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Footworks Dance Academy wins gold at three dance festivals

The talented stunning performances of the dancers awarded them gold over and over again

The Barrhead Footworks Academy have been competing in several dance festivals and winning.

In the Sundance Festival they won Platinum, 1st Place & Choreography Award .

At the Dance Jam Festival they won Diamond, Top 5 1st Place, Adjudicators Choice & Showcase Finalist.

At the DanceStrong Festival there was more wins with the  Diamond, Most Outstanding,  Showcase Finalist, Choreographer of the Day & 1st Place Final Showcase Winner Performance Category.

Individual performers also won in several categories at all of the festivals.

For Solo Performer Awards Ava Miedema (Ballet Solo) won Gold & 3rd Place at Sundance, Gold & 4th Top 5 Award at Dance Jam and Gold & 1st Place at DanceStrong. 

Linsay Veenstra (Lyrical Solo) won Platinum & 2nd Place at Sundance, Gold & 3rd Top 5 Award at Dance Jam  and High Gold & 1st place, High Score Recipient at DanceStrong. 

Jazlyn Bouvier (Contemporary Solo) won Gold at Sundance, Gold at Dance Jam, and Gold & 1st Place, Runner Up High Score Recipient at DanceStrong.

Arianna Blasko (Lyrical Solo) won Gold & 2nd Place t Sundance, Gold at Dance Jam and Gold & 1st Place at DanceStrong.

Abby Erickson (Musical Theatre Solo) won Gold & On Stage Award at Sundance, Gold at Dance Jam, and Gold & 1st Place at DanceStrong.  

For Duet Performer Awards at all of the festivals Kenzi Baird & Gracie Hove (Ballet Duet) won Gold at Sundance, 1st Place, Gold & Adjudicators Choice Award at Dance Jam and Gold & 1st Place at DanceStrong. 

Emma Miedema & Opal Huff (Jazz Duet) won Gold & 2nd Place at Sundance, High Gold & 5th Top 5 Award at Dance Jam and Gold, On Stage Award & 1st Place, High Score Recipient at DanceStrong.

At DanceStrong Festival Awards the footworks Dance Acedemy performed  Seize The Day .

It was a performance company (8-18 years) (Musical Theatre) winning 1st Place Final Showcase Winner Performance Category.

The group included Yasmeen Assaf, Arianna Blasko, Jazlyn Bouvier, Sophia Danks, Natalie Dekker, Jordyn Duplessie, Abby Erickson, Amy Erickson, Olive Huff, Jamie Kalmbach, Leah Kalmbach, Annabelle Kapler, Lyla Mackinnon, Presley Madsen, Ava Miedema, Danika Quaife, Lindsay Veenstra, Charis Warkentin and Lydia Williams.




Sandy Doucet

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Sandy Doucet joined the Barrhead Leader as a reporter in May 2024. Sandy is always interested in hearing your stories and news tips
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