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Penticton, British Columbia results — October 29th and 30th 2011

CONGRATULATIONS to Sierra Brewerton of Vancouver, B.C., who won the prestigious HARBOUR DANCE CENTRE Scholarship in Penticton, B.C. Well done Sierra! Harbour Dance Centre was voted Best Dance Studio in the Georgia Straight for 6 years running! Thank you Harbour for your support of BBI!

Harbour Dance Centre's world-class faculty offers a variety of dance forms for adult dancers of all levels. Open 7 days a week with a different schedule of classes every day, Harbour Dance Centre is the perfect choice for everyone from seasoned professionals to adult beginners to enjoy a satisfying dance experience in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. 927 Granville Street in Vancouver, B.C. is our ONLY location.

CONGRATULATIONS to Sofia Merlo from the Steps Dance Centre of Trail, British Columbia, who won the FREESTYLE BATTLE title in Penticton, B.C. Sophia was the recipient of a full scholarship to any BBI event in 2012, a week's scholarship to Broadway Dance Center in New York City, a subscription to Industry Dance Magazine and $75 cash! Way to go Sofia!

Faculty classes and music for BBI Penticton, BC

Lisa Stevens' Junior Glee Class - Saftey Dance (Glee Soundtrack)
Lisa Stevens' Intermediate Bollywood Class - Chaiyya Chaiyya (Bombay Dreams Soundtrack)
Lisa Stevens' Senior Broadway Class - Jellicle Ball (CATS Soundtrack)
Lisa Stevens' Open Bollywood Class - Dhinka Chika

Heidi Ford's Junior Musical Theater Class - We Can't Stop The Beat (Hairspray Soundtrack)
Heidi Ford's Intermediate Contemporary Class - Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix by Massive Attack)
Heidi Ford's Senior Contemporary Class - Winter Song (Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson)

Micah Shepard's Junior Hip Hop Class - Run The World (Beyoncé)
Micah Shepard's Intermediate Hip Hop Class - Tick Tock (Ke$ha)
Micah Shepard's Senior Hip Hop Class - Get It Out Me(Janet Jackson)

Marjorie Failoni's Junior Spanglemania Class - Jump (Pointer Sisters)
Marjorie Failoni's Intermediate Broadway Class - Fabulous (Sister Act Soundtrack)
Marjorie Failoni's Senior Spanglemania Class - Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie)

Natasha Gorrie's Junior Hip Hop Class - What About Your Friends (TLC)
Natasha Gorrie's Intermediate Hip Hop Class - Holla at Me (Tasha & Niks)
Natasha Gorrie's Senior Hip Hop Class - Bad Boy For Life (P. Diddy)

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan results — August 25th and 26th, 2011

THE FREESTYLE BATTLE CHAMPION of Prince Albert, SK was......KYRA HARRIS!

Music for Prince Albert, Saskatchewan:

Mile's Senior Hip Hip Hop - Hustle All Day (Big Sid)
Mile's Intermediate Hip Hop - A Girl Like You (Aaliyah)

Jennifer Kopp's Junior Hip Hop - Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5)

Lisa's Senior Broadway - Jellicle Ball (from CATS)
Lisa's Senior Jazz - Rumor Has It (Adele)
Lisa's Intermediate Bollywood - Chaiyya Chaiyya (from Dil Se)
Lisa's Junior Glee - Safety Dance (from the Glee Soundtrack)

Melinda's Senior Tap - What Cha Gonna Do For Me (Chaka Khan)
Melinda's Intermediate Tap - Pennies from Heaven (Louis Prima)
Melinda's Junior Tap - Rock With You (Michael Jackson)

Nick's Senior Breaking - Break (Jurassic 5)
Nick's Intermediate Breaking - Don't Sweat The Technique (Eric B. & Rakim)
Nick's Junior Breaking - Miracles

Heidi's Senior Contemporary - My Angel Rocks Back and Forth by Four Tet
Heidi's Intermediate Musical Theater - You Can't Stop The Beat from Hairspray
Heidi's Junior Jazz - Hi (Psapp)

Courtney Odelein's Junior Jazz - Born This Way (Lady Gaga)

Winners of the Prince Albert Bravo and Standing Ovation Competition:

Junior Bravo Award went to Kyra Harris for Broadway Baby
Senior Bravo Award went to Mikaela Zolinski for her Rhythm Tap

Judges Choice Award 8 years + went to Kira Bryan for Little Painter
Judges Choice Award 12 years + went to Paige Currie for Bad Body Double
Judges Overall Choice Award went to Mikaela Zolinski

Most Likely To Make It On Broadway Award went to Bailey Gitzel for Little People Good Karma Award went to Emma Eaton Most Technical Dancer went to Katie Ramphal

SUNY Purchase, New York results — June 27th and 28th, 2011

FREESTYLE BATTLE WINNER - Jessica DeLaCruz from The Dancer's Workshop, NJ
JUNIOR BRAVO AWARD WINNER - Sam Landa from The Washington Ballet School, DC
INTERMEDIATE BRAVO AWARD WINNER - Miriana Marasco from the Ashburn School of Ballet, in Virginia
SENIOR BRAVO AWARD WINNER - Nicki Shackleford from the Joan Izzo Academy in Virginia
JUNIOR STANDING OVATION WINNERS - "Forget You" - Nathaniel Bartolotti, Raymond Bartolotti, Kassidy Vaikness, and Stephanie Wood from Madeline's Dance Center, NY
INTERMEDIATE STANDING OVATION WINNER - "PYT" - Keith Brill and Greg Fishkin from Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts in NY
SENIOR STANDING OVATION WINNER - "Dr. Bones"- Nicholas Bartolotti, Daniella Dimare, Merissa Bull from Madeline's Dance Center, NY
MOST LIKELY TO MAKE IT ON BROADWAY - Jacob Wisnik from Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts in NY
MOST INNOVATIVE CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD - Maryline Caron-Prouxl from Atelier de danse Carole Brouard, Quebec, Canada
MOST TECHNICAL AWARD - Kristen Greto from City Center Dance in NY
JUDGES CHOICE AWARD 8 YRS AND OLDER - Kariane Forgues from Atelier de dans Carole Brouard, Quebec, Canada
JUDGES CHOICE AWARD 14 YRS AND OLDER - Nicholas Bartolotti from Madeline's Dance Center, NY
JUDGES OVERALL CHOICE AWARD - Audrey Pincus from Ithica College, NY

Your music for SUNY Purchase, New York:

MILES FABER'S SENIOR HIP HOP - Loose Rap (Aaliyah)
MILES FABER'S INTERMEDIATE HIP HOP - A Girl Like You (Aaliyah)
 
ALEX AGUILAR'S JUNIOR BREAKDANCING CLASS - Take It To The Floor (B2K)
 
ELLENORE SCOTT'S SENIOR CONTEMPORARY CLASS - Ongyilkos Vasarnap (Venetian Snares)
ELLENORE SCOTT'S INTERMEDIATE CONTEMPORARY CLASS - Nannou (Aphex Twin)
ELLENORE SCOTT'S JUNIOR CONTEMPORARY CLASS - Meboli - (Balkan Beat Box featuring Vlada Tomova)
 
LISA STEVENS' SENIOR BROADWAY CLASS - Blackbird (Fosse Soundtrack)
LISA STEVENS' INTERMEDIATE GLEE CLASS - Safety Dance (Glee Soundtrack)
LISA STEVENS' JUNIOR GLEE CLASS - Singing In the Rain/Umbrella (Glee Soundtrack)
 
BEN MAPP'S TAP CLASS - Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
 
RICKY HIND'S SENIOR SPANGLES CLASS - How Will I Know? (Whitney Houston)
RICKY HIND'S INTERMEDIATE BROADWAY CLASS - Born To Hand Jive (New Broadway Cast of Grease)
 
POOJA NARANG'S SENIOR BOLLYWOOD CLASS - Character Dheela
POOJA NARANG'S INTERMEDIATE BOLLYWOOD CLASS - Dhinka Chika
 
JOANNA NUMATA'S SENIOR HIP HOP CLASS - My Apology (Floetry)
JOANNA NUMATA'S INTERMEDIATE HIP HOP CLASS - I Want You (Floetry)
 
HEIDI FORD'S FINALE - You Can't Stop the Beat - (Hairspray)

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Keep up with the latest in classes, faculty, locations, awards, and all the details of Broadway Bound International's 2011 workshops!

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NEW TO BBI! FREESTYLE BATTLE!

At our next BBI event in Charlottetown PEI, Broadway Bound International will be hosting the "BBI Freestyle Battle", an improvisational dance-off competition in the genre of your choice, i.e.: jazz, lyrical, contemporary and hip-hop.

Each dancer will perform 'freestyle' to a song selected by BBI with the element of not knowing which song will be selected. There will be a process of elimination in each round to determine the winner.

Scholarships to future BBIs, to Broadway Dance Center in New York, along with our exclusive BBI merchandise will be awarded to 3rd, 2nd and 1st place winners.

Entry fee for the 'BBI Freestyle Battle' is $20.

Come see us at the check-in table or register anytime up to 3pm on the first day of classes.

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI results

JUNIOR FREESTYLE winner - Grace Francoeur
SENIOR FREESTYLE winner - Olivia King
PROTEGE AWARD winner - Santana Muttard
Your music for Charlottetown, PEI - Oct 16th & Oct 17th 2010
Junior Jazz - Heidi's class - Psapp
Junior Broadway - Lisa's class - One Short Day from 'Wicked'
Junior Hip Hop - Bradley's class - This Boy That Girl
Junior Breaking - Nick's class - Red Hot
Junior Jazz - Kashena's class - Friend Like Me from 'Aladdin'
Senior Contemporary - Heidi's class - Slow Me Down
Senior Broadway - Lisa's class - Shakalaka Baby
Senior Hip Hop - Bradley's class - Groovaloo
Senior Breaking - Nick's class - In The House
Senior Adagio - Kashena's class - Pokinoi

Click on the image to see our June 2011 Purchase, NY mailer.

Click on the image to see our October 2010 Stratford, PE mailer.

Click on the image to see our July 2010 Purchase, NY montage mailer.

Congratulations to all the dancers that competed!

PURCHASE, NEW YORK results:

BRAVO AWARD winner - Megan Yarusso from Seven Star Dance Academy in Brewster NY.
STANDING OVATION winner - (duo) Erin Pasko & Kelly Satterlee from The Dancers Workshop in NJ.
STANDING OVATION winner - (group) 'Let Go' from The Joan Izzo Academy of Dance in Chantilly, VA.

Title Awards:

Most Likely To Make It On Broadway - Nathaniel Bartolotti from Madeline's School of Dance in Marlboro NY.
Most Technical Dancer - Grace Le from Joan Izzo Academy of Dance in Chantilly, VA.
Most Innovative Choreography - Audrey Pincus from Mamaroneck, NY.
Good Karma Award - Daniel Severance from Rye, NY.
Faculty Choice Award 8 years and up - Kierston Sanok from Seven Star Dance Academy in Brewster, NY.
Faculty Choice Award 14 years and up - Brittany Destefano from Seven Star Dance Academy in Brewster, NY.
Faculty Overall Choice - Jaclyn Yarusso from Seven Star Dance Academy in Brewster, NY.
Protégé Award - Jada Powell from Leaping Feats in Whitehorse, Canada & Mary Kate Izzo from Joan Izzo Academy of Dance in Chantilly, VA.

Your music for Purchase, New York - June 28th & June 29th 2010

Intermediate Glee - Ricky's class - Proud Mary by the cast of "Glee"
Intermediate Broadway - Stephanie's class - Benny's Dispatch from "In The Heights"
Intermediate Bollywood - Pooja's class - Jai Ho by A.R. Rahman
Intermediate Tap - Ray's class - If I Were A Bell
Intermediate Broadway - Io's class - One Short Day from "Wicked"
Intermediate Hip Hop - Micah's class - The One by Mary J. Blige
Intermediate Chill hip hop - Joanna's class - Famous Girl by Chris Brown

Senior Glee - Ricky's class - Jump by the Pointer Sisters
Senior Chill Hip Hop - Joanna's class - Beep Me 911 by Missy Elliot and 702
Senior Hip Hop - Micah's class - Trying to Sleep With A Broken Heart by Alicia Keyes
Senior Tap - Ray's class - Sing Sing Sing! by Benny Goodman
Senior Tap - Ray's class - Sway by Rosemary Clooney
Senior Bollywood - Pooja's class - Dhoom Taana from Om Shanti Om
Senior Broadway - Stephanie's class - Finale from "In The Heights"
Senior Contemporary - Io's class - Thank You by Tori Amos

PRINCE ALBERT, SASKATCHEWAN results:

BRAVO AWARD winner - Courtney Odelein

Title Awards:

Most Likely To Make It On Broadway - Katie Tolley
Most Technical Dancer - Lauren Worobec
Most Innovation Choreograph - Kayla Ireland
Good Karma Award - Michael Deworiz
Faculty Choice Award 8 years and up - Natalya Shevchuck
Faculty Choice Award 14 years and up - Jennifer Kopp
Faculty Overall Choice - Courtney Odelein

Your music for Prince Albert, Saskatchewan - June 12th & June 13th 2010

Junior Jazz - Heidi's class - Welcome To The Jungle by Guns & Roses
Junior Broadway - Lisa's class - We're All in This Together from "HSM"
Junior Hip Hop - Alex's class - Super Hyphy by Keak da Sneak
Junior Broadway - Io's class - One Short Day from "Wicked"
Junior Jazz - Morgan's class - Boys Boys Boys by Lady Gaga

Intermediate Contemporary - Heidi's class - Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy
Intermediate Broadway - Lisa's class - We're All In This Together from "HSM"
Intermediate Hip Hop -Alex's class - OMG by Usher
Intermediate Broadway - Io's class - Dancing Through Life from "Wicked"
Intermediate Contemporary - Morgan's class- Storm by Lifehouse

Senior Contemporary - Heidi's class - Bitter by Me'Shell Ndegeocello
Senior Contemporary - Io's class - Thank You by Tori Amos
Senior Contemporary - Morgan's class - Hometown Glory by Adele
Senior Hip Hop - Alex's class - Remember the Time by Michael Jackson
Senior Hip Hop - Alex's class -
Senior Broadway - Lisa's class - One of the Boys from "9 to 5"

Click on the image to see our June 2010 Purchase, NY convention mailer.

Click on the image to see our May 2010 Prince Albert convention mailer.

Click on the image to see our May 2010 New York Summer Dance & Theater Workshop mailer.