Pure Dance Academy Pak Team Members 2010-2011
                                                                     Mamma Mia!

I hope these posts have informed you of all the main subjects on the subject of the most amazing sport of all, dance. I hope you seriously consider  taking up the art of dance to boost your skills as a young dancer. All the best of luck to you! Now get out there, and strike a pose! The judges are waiting superstars! Go show them your stuff!

Competitions and Conventions

                                         Pure Dance Academy Senior Musical Theater 2009
                                                                Ohmigod You Guys!


It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Competitions. The love of all competitive dancers, the light of their lives. Competitions are considered holy in the eyes of a true dancer. Usually happening in early spring, dance competitions are found almost anywhere you look! to the left, to the right, all over the place! The name speaks for it all. At competitions, you compete against other dancers for different awards and ribbons. Conventions are similar, except you do not perform your rehearsed dances. You get a chance to learn a dance with several other dancers and perform it to a series of other dancers. This is a great opportunity for any aged dancer.

Costumes and Make up

                                           Pure Dance Academy Teen Competitive 2012-2013
                                                                           Boyz

Some of the most important things about dance are the costumes and make up!   Without costumes, the dance cannot be fully complete. Costumes can be any color, give off any vibe, and show any feeling. Patterns and colors can show any feeling the teacher chooses for each dance. Most people think that make up is to make you look prettier, or to make you look older or younger, but not for dance! Make up is used for competitions so that the judges, and everyone else in the audience, can see your face clearly, so that they can see all the beautiful features of your face, including your smile! Make up does have some advantages!

Practising and managing your time

                                               Pure Dance Academy Senior Pak 2010-2011
                                                                Boom Shake The Room


If you deside to go on a dance team, you need to learn to manage you’re time. If you make the audition and are now officially on the team, you first need to cancel and/or change most or all of the dates you have booked that interfere with your schedule. Usually, you are allowed to miss 2 or 3 classes on the team but, if you miss classes too close to competitions, you might not have a very good change of making the team the next year. If you are willing to do other classes outside the team, you are able to, unless it interferes with your other practices. Outside of scheduled practises, it makes dancing way easier, if you practise at home. Practising at home can also improve your skills as a dancer, and it will make you feel more comfortable in your dances.

Choosing the right type/Teams

                                         Pure Dance Academy Junior Competitive 2012-2013
                                                                  Who Loves You

Choosing the right style of dance for you, is usually the hardest part of the process when you first decide you are going to dance. For more information you can go to almost any dance website to choose the style that fits your personality. If you feel like trying more than one type of dance, you can choose to sign up for all of them, or you can try out for a competitive dance team. I am personally on a competitive dance team, and it is an amazing experience! You get to learn 4 dances, 3 with your seperate team, and one with all of the teams together! Sometimes, if your teacher thinks that you are really good, you will get choosen to be in a select number with just you and a couple other people. You better choose wisely, because you are stuck with that class all year!

                      Pure Dance Academy Pak with Shawn Desmond at Move Dance Competition 2013
                                                                       

Do you wish you were a pro at a sport? Do you know you have a hidden talent that is just waiting to come out? Well then,  try and open it with the power of Dance! Dance is a fun sport that is really quite easy. There are a ton of different styles of dance. There is jazz, hip hop, tap, lyrical, contemparary, musical theater, ballet, pointe, modern and then the more uncommon such as, belly dancing, salsa, flamenco, zumba, latin and folk dance. But don’t worry, you don’t need to memorize them! Dancing keeps you fit, healthy and in shape! Dance is an amazing trait. Come follow these tips, and you will find that Dance is the most amazing sport in the world!