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DANCESTAR CROATIA AWARDS | With the local competition season well underway, we reflect on the DanceStar Croatia Awards that took place in May. A few snippet images from the various DanceStar ceremonies, however all achievements are listed below. We are super proud!

LYRICAL
- Emma B solo (1st)
- Karli & Emma B duo (1st )
- Gabriella E & Karli B duet (1st)
- Isabella A solo (2nd)
- Lila G & Eva O duet (2nd)
- Amy P & Hayley-Jade R solos (4th)
- Daniel A & Eva O solos (5th)
- Daniel A & Karli B solos (6th)
- Lila G solo (10th)
- Gabriella E & Kayla JVV solos (11th)
- Alexa C solo (14th)
- Sophia M solo (20th)

OPEN
- Multiple Quartet (4th)
- Amy P solo (6th)

MUSICAL THEATRE
- Amy P, Karli B. Isabella A & Daniel A solos (1st)
- Lila G solo (3rd)
- Sophia M solo (6th)

JAZZ
- Sway group (2nd)
- Amy P solo (4th)
- Kayla JVV & Emma B solo (6th)
- Alexa C solo (8th)
- Elzette B solo (9th)
- Sophia M solo (13th)

TAP
- Sophia V & Daniel A solos (1st)
- Sharks trio (1st)
- Isabella A solo (2nd)
- Sophia V character solo (2nd)
- Emma B solo (4th)
- Jaime P solo (6th)

BALLET
- Ripples Group (2nd)
- Hayley-Jade R solo (3rd)
- Karli B repertoire solo (4th)
- Amy P solo (5th)
- Emma B solo (8th)

ACRO
- Kayla JVV solo (4th)

CONTEMPORARY
- Little Dreamers Group (2nd)
- Isabella A solo (2nd)
- Karli B solo (5th)
- Kayla JVV & Amy P duo (5th)
- Alexa C & Elzette B duet (7th)
- Daniel Abrahams contemporary solo 10th
- Madison G & Amy P solos (8th)
- Kayla JVV solo (19th)

HIP HOP
- Gabriella E solo (2nd)
- Mienke dT solo (3rd)
- Frequency Quartet (3rd)
- Daniel A solo (4th)
- Karla dP solo (5th)
- Isabella & Daniel A duet (5th)
- Isabella A solo (7th)
- Karla dP & Mienke dT duet (9th)
- Madison G & Cassidy M solos (10th)
- Trinity trio (11th)

AMY PERKINS ✨ | It is with huge pride and joy that we announce that after participating in Global Dance Open Finals and GDO Dancer of The Globe competition in Spain this July, our vocational student Amy Perkins Amy Perkins has been accepted into the following programs:

- Joffrey Ballet School BFA full time, pre-professional Trainee Program for Jazz & Contemporary Dance in 2027

- The Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensive qualifying for the following programmes: Joffrey Switzerland, NYC Pre-Professional Jazz & Contemporary Intensive, NYC Pre-Professional Contemporary Intensive, NYC Jazz & Contemporary Intensive, Joffrey Las Vegas Jazz & Contemporary, Joffrey Dallas, Joffrey West, Joffrey Akron, Joffrey Italy, Joffrey Cirque Arts Las Vegas, NYC Hip Hop Intensive, NYC Musical Theater Intensive

- The Steps on Broadway Summer Intensive Program with a $500 scholarship towards tuition.

Amy has been a vocational student with Gift of Dance since January 2024, dedicating her life in pursuit of her dance dreams. We could not be prouder of her incredible achievements but even more so of her incredible dedication & passion for dance.

Well done Amy! This is only the beginning of an amazing life you have worked so hard to create for yourself. We cannot wait to see you spread your wings in the Big Apple! Your Gift family is cheering you on all the way! 🗽🍎🎉

Thank you Joffrey Hansn. for affording Amy this amazing opportunity!
A special shoutout to all the teachers and coaches who have contributed to Amy‘s journey and who have helped make this dream possible.

Every class, message of support and word of encouragement no matter how small has all helped to get her here:

Marc John ⚡️
Siobhan Perkins
Caitlin Philp
Jaime Perestrelo
Malusi Simelane
YASEEN_MANUEL
Amanda Klotz
isabella
Allan Botha
HOLISTIC DANCE TRAINING🏡
MRS. Zoe Fredericks
AVH 🧚🏽
Rudi Wilcocks
Cheyenne
BN Reeve
Zinzan Raubenheimer
Kristy Brown
Lourenza Pereira Goertz
Curro Durbanville

PRIMARY SCHOOL HIP HOP | Exam techniques underway as we prepare our dancers for end of year exams.

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TAP | As term three starts, we will brush off the holiday blues, cramp roll into class & heel dig into some exam work! The only diddling allowed is paradiddling!

DANCESTAR CROATIA PART 2 | The second half of some of the items that were on .official ‘s stage. Super proud of these hard working dancers!

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DANCESTAR CROATIA PART 1 | What an honour it was to perform on .official ‘s World Dance Masters stage in Croatia. These are highlight action photos from that stage.

Thank you to for capturing these moments!

SENIOR TECH & ADVANCED HIP HOP|Finesseing their routines with polishing technique & running their solos one last time (it's never one more time…)

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BELLA 🫶 | Dreams really do come true 🗽

It is with huge pride that we announce that, at DanceStar World Dance Masters in Croatia this year, our Isabella Abrahams was awarded a full scholarship and housing to attend the 5 week summer intensive with the Alvin Aliey School in New York City.

She is currently in her first week of intensive, learning and growing from everything that the school has to offer. We are incredibly grateful to .official , The Alvin Ailey School and to Nasha Thomas for affording Bella this amazing opportunity.

Bella, may this journey be everything and more. We could not be prouder of you and all the hard work you’ve put in to get to this point. Now, spread those wings and fly! 🎉 We will be cheering you on every step of the way ❤️