PowerWorx Dance Continues to Raise Barre

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PowerWorx Earns Star Dance Alliance Studio Excellence Award Finalist

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Chantilly’s own PowerWorx Competition Team named global Finalist for the Star Dance Alliance (SDA) Studio Excellence Award. Out of approximately 5,000 studios in the world, SDA’s panel of judges selected only six studios as finalists who vied for a $20,000.00 cash prize awarded to the studio winner. Studio representatives from the Top Six Finalists were invited to attend the prestigious Circle of Excellence Gala in 2019, in the Meadowlands, New Jersey, where the Studio Excellence Award Winner was announced.

“To be recognized as one of the top studios in the country in our 3rd year is quite an amazing experience,” said Staci Frye, PowerWorx Team Director. “As the only studio in the Northern Virginia area that houses a nationally-recognized Competition Team and Worlds Dance Teams, we are constantly finding new ways to challenge our dancers. As we look toward our future, we will continue to innovate.”

To be eligible for the SDA Studio Excellence Award and ultimately qualify as a finalist, studios were invited to identify and submit eight Advanced dances that showcased styles in Ballet, Tap, Lyrical/Contemporary, Jazz, Musical Theatre, and/or Hip Hop and compete those entries at a minimum of two SDA Regional events and one SDA National Championship. Seven of the eight dances were choreographed by PowerWorx staff, Jamie and Staci Frye, and costumed by G&M Originals. PWD’s strong showing at NexStar Nationals Championship in Sandusky, Ohio, helped secure the Top Six spot. PowerWorx Dance congratulates their fellow SDA Studio Excellence Award finalists: Dancetown, Dancers Burlington, Studio Bleu Dance Center, Studio L Dance Company, and TKO Dance Academy.

Star Dance Alliance is an alliance of the top international dance competitions including World Dance Championship, NexStar National Talent Competition, Starpower National and Starpower International Talent Competitions, Imagine National Talent Competition, Revolution National Talent Competition, StarQuest International Performing Arts Competition, and Believe National Talent Competition among others. To learn more about the Star Dance Alliance, please visit https://www.stardancealliance.com/studio-excellence-award/

Studio Brings Home Four Victory Cups and Six National Championships from NexStar National Dance Championship

PowerWorx Competition Team (PWD)of Chantilly, Virginia, recently earned four advanced-level Victory Cups by NexStar National Dance Championship held in Sandusky, Ohio. PowerWorx’s “Raise Me Up”, “Lost Pharoahs”, “Underworld”, and “Shut Up and Dance!” presented the highest scoring dances in the Advanced Junior, Teen, Senior, and Grand Line divisions. Costumes for these dances were handmade by G&M Originals. A Victory Cup is awarded to the dance with the highest overall score (combined Small Groups, Large Groups and Lines) for the Petite, Junior, Teen, and Senior divisions as well as the highest scoring Grand Lines.

Further, PWD brought home to Virginia six Nationals Championships in Advanced Junior Large, Teen Small, Teen Large, Teen Line, Senior Line, and Grande Line categories. In the Solo Division, Powerworx also earned both Senior and Teen Mr. NexStar titles. PWD also earned multiple dance placements for entries in multiple cross dance-genres.

For a complete list of results, please visit https://www.dancebug.com/dat/events/3818_res_Sandusky%202019%20Results.html For more information about NexStar Dance Competition, please visit https://www.NexStarcompetition.com

PowerWorx Dance Becomes Industry Dance Awards Finalist 2019 Best Jazz Performance Nominee by the Industry Dance Awards (IDA)

PowerWorx Competition Team’s Grande Line “Shut Up and Dance!” choreographed by Jamie and Staci Frye, named 2019 Best Jazz Performance Nominee for the Industry Dance Awards (IDA) and Cancer Benefit Show, arguably the single most prestigious annual event in the amateur competitive dance industry. This dance, performed at StarQuest International Performing Arts Competition in Woodbridge, Virginia, in May of 2019 was performed by PowerWorx’s Competition Team, ages 4-18, costumed by G&M Originals. To view PWD’s actual juried entry, “Shut Up and Dance!” please visit Industry Dance Awards at https://ida-upload.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/media/performances/2019/9/3713-000179-e-shut-up-and-dance-1.mp4?4054 PWD congratulates fellow category nominees CK Dance, North East Dance Academy, Dancers Edge, Backstage Dance Studio, Ultimate Dance Complex, Spotlight Productions Dance Studio, Gotta Dance Academy, South County Dance Company, and Dance Mixx Studio.

PWD Team Director Staci Frye and her sister Jamie Frye, PWD Senior Instructor, were previously honored at the same event in 2013 as Choreographers of the Year for “Falling Slowly”. To view “Falling Slowly”, please visit https://youtu.be/SA8iiA68sZo

The Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Showis an annual event that brings the global dance community together in celebration of creativity, industry innovation, and the fight against cancer where dancers, educators, pioneers, and icons are recognized for their outstanding achievements and artistic contributions. 2019 IDA Awards were presented at the historic Avalon Theaterin Hollywood, California. For more information about IDA and the Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Show, please visit https://www.industrydanceawards.com

About Powerworx Dance

Founded in 2016 by Sarah Welz, PowerWorx Dance (PWD) is a Northern Virginia-based Dance Studio that focuses on each dancer's development, growth, and confidence. PWD provides dancers of all ages and all levels with a studio home that puts first each dancer's personal development enabling them to grow in a positive and constructive environment. With a staff of locally-based, award-winning instructors and choreographers, PWD offers all dancers the opportunity to train with the very best that Northern Virginia has to offer.

PWD, which officially opened its doors in July 2016, is located in Chantilly, Virginia, at 3800 Concorde Parkway, conveniently located off the US 50/Route 28 corridor. The studio offers dance opportunities for students from ages 2-18 in a constructive environment where dancers can focus on dance fundamentals and technique. The PowerWorx Fall Schedule is currently available online at www.powerworxdance.com and open for registration with studio classes that range from introductory combination classes to more advanced skill-based classes.

The PowerWorx Competition Team is an intensive dance program for students who excel and thrive in a more competitive dance atmosphere, believes that competition is one of the most effective ways to build skill, determination, and leadership. The program requires a disciplined, hard-working dancer who is willing to devote many hours to work on technical skill in a team environment who is interested in performing, competing and improving themselves in a wide range of dance styles. PowerWorx Competition Team alumni have gone on to perform with UNC Chapel Hill Dance Team, Villanova Dance Team, University of Florida’s Floridance, James Madison University Dukettes, University of Tennessee Dance Team, and East Carolina Dance Team. TeamPowerWorx is currently fielding two competitive teams. For more information on our PowerWorx Team, please contact us at sarah@PowerWorxdance.comor (703) 378-5347. Fall Registration is now open at www.PowerWorxdance.com. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ms. Sarah directly at sarah@PowerWorxdance.com

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