South Florida Dance Company’s Competition team, TEAM SFDC, holds auditions every year. Though usually at the end of the season in May, this year they will be help September 14, 2024 now that we are in our new space. This presents a unique opportunity for new studio dancers to audition at the beginning of the season and not miss out!
Competition is fairly new to our studio. We have always and continue to place our primary focus on training and technique. Recently, we realized that competing is very beneficial to the dancer and the studio. Each competition dancers are adjudicated by three to four professionals. The experience has given dancers critique that they can apply in the classroom to better their individual skills and performance quality, both of which are important in the industry.
We have always had a percentage of dancers hungry for more. Competition has given those dancers a different perspective on dance and has helped them to work harder to meet their goals.
We have had three incredible seasons. In ’23-’24 we had 29 team members compete at three regional competitions and placed in top 10 overalls 40 times. 14 of those were 1st place overall, and one duet “5 Feet Apart” placed 1st Overall all three times!
We are so very proud of our teams success. It is very exciting to stand on stage and receive an overall award, scholarship, and recognition for hard work. However, it is NEVER about winning or placing highest, it is about self reflection and motivation to be and do better as an individual and apply those corrections to better the team. However, adjudication is objective. What one judge may like, another may not. These are real life lessons the dancers must experience. Whether they are pursuing a future in dance or not, it is important they learn how to appreciate professional opinion, apply correction, and keep working hard no matter what the outcome.
Today it is a dance competition, tomorrow it could be a university or company audition, an interview for a job, or an interpersonal relationship barrier. Dance, and specifically competition dance, has given our dancers life skills they will carry with them throughout their lives. How they handle success, how they handle defeat, how they handle disappointment, are all valuable life skills experienced in competition dance. For these reasons we believe whole-heartedly in the value the experience of competing offers our dancers at SFDC. Do you have what it takes? Do you have the drive and the grit? Are you ready for that next level? If you answer yes to any of those questions, then we want you on our Team! Lets get to work and make the BEST version of YOU!
