Ladner's Studio West Dance has had a very successful start to its competition season.
Dancers from the local studio have racked up many high finishes at three competitions held in Surrey so far.
"They've been working really hard. They've got a lot of really fun, exciting, challenging routines this year," says studio owner and director Jyla Davis.
A sample of the dancers' success includes the Caterpillar (acro) and Fly Away (lyrical) groups bringing home Peak Challenge overall trophies from the Peak Invitational Dance Competition in March.
The studio had numerous high score trophy winners at the Surrey Festival of Dance and followed that up with their Hallelujah group along with Peighton Brown (junior soloist) and Brown and Harrison Last (junior duo) winning Synergy Showdown honours at the Synergy Dance Competition last month.
"I think everything has just really come together with our whole team," says Davis, noting the studio has about 150 competitive dancers.
Upcoming competitions include events in Burnaby and Whistler.
Studio West will also be fundraising in order to travel to a competition in Disneyland next year.
To register for summer camps or audition for a competitive company, visit www.studiowestdance.ca or email [email protected]. Auditions are on Sunday, June 5.
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Peak Invitational
Top 10 level 1 group finalists
The Vow 4th overall
Lockdown 3rd overall
The Caterpillar 1st overall
Top 10 solo finalists level 2 (7-9 years)
Hanna Turner and Jayda Ayach
Top 10 solo finalists level 2 (10+ years) Harrison Last, Peighton Brown, Mia Senyard
Top 10 duo finalists level 2
Audrey Habros and Sophia Lawson
Peighton Brown and Harrison Last
Mia Senyard and Peighton Brown
Jude Wilson and Mia Senyard
Top 10 groups level 2
Vidiots, Girlz, Loonies, Paso, Fly Away, Nightmare
Overall Winners level 2
Harrison Last 3rd and 2nd place overall soloist
Audrey and Sophia 1st overall duo
Girlz 4th overall group (10 and under)
Loonies 3rd overall group (10 and under)
Nightmare 4th overall group (11+)
Paso 3rd overall group (11+)
Fly Away 1st overall group (11+)
Choreography Awards: Melissa Pribula - acro group "The Caterpillar", Tanner Plecas - contemporary group "Before You Snap", and Jyla Davis - "Siena Hoglund" Song and Dance solo.
Top 10 level 3 group finalists
Rockerz, Hallelujah, Wedding Day, Hook's Revenge, Banditz, Before You Snap, Werkin Men
Top 10 level 3 solo finalists
Myrra Ethier, Claire Creighton
Top 10 level 3 duo finalists
Myrra Ethier and Joel Epplette
Level 3 overall winners
Myrra Ethier 4th overall (10-11yrs)
Claire Creighton 2nd overall (12-13yrs)
Hallelujah 4th overall group (10-12yrs)
Banditz 3rd overall group (10-12yrs)
Before You Snap 3rd overall group (13+)
Level 4 finalists
Iron Might 2nd overall group
Level 5 finalists
Natasha Taylor, Lauren Robinson
Natasha Taylor and Lauren Robinson top 10 duo
Brittany Kikel and Brooklyn Kirkbride, top 10 duo
Natasha Taylor 4th and 3rd overall soloist
Peak Challenge Overall Winners!
The Caterpillar 3rd and Fly Away 1st
Surrey Festival of Dance Achievements:
"Nightmare", contemporary group 1st place and high score trophy winners
"Money", Jazz group, 1st place
"How Will I Know", lyrical group, 3rd place
Megan Bell, hip hop solo, 2nd place
"Loonies", hip hop group, 1st place and high score trophy winners
Mia and Peighton, 1st place, lyrical duo
Peighton Brown and Harrison Last, Jazz duo, 1st place and high score trophy winners
Natasha Taylor and Lauren Robinson, lyrical duo, 1st place and high score trophy winners
"The Vow", jazz group, 2nd place
"Girlz", jazz group, 2nd place
"Paso", Jazz group, 1st place and high score trophy winners
"Fly Away", Lyrical group, 1st place and high score trophy winners
Harrison Last, jazz solo, 1st place and high score trophy, 2nd place lyrical solo
Peighton Brown, lyrical solo, 1st place and high score trophy, 1st place jazz solo
Mia Senyard, 2nd place, lyrical solo
Myrra Ethier, 2nd place, jazz solo
Lauren Foulkes, 3rd place, lyrical solo
Natasha Taylor, 2nd place lyrical solo and second place jazz solo
Indi Keady, 1st place and high score trophy, song and dance solo
Indi Keady and Ashleigh Foulkes, 1st place and high score trophy, song and dance duo
Linden Smith and Molly Millward, 1st place and high score trophy, song and dance duo
Myrra Ethier, 3rd place, stage solo
Siena Hoglund, 1st place and high score trophy, song and dance solo
Emma Bavis and Siena Hoglund, 1st place and high score trophy, stage duo
Audrey Habros and Sophia Lawson, 3rd place, stage duo
Lauren Foulkes, 1st place, stage solo
Peighton brown, 1st place and high score trophy, stage solo
Natasha Taylor, 1st place and high score trophy, stage solo
"Wedding Day", 3rd place, stage group
Halee Ethier, Manelle Ayach and Haley Eward, 1st place and high score trophy, stage trio
"Vidiots", 3rd place, song and dance group
Hook's Revenge, 1st place and high score trophy, song and dance group
"Iron Might", 2nd place, tap group
Isabelle Pribula, 3rd place, song and dance solo
Charley Pacaud, 3rd place, stage solo
Olivia Keady, 2nd Place, stage solo and 2nd place contemporary solo
Synergy Dance Competition
Platinum Awards:
Harrison Last, lyrical
Peighton Brown, Lyrical
Mia Senyard and Peighton Brown, Lyrical duo
Rockerz, hip hop group
Werkin Men, hip hop group
Ra Ta Ta, hip hop group
Diamond Awards
Peighton Brown, stage solo and jazz solo
Harrison Last and Peighton Brown, jazz duo
Hallelujah Acro Group
Special Awards:
Linden Smith and Molly Millward received the "Acting Plus" Award for their song and dance duo
Harrison Last received the "Flexibility Award" for his lyrical solo
Myrra Ethier got the "Attack" spirit award for her jazz solo
"Running with Wolves" received the "flow" award for the seamless use of their skirt choreography
Peighton Brown received the "You made me cry laughing award" for her stage solo
"Avengers" received the "you are my hero" award for their hip hop group
"Baby" received the "Hairography" Award for their contemporary group
Olivia Keady revived a "Spirit" award for her contemporary solo
Jyla Davis received a choreography award for the great variety and character work with her stage solos.
High scores:
Rockerz, top 10 hip hop group
The Caterpillar, 7th overall Acro group
Hallelujah, 1st overall Acro group
Moonlight Mazurka, 3rd overall ballet group
Linden Smith and Molly Millward, 6th overall intermediate duo
Brittany Kikel and Brooklyn Kirkbride top 10 senior duo
Jude Wilson and Mia Senyard 4th overall junior duo
Mia Senyard and Peighton Brown 3rd overall junior duo
Peighton Brown and Harrison Last, 1st overall junior duo
Peighton Brown, 6th, 2nd and 1st overall junior soloist
Synergy Showdown Finalists
"Moonlight Mazurka", senior ballet company and "Hallelujah", intermediate acro company
Synergy Showdown Winners
"Hallelujah" acro group of the year
Peighton Brown, junior soloist of the year
Peighton Brown and Harrison Last, junior duo of the year
Instructors: Tanner Plecas, Melissa Pribula, Tina Leger, Sara Williamson, Courtney Roberston, Hanna Gain, Lacey Clarke, Madoka Sato and Jyla Davis
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