represent this community year after year.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🏆🩷🩵

What an incredible week at our Season 7 Intensive! 🤍🩵🩷

This week was filled with so many special moments of growth, hard work, new friendships, and unforgettable memories!!

To every dancer who spent the week with us: Thank you for trusting us, giving your all, and making this intensive so special. We are so proud of each and every one of you and can’t wait to watch you continue to grow this season!

A huge thank you to all of our incredible instructors who poured into our dancers this week! Your passion, knowledge, expertise, and encouragement made such a lasting impact. We are so grateful you shared your time and talents with us, helping inspire and challenge the next generation of dancers. Thank you for being such an important part of an unforgettable intensive! 🤍

The future is so bright, and if this week is any indication of what’s to come… Season 7 is going to be something truly special ✨

Here’s to an amazing year ahead! 🩷

A Special Prayer for Season 7 at DDC 🙏🏼

Dear Heavenly Father,

As we begin a brand new season at Darden Dance Company tomorrow, we come before You with grateful hearts. Thank You for the opportunity to pour into the lives of these dancers, families, teachers, and staff. We know this studio exists because of Your faithfulness, and we trust You with everything this new year will bring.

Lord, we pray over every dancer who walks through our doors this season. For our returning dancers, rekindle their love for dance. Refresh their hearts, renew their passion, and remind them why they fell in love with this art in the first place. Help them to grow not only in technique but in confidence, humility, perseverance, and kindness.

For every new dancer joining our DDC family, calm any nerves and help them feel welcomed, loved, and accepted from the moment they arrive. May they find friendship, encouragement, and a place where they truly belong.

Bless every class, rehearsal, performance, competition, and conversation this season. Protect our dancers from injury, strengthen their bodies, and give them courage to step outside their comfort zones. Let this be a year of growth, breakthrough, and unforgettable memories.

Lord, I pray that DDC would always be more than just a dance studio. Let it be a place filled with joy, laughter, encouragement, and love. May every family who walks through these doors experience Your peace and Your presence. Help us to lead with integrity, patience, wisdom, and grace in every decision we make.

We ask for Your favor over this season. Bring the dancers and families You have called to DDC. Open the right doors, create new opportunities, and bless this studio beyond anything we could ask or imagine. Let this season be marked by abundance. Not just in numbers, but in relationships, growth, joy, and purpose.

May every achievement bring You glory, every challenge draw us closer to You, and every step we take be guided by Your hand.

In Jesus’ name, Amen!!!!

✨ INTENSIVE WEEK IS ALMOST HERE! ✨

There is still time to register for one of the best training weeks of the summer! Whether you’re looking to sharpen your technique, try a new style, or audition for our National Award Winning Competition Team, our Season 7 Intensive has something for every dancer!

🔥 Classes include:
• Ballet
• Acro
• Hip Hop
• Jazz
• Jazz Funk
• Contemporary
• Lyrical
• Musical Theatre
• Ballroom
• Cha Cha/Samba
• Pom
• Pilates
• Technique

Train with an incredible faculty featuring industry professionals, championship choreographers, and special guest instructors!

💗 Registration Options:
• Full 6-Day Intensive – $275
• Day Pass – $75
• Individual Class – $35

📍 Competition Team Auditions: Saturday, August 1st

Whether you’re interested in our Competition Team or just want an amazing week of training, we’d love to have you!!

Register here: https://forms.gle/7SJxaSCfTsFpEA5i9

Tag a dancer who needs to be here! We can’t wait to kick off Season 7 with an unforgettable week of growth, inspiration, and dance! 🩷🩵🤍

The Season 7 lineup goes CRAZY 🤯🔥
One week. Incredible faculty. Endless growth.
If you’re serious about becoming a stronger, more versatile dancer… you don’t want to miss this.

🗓 July 27 – August 1
⭐ Company Auditions: August 1

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THIS WEEK AT DDC 🤍

Whether you’re preparing for auditions, wanting to sharpen your technique, or simply looking to grow as a dancer, these classes are the perfect way to head into a new season feeling confident and prepared!!

✨ This week’s lineup:
⭐ Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Carissa Wilson
💃 Ballroom with Ranko Bogosavac
🩰 Drop-In Technique Classes

With the success of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, we’re especially excited to welcome former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Carissa Wilson to Darden Dance Company! This is an incredible opportunity to learn from someone who performed with one of the most prestigious and recognizable professional dance teams in the world 💙⭐

⏰ Don’t miss your final chance to train before Intensives begin!

📝 Register here:
https://forms.gle/QfP7nJzRjrxnusZA9

If you’re looking to get one more week of incredible training in before our Season 7 Summer Intensives begin, this is it🔥 Let’s make this week count!

✨ THE DANCE AWARDS ✨
Today is the day!! 💛
Please help us wish Madi the very best of luck as she competes her solo, “But I’m a Good Girl,” for Mini Female Best Dancer at The Dance Awards in Orlando, Florida! 🌟 Her scheduled performance time is 1:06pm on Stage 2!

Madi is one of the youngest dancers in the entire Mini Best Dancer competition, and we couldn’t be more proud of her for earning this incredible opportunity. No matter what happens today, stepping onto that stage is an accomplishment in itself, and we know she’s going to shine.
If you’re able, tune in and cheer her on from wherever you are! Let’s fill the comments with lots of love, encouragement, and good luck wishes for Madi! 🤩🙏🏼

📺 Watch live here:
https://thedanceawards.com/webcast/2

Let’s go, Madi!! We love you! 🩷🩵

ONLY 3 WEEKS AWAY! 🔥
The countdown is officially ON ⏰

In just 3 weeks, we’ll kick off one of the most exciting weeks of the year as we begin auditions for our Competition Company & Pre-Competition Team!!

If you’re looking for a studio that will challenge you, encourage you, and help you grow as both dancer and person… here’s your chance🩵🩷

You don’t want to miss this!

📍 July 27 – August 1

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