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DANCE

due  JANUARY 17, 2025

# of NOMINATIONS
  • Teacher many nominate up to 10 students

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:: 5 juniors 

:: 5 seniors​

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  • Nominations are not tethered to specific specialties. You don't have to worry about keeping track of who you have nominated in any specific specialty.

There are MANY styles of dance. The list below is NOT exhaustive and it may not categorize dance in the way that you would. Consider this list inspiration. If you do not see your style of music on this list, you can write-in any style you plan to show us.

​ARTISTIC SKILLS TO SHOWCASE

  • Performing

  • Choreography

DANCE STYLES

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  • BALLET / Classical

  • BALLET / Contemporary

  • BALLET / Neoclassical

  • BALLET / Romantic

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  • BALLROOM / Latin

  • BALLROOM / Standard​

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  • CONTEMPORARY / Broadway

  • CONTEMPORARY / Contemporary

  • CONTEMPORARY / Fusion

  • CONTEMPORARY / Jazz

  • CONTEMPORARY / Modern

  • CONTEMPORARY / Tap

  • CLUB / Can Can

  • CLUB / Disco

  • CLUB / Swing

  • CLUB / Voguing

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  • HIP HOP / B-boy, B-girl & Breakdancing

  • HIP HOP / Boogaloo

  • HIP HOP / Funk

  • HIP HOP / Hip Hop Dance

  • HIP HOP / Liquid Dance

  • HIP HOP / Lyrical

  • HIP HOP / Popping, Locking, Tutting

  • HIP HOP / Stepping

  • HIP HOP / Up Rock

  • WORLD / Afro-Carribean

  • WORLD / Ballet Folklórico

  • WORLD / Belly Dance

  • WORLD / Butoh

  • WORLD / Capoeira

  • WORLD / Chinese Fan Dance

  • WORLD / Flamenco

  • WORLD / Folk Dance

  • WORLD / Hula

  • WORLD / Iranian Court Dance

  • WORLD / Irish

  • WORLD / Lion Dance

  • WORLD / Native American

  • WORLD / Persian

  • WORLD / Polynesian

  • WORLD / Sastriya Devesh

  • WORLD / Traditional African

If there is style of Dance that you want to showcase that is not on the list, you can add it as a write-in style.

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