
Performers Edge Dance Academy proudly boasts the most elite competition team in the tri-state area as our team has won numerous platinum and highest overall awards. Many of our dancers hold prestigious regional and national titles for their solos as well as their duets, trios, and group numbers.
Having performed at Madison Garden for the New York Knicks, our competition team was also invited to, and performed at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida in the summer of2009. The team has also performed for various charities and organizations such as Toys for Tots, Make a Wish Foundation, Kings Harbor Multicare Center, Dancers Responding to AIDS and many more. Members of our competition team have been selected to perform in Times Square for product launches such as the “Zhu Zhu Pets” and private concerts. Some have also modeled for Ralph Lauren, and multiple costume companies such as “A Wish Come True”.
Performers Edge Dance Academy is proud of our Competition Teams!
2010 has been some year for PEDA’s company team. The team has dominated each competition they have attended so far this season. Choreography awards have been presented to PEDA’s choreographers as well as entertainment and standing ovation awards. This team sure has made the PEDA staff proud…
Here are the following results of the 2009-2010 competition season:
“Outstanding Dancer” Angelique Cruz
“Future Star Scholarship” Guillermo Vanegas
“Steam Heat” Showmanship Award & Platinum 2nd overall
“Bitter Sweet Symphony” Platinum 2nd overall
“Hold on Tight to Your Dreams” Platinum
Nicolette Petriello 4th place overall Petite soloist
Shari Alston 2nd place overall Junior soloist
“Captivated by Three” Top Junior Duet/Trio
“Little Bird” 4th place overall Junior small group
“Eyes Like Yours” 5th place overall Junior small group
“Steam Heat” 3rd place overall Junior large group
“Let It Be” 5th place overall Junior large group
“Ding Dong” Petite & Junior Standing Ovation Award Winner
“Bitter Sweet Symphony” Teen & Senior Standing Ovation Award Winner
Paloma Chrissotimos “Petite Miss Bravo”
Shari Alston “Junior Miss Bravo”
Gabrielle Cruz “Teen Miss Bravo”
Overall Petite Solo Winners:
1st overall PalomaChrissotimos
8th overall Nicolette Petriello
9th overall Angelina Duran
Overall Junior Solo Winners:
1st overall Shari Alston
2nd overall Amber McCrink
5th overall Serena Maldacker
Overall Teen Solo Winners:
2nd overall Gabrielle Cruz
10th Kai-lani Garcia
Overall Senior Solo Winner
3rd overall Angelique Cruz
Overall Junior Duet/Trio
1st overall “Captivated by Three”
Overall Teen Small Group Winners:
1st overall “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”
2nd overall “Black Betty”
3rd overall “Hold on Tight to Your Dreams”
Overall Petite Large Group Winners:
1st overall “Ding Dong the witch is Dead”
2nd overall “Lullabye”
3rd overall “Bat Dance”
5th overall “Girl Talk”
Overall Teen Large Winners:
1st overall “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
Top Overall Primary Solo 8 & Under:
2ndPalomaChrissotimos
4th Angelina Duran
5th Nicolette Petriello
Top Overall Primary 9 -11:
1st Serena Maldacker
Top Primary Small Group 8 & Under:
3rd overall “Bear Neccessities”
5th overall “One + One is Two”
Top Primary Small Group 9-11 yrs.
3rd overall “Dangerous”
Top Primary Large Group 8 & Under:
1st overall “Bat Dance”
3rd overall “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead”
4th overall “Girl Talk”
Top Secondary Solo 12-14 yrs
5th overall Melanie Felix
Top Secondary Small Group 9-11 yrs.
2nd overall “Little Bird”
3rd overall “Eyes Like Your”
Top Secondary Large Group 9-11 yrs
2nd “Steamheat”
Top Intermediate Solo 9-11 yrs
1st overall “Shari Alston”
Top Intermediate Duet/Trio 9-11 yrs.
2nd overall “Captivated by Three”
Top Intermediate Small Group 12-14 yrs
3rd overall “Black Betty”
5th overall “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”
Top Intermediate Large Group 12-14 yrs
2nd overall “Across the Universe”
3rd overall “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
Top Elite Solo 12-14 yrs
1st overall “Gabrielle Cruz”
Top Elite Solo
2nd overall “Angelique Cruz”
Miss Petite Dance
1st Runner-up “PalomaChrissotimos
2nd Runner-up “Marlene Belliard”
3rd Runner-up Nicolette Petriello
4th Runner-up “Angelina Duran
Miss Junior Dance “Amber McCrink”
Miss Teen Dance “Gabrielle Cruz”
1st Runner-up “Danielle Medici”
3rd runner-up “Kai-lani Garcia”
Miss Senior Dance “Angelique Cruz”
Petite Xtreme Small Group
1st place "Bear Necessities"
3rd place "One + One is Two"
Petite Xtreme Large Group
4th place "Lullabye'
5th place "Din Dong the Witch is Dead"
Petite Mr. Dance Xplosion Nelson Rivera
2nd place Kevin Alston
Junior Miss Dance Xplosion Shari Alston
4th place Amber McCrink
Junior Xtreme Duo/Trio "Captivated by Three"
Junior Xtreme Small Group
1st place "Little Bird"
2nd place "Eyes Like Yours"
4th place "Matador"
5th place "Party in the Club"
Junior Xtreme Large Group
3rd place "Steamheat"
4th place "Let It Be"
Teen Miss Dance Xplosion Gabrielle Cruz
4th place Danielle Medici
Teen Xtreme small group
1st place "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
2nd place "Black Betty"
3rd place "Hold on to Your dreams"
Teen Xtreme Large Group
1st place "Bittersweet Symphony"
2nd place "Fever"
3rd place "Across the Universe"
Senior Xtreme Solo
2nd place Anglique Cruz


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