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Our 2025-26 Team

Kenzie Ahmedani, Juliette Brookhouse, Stella Busack, Lucy De La Cruz, Carly Foust-Christensen, Adalyn Gaines, Ella Giannandrea, Cordelia Hescott, Hannah Holewinski, Addison Kucab, Emma Leach, Ava Marchant, Jane Mawby, Emma Maxim, Isla Maxim, Chloe Orndorf, Penelope Parente, Ellie Ritchie, Sophia Smith, Joanna Thelen, Natalie Vollbrecht, Natalie Wing & Ella Zalucki

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Gems Intensive Competitive Team

Elite Training
• Offers advanced, focused training in multiple styles of dance
• Provides opportunities for serious dancers to refine their technique
Competition Experience
• Prepares dancers for competitions
• Fosters teamwork, dedication, and resilience through competition
Personalized Coaching
• Small group sizes for tailored instruction and individualized feedback
• Instructors who specialize in competitive dance performance and choreography
Commitment to Excellence
• Encourages discipline, perseverance, and a strong work ethic
• Focus on building both skill and stage presence for performances
Community & Support
• A tight-knit team that fosters lasting friendships and a supportive environment
• Dancers grow not only as performers but as leaders, role models and team players

2026-27 Intensive Team Information

NEW This year we are bringing back Gems Intensive Team auditions.

You may be just the perfect student to audition if:

You understand the urgency behind persistent attendance
Show an exemplary work ethic
Have a positive attitude towards yourself and those around you
Go above and beyond to show respect for your teachers, classmates and the art of dance.
If you have more than 6 absences in any one class, then you need to work on your attendance in order to be considered. You must be committed for showing up for you team.
If you are interested we encourage you to talk to your teacher about it.
Auditions are open to any student ages 9 (by September 1st) and older and should be taking ballet and jazz.
If you do well at the auditions and you meet the description above then understand that you will need to either attend the 8 weeks of summer classes on Tuesday or attend at least 3 of the one day intensives throughout the summer. This is to keep up on your skills.
Intensive Camp August 10-14, 2026 from 9am-5pm is Mandatory!

Auditions are Friday June 5, 2026 at 5pm

There will be a meeting going on in the lobby for any new parents or returning parents with questions about the team, the commitment level and the costs. We will post the audition results by June 12. We will need an acceptance or decline by June 19 so we can start planning and working on choreography as that will start at Intensive camp.

Why do the team? They will learn the value of discipline, hard work and how to work as a team. They understand what it means to be supported by friends, who cheer for you when you do great and when you struggle.