Our Dance Academy Offers Many
Performance & Exam Opportunities
as well as two Open Weeks every year.
• Nutcracker & Spring Performance
• Year End Workshop Performance
• Year End Ballet Exams
• Student Choreography Workshop
• Youth America Grand Prix “YAGP” Competition
• “Evening of Dance” Charity Benefit
• “Extravaganza” & “Performance Intensive” Summer Showcases
ADA students may audition for the Company of Dance Arts‘ annual productions of The Nutcracker and a spring performance. CODA is a non-profit, pre professional company affiliated our dance academy.
The Academy has a Year End Performance for specific classes, instead of an all school recital. Our dance academy held its 2019 performance at Rutgers University!
Students in levels Pre Primary – 6 (approx. ages 4-9) may participate in Workshop classes that perform at the end of the school year during an in studio showcase!
Every school year, our dance academy offers Ballet Exams to levels 3 & up, ages 7+.
Every other school year, levels 6 & 8 students training with Ms. Sori may be selected for Royal Academy of Dance exams.
After Intensive Coaching, students present their work to a Guest Examiner and receive a report card.
Students can sign up to choreograph on a group of their fellow students
and have their work performed during an in studio showcase!
Selected students may participate in Youth America Grand Prix each spring. After intensive coaching, a small group of soloists & ensembles perform for judges who could further their dance career. ADA’s soloists and ensembles have advanced to the finals!
Every spring, our intermediate & advanced dance academy students organize an in studio performance, “Evening of Dance”, to benefit a local charity. In 2019 $1,300 was raised for Ode to the Moon!
Every summer invited students may participate in the 2 week intensive programs, Extravaganza and Performance Intensive, which both culminate in performance. In 2019, the Performance Intensive showcase was held at the Two River Theater in Red Bank!
