Dance Factor Results

Smalls 

"Whole Wide World" High Gold

"Oz" Platinum

"Disco Fever" Platinum

Tweens 

"Wildfire" High Gold

"Villians" Platinum

"Miss America" High Gold

Tinys 

"Cheerleader" High Gold

"This is What It Feels Like" High Gold

Varsity 

 "Spine" High Gold

"Dance Floor" High Gold

"It's a Musical" High Gold

"Burn It Up" High Gold

JV 

 "O" High Gold

"Oldies" Platinum

"Simplify" High Gold

"Burn It Up" High Gold

Itty Bittys 

 "Lifeguards" Platinum

Juniors 

"Africa Style" Platinum

"Lost Boy" High Gold

I-Jump 

 "Big Band" Gold

"Bollywood"High Gold

Seniors 

"Spring" Platinum

"Hey Mami" High Gold

"Amidst the Chaos" Platinum

"I Woke Up Like This" Platinum

Minis 

"Slumber Party" High Gold

"Big Bad Wolf" High Gold

I-Stomp

"Funky Lil Girls" High Gold

"Ready" Platinum

I-Crew 

 "Fuel to the Fire" Platinum

"Ready" Platinum

Specialty Awards

Best Choreography

Spine

Fuel to the Fire

Amidst the Chaos

Best Concept

Villains

OZ

BestTechnique

Ready

Burn It Up

Best Costume

Lifeguards

Best Showmanship

Disco Fever

Spine

Bollywood 

It's a Musical

Judges Choice

MissAmerica 

Oldies

Cheerleader

Hey Mami

Overall High Score

Disco Fever

 

Odyssey Results

"Slumber Party" High Silver

"Simplify" Gold

"I Woke Up Like This" Platinum

"It's a Musical" High Gold

"Miss America" High Gold

"Dance Floor" High Gold

"Oldies" Platinum

"Disco Fever" Ultimate Platinum

"Spring" Ultimate Platinum

Overall Awards

"Simplify" second 

"It's a Musical" first 

"Miss America" first

Solo Rankings 

Ali Ackerman 4th

Shania Adams 6th

Annabelle Black 6th

Ali & Annika High Gold 1st

Roy results

Sorry it took me a while to give results, but I have to admit I wanted to let the dancers know in class!!

Ok so Infinity ROCKED IT on Saturday April 20!! The total points is out 300 total....300 being PERFECT
Each studio got a special award and our studio got the one and only BEST TECHNIQUE/EXECUTION AWARD!
That is by far the best one to get!!

Tinys
Circus took 1st place with a 288 pts plus they won Judges Choice in Lane 1 out of 70 different dances!!
Over the rainbow took 1st with a 285 and 2nd place was a 269 yikes tinys you killed them!

Minis
Rag Dolls 1st place 289 and 2nd was a 281
Mad House 1st place 286

I-Jump
Johnny Angel 1st place 283
Back in Time 1st place 288

Smalls
Paris 2nd place 290
Sailing Home 1st place 285.5

COPS AND ROBBERS 1ST PLACE AND HIGHEST SCORE 298 pts IN LANE 2...out of 70 different dances!!
WE ALL LOVE THAT DANCE>>>>GO SAM!!!!

Tweens
Just the Way You Are 1st place 290.5
Release Me 2nd place 283.5
Party Girls 1st place 285 and 2nd was a 279

JV Jazzerettes
Cinema 1st place 288
Get BIzzy 1st place 287
Put Your Records On 2nd place 294...AWESOME 3rd was a 286 and 1st was 297...so close
I'm Home 1st place 291.5

Varsity Jazzerettes
Diamonds 1st place 295.5 WOW GIRLS
Settle Down 1st place 288
After the Storm 1st place 291.5
Viva La Vida 1st place 287

I-Crew
Turbulence 1st place with 291
Work It Out 1st place with 289

Stay tuned for results from yesterday in Boise......SO FUN!!!!!
Love Gertie

Utah Dance Championships Results

WOW WHAT A DAY!!! IDS did amazing!!!!
Here are the results from all divisions and points out of a possible 300 points

Jazzerettes
Smile 1st  287/300
Hoodies 1st 293/300
Arms 2nd by 1.5 pt   287.5/300
Rock N USA 2nd by 1.5 pt  287.5/300
Steal the Show 1st   297.5/300       Lane 2 award!! (only 6 lanes for the entire day and Jazzerettes took one!) out 67 dances!
Hot Like Wow 1st 293/300

Juniors
Push Push 1st    288/300
Body Rock 1st   290.5/300
Zombie Club 1st   293/300
Feel My Love 1st   295/300   WAY TO GO JUNIORS!!

Smalls
Don't Stop Believing 2nd by 2 pts 285/300
Dancing Queen 1st   288/300
Lollipop 1st   296/300

Minis
At the Hop 1st 290/300
Work It Girl 2nd by 1 pt :( SOOOOO CLOSE  284/300

Tinys
Down Set Hut 1st    293/300
Hey Mickey 1st      285.5/300   WAY TO GO TINYS

Also the entire Infinity Dance Studio took home the BEST TECHNIQUE AWARD!!!
(see all the extra ballet is paying off!)

Our solos, duet, and Trio did awesome as well!!

Kaitlyn and Olivia got 2nd attendant 278/300
Lindee Pickett got 2nd attendant 288.5/300
Morgan Webster got 3rd attendant and tied with 2nd attendant with a 281/300
Miklyn Kane got 1st attendant 278/300
Kaitlyn Kessinger Winner/ Queen  286/300
Kia Ackerman Winner/ Queen 286/300
Trio Payton, Chelsie, and Katie 1st attendant (WINNER  in my book) 282.5/300
Payton Whithead Winner/Queen 293/300
Alicent Ackerman 3rd attendant 275/300

SOOOO Proud of all the dancers, we had such a fun and wonderful day together. Thanks parents for all your hard work to get them there and ready!

Dance For Life Results

We are so proud of our dancers and their efforts. They killed it! We now know exactly what we need to work on.

Tinys- We are listing Tinys first because they stole the show!! Tinys took FIRST PLACE in both of their dances and also won the OVERALL NOVICE division! Woo Hoo Tinys! They literally could not have done any better.

Minis- Minis took first in Hip Hop and Second in Jazz, only missing first place by 5 points. The judges loved how difficult the dance was for that age group and commented on their good technique. They thought that Work it Girl was super fun and loved their outfit and hair.

Smalls- Smalls took second in Hip Hop, Third in their modern (Don't Stop Believin') and Sixth in their Jazz (Dancing Queen). They loved the lollipop costume and energy. We think Don't Stop Believing was performed the best we've ever seen it!! The Smalls team is ready to work hard in ballet to improve each of their dances!

Juniors- Took FIRST and SECOND in Hip Hop for Body Rock and Zombie Club. They took Fifth for Jazz (Push Push), Third for lyrical Feel My Love. Juniors also took FIRST with Body Rock in the Intermediate Division and THIRD for Zombie Club. TWO PLACES IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS!! They took first and third out of 47 dances in their division. The judges loved the Body Rock costumes! They said they were super fun and bright and filled up the stage....thanks for ALL of your hard work Pam to get these put together!! They loved the Zombie concept-very unique and it was performed very well. For Feel My Love they said that they could tell you love doing the dance and it was a beautiful performance. VERY WELL DONE!

Jazzerettes- Took Second in Hip Hop for Hoodies, Second in Jazz for Hot Like Wow and both of these dances were only 3 points away from first!!! Steal the Show took a close fourth as the top 4 places were all within 3 points!! (First and second place tied.) Arms took third and Smile took fourth. Rockin' the USA took Fourth as well. Hoodies took SECOND in the overall ADVANCED division which was 42 numbers!! When they announced second place, the judge said, "I LOVED that dance". :)

So: Overall we are so THRILLED with the results. We took FIRST in the Novice division, FIRST in the Intermediate division and SECOND in the Advanced division against some amazing, tough, competition.

We are really proud of our girls and appreciate their hard work. We are also really cracking down and focusing our attention on ballet over the next 6 weeks. We have talked to each team and explained that for them to improve their technique, they need to improve their ballet!! We are so excited, they are excited and here we go!

Celebrity Dance Competition Results

Hi All
WOW!!! What an amazing weekend for IDS!!! We were on fire Saturday and it showed big time and paid off big time as well. For those who are unfamiliar with the scoring system this is how it works:
Each dance itself is judged on how many points it gets, Platinum being the highest then High Gold, Gold, and Silver.

Then they take the highest points and give 1st, 2nd, 3rd in their STYLE category (Like Hip Hop, jazz, modern, etc.)
Then they take the entire age group with all style categories and give the overall awards of 1st overall, 2nd overall, 3rd overall.....this is the highest level you can achieve at Celebrity!

So with that being said hold on to your seats because IDS ROCKED THE HOUSE!!!

Sadie and Bayden got a High Gold and a 1st in category and 2nd overall!!!
Kaitlyn Kessinger got a Gold and 4th overall
Blakeley Smith got a Gold and 5th overall with 13 people in her category!!!

MINIS!
Stand Out GOLD.....1st in hip hop category....3rd OVERALL juniors ages
Jetsons Gold.......1st in jazz Category.....1st OVERALL!! juniors ages

SMALLS!
Dinosaur Gold.....1st in jazz in category Intermediate
Ordinary Day HIGH GOLD.....1st in contemporary category......3rd OVERALL Intermediate ages
Hoedown Throw Down PLATINUM (only one given at daytime awards!) 1st in hip hop category and 1st OVERALL Intermediate ages

JUNIORS!
Crazy Love Gold .....1st in Lyrical Category
What a World HIGH GOLD....1st in hip hop category....1st OVERALL Pre-teen Ages

Juniors and Jazzerettes
Walkin' On Sunshine GOLD 3rd in jazz category
Kill the Lights PLATINUM......2nd in hip hop category.....lost 1st by .5 :(

JAZZERETTES!
Better Man GOLD......2nd in contemporary category
Right Now GOLD......3rd in jazz category....there were 8 other teams in this category!!
That's Not My Name PLATINUM......1st in Category

What an amazing day for everyone! I have never seen our dancers look that good.... I am way excited for this Saturday!! THERE WERE ONLY 15 Platinum's given out that night! so 16 total all day! IDS took 3!

Great Job to all our Dancers!

Utah Dance Fest--Logan

Our last competition is behind us. We accomplished some amazing things this year! I am proud to be a part of Infinity!

At this competition the rankings are given in medal form. Platinum, High Gold, Gold, High Silver, Silver and so on. There were 224 dances at this competition with 22 studios from Utah and Idaho. The competition is STIFF here. We represented ourselves VERY WELL!

Here are the results.

Kung Fu Gold 2nd Runner Up in the Tiny Division

Jump Up Gold 1st runner up in the Tiny Division

Cheetah Love High Gold Overall winner in the Mini Division Also received Best Hip Hop in the Tiny/Mini Division

Center field High Gold 1st Runner Up in the Mini Division

All Dressed in Love Gold

One Step At a Time High Gold Overall winner in the Intermediate Division

When I Grow Up High Gold Best Hip Hop in the Jr. Division

Skippin' High Gold

Toy Solider High Gold Best Hip Hop in Advanced Division

Gravity High Gold 8th place in the entire Senior Division

Mercy Gold

Speed Racer PLATINUM! There were 224 dances and only 7 platinum awards given. Also received Best Costume in the Advanced Division.

At the end of all the dances they find an average overall score for each studio.
Infinity Dance Studio won the HIGHEST OVERALL AVERAGE out of 22 studios!

On a side note, I want to let you know how far we have come this year. At the Logan Competition last year, we barely placed in the top 10 at all. We did get a few High Gold awards, but we did not do well as a whole overall. For us to come back and WIN the whole thing shows some major improvement and dedication on your part! Thank you to everyone for working so hard this year!

Dance Unlimited--Burley Competition

We just got back from Dance Unlimited in Burley this weekend and

OH MY did we do GREAT!

So proud of all our dancers and the hard work you put in!

Here is a recap of the results.

Every dance is given a "star" rating.

All the team dances were given 4 stars!

Great job!

Beyond that, each dance was ranked according to dance style and age group. On the division level, there is a TOP 10 ranking as well as some judges choice and overall awards.

I know it is a lot to process. We were a bit confused by it all too.

Novice Division

Kung Fu won High Score in the Character Dance category. It placed 2nd in the Top 10.

Jump Up won High Score in the Hip Hop category. It also got High Score for the 6 year olds. It placed 1st in the Top 10.

Beginner Division

Centerfield placed 3rd in the Top 10.

Cheetah Love won High Score in the Hip Hop category as well as High Score for the 9 year olds. It placed 1st in the Top 10.

Overall Awards for Novice/Beginner Division

This includes all dances; solos, duos, trios and teams.

Centerfield won a Judges Choice award for Artistry in Costumes.

Kung Fu won Command Performance.

Jump Up won Overall High Score.

Junior Intermediate Division

All Dressed in Love won High Score in the Jazz category and High Score for the 11 year olds.

One Step at a Time won High Score for the 10 year olds. It also placed 4th in the Top 10.

When I Grow Up won High Score for Hip Hop and High Score for the 12 year olds. It placed 1st in the Top 10. It also took the Command Performance award for the Jr. Division.

Combined Level Division

Speed Racer won High Score for Jazz category and High Score for the 14 year olds. It placed 1st in the Top 10.

Toy Soldier won High Score for the Hip Hop category. It placed 2nd in the Top 10.

Senior Division

Gravity won High Score in the Modern Dance category. It placed 4th in the Top 10.

Skippin' won High Score in the Hip Hop category and High Score for the 17 year olds. It placed 1st in the Top 10.

Skippin' won Overall High Score for the ENTIRE COMPETITION!

Congratulations to all of the wonderful dancers! And to Gretchen and Samantha, our wonderful choreographers.

Ogden Competition Results

As promised here is the follow up to Gertie's email and recap of the Ogden competition results.  

First off, let me just say that we did AWESOME at the competition.  

So awesome in fact, that Derryl Yeager HIMSELF invited us to perform with his professional dance company Odyssey Dance Theatre on Thursday night.  Derryl has been a professional dancer for over 20 years and has performed in many Broadway shows including A Chorus Line, Dream Girls, and Cats.  He is a choreographer and has directed for many shows at Tuacahn in St. George, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Oklahoma.  He founded the Odyssey Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City and they are currently showing their Spring show at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus.  

The solo dancers all danced BEAUTIFULLY and we are very proud of them.  The competition is AMAZING in Utah.  Talk about a whole other level of dance!  We feel blessed to even be able to be among them!  

Here are the results of the Team Competition.

The ranking is done like medal contention.  Platinum is the highest (they did not give out any at this competition), then High Gold(there were only 6 awarded and we got 3!), Gold, High Silver, and so on.  

Kung Fu  

received a Gold and took first in their division.

Jump Up 

received a Gold and took second in their division.

Cheetah Love 

received a Gold and took first in their division. 

Centerfield 

received a High Gold and took first in their division.  

All Dressed in Love 

received a High Silver and took third in their division.

One Step At a Time 

received High Silver and took second in their division.

When I Grow Up 

received a Gold and took first in their division.

Toy Soldier 

received a High Gold and took first in their division.

Skippin'

 received a High Gold and took first in their division.

Mercy 

received a High Silver and took second in their division.

Gravity 

received a High Silver and took second in their division.

In addition they give overall awards in Novice, Intermediate and Advanced categories.  

Centerfield won first in Novice.  

Toy Soldier won second in Intermediate.

Skippin' won first in Advanced.  

YAY US!!!

Back to Derryl Yeager.  He invited the winner of the overall advanced competition, which is SKIPPIN', to come and perform with Odyssey onTHURSDAY NIGHT!  This is a HUGE honor.  He also asked us to bring TOY SOLDIER to perform as well so we are doing it!  Here is the message from Sam with all the details.  Get your tickets, find your car pool, whatever you need to do!  We are performing on stage with a 

PROFESSIONAL DANCE COMPANY!  

SO exciting.  

Parents, you should be so incredibly proud of your dancers!  I know we are!   

 

OK, ON TO THE FUN NEWS!!!

WE ARE PERFORMING WITH ODYSSEY!!!
Derryl Yeager, Odyssey Founder, gave me his personal cell phone number (hee hee) and told me to call him with any questions.  This is what I know FOR SURE:

When: THURSDAY, MARCH 19th 
Time: 5:00 pm SHARP 
Where: Kingsbury Hall (University of Utah Campus)
Tickets: 801-581-7100 

http://www.odysseydance.com

or http://www.kingsburyhall.com/

Sam is calling Derryl Monday to see where the dancers will sit to watch the remainder of the show, because "Skippin" is the 1st number of the night, Derryl does a piece, then "Toy Solider" is 3rd. 

OnStage Dance Classic

Here are the results from our first competition.  The dancers were so great and received so many amazing awards!

Solo's on Friday Night

Sadie Wold 

 1st runner up as well as the award for the best "DRAMA"

Blakeley Smith 

 1st runner up as well as the "Best Choreography" by Gretchen Hunsaker

and "Judges Choice"

(which means each judge gets to pick their favorite soloist!)

 

Lindee Pickett

 1st runner up...but in my book she was the queen! She was just beautiful that night!

Ashley Wood

 took 4th and was very good for just finishing the dance the night before...she thought she had another week!

Megan Owen 

1st runner up as well and was a very spunky 80's chick!

TEAMS ON SATURDAY

They have a point system that determines what you place 

so I decided to show just how close we came to taking 1st on some dances!

Skippin 2nd place 175... 1st 179

Mercy 2nd 186... 1st 189

Speed Racer 1st 188....2nd   166

Toy Soldier 1st 194....2nd 168

All Dressed in Love 3rd 173... 2nd Fab 5 174...1st 179 4th...162

When I Grow Up 2nd 186.....1st 187 OH SO CLOSE!

Gravity 2nd 185...1st 193...3rd 171...4th 163

Jump Up 1st 176...2nd 168

Centerfield 1st 175....2nd 169

Kung Fu 1st 186...2nd 178

Cheetah Love 1st 188...2nd 174

Special awards

"Highest Score of the Day" TOY SOLDIER 194

"Pop Drop and Lock" Cheetah Love

"Best Choreography" Toy Soldier! Way to go Samantha Lunt