Blythedale Childrens School
As some at the studio know, our son Bryan has cerebral palsy, is wheelchair bound and has been an out patient at Blythedale since birth. Each year the company dancers perform for the children there and afterward, they spend the day in the academic classrooms as mentors to the children. I am proud to say that this year, our oldest dancers who were not scheduled to attend, asked to because they missed performing for and spending the day with the Blythedale students. ACD also has four alumni who are now working in fields such as speech therapy and physical therapy because of their experiences at Blythedale. A very rewarding day to say the least!
National Dance Showcase Awards Won by Competition Teams February 2010!
Our Favorite Son
Platinum*2nd Place Overall Productions“Special Judges Award”
“100% Entertainment Award” Jr. and Sr. Competition Company
Satellite
Platinum*2nd Place overall Senior Group “Top Applause Award”
Chosen to dance in the “Dance Off” Senior Company
Walking With a Ghost
Platinum*1st Overall Senior Duet/Trio Kelsey Luneburg & Lisa Szczesniak
Congratulations
Platinum*2nd Place Overall “Standout Award”
Scholarship to National Competition Lisa Szczesniak
Nicest Thing
Platinum*“Miss Teen NDS” “Breathtaking Award” Kelsey Luneburg
Unlike Me
Platinum*1st Place Overall Lisa Szczesniak
Baby I’m a Star
High Gold*1st Place Overall Julia Gizzi, Julianna Segatti, Emery Hakim
Le Jazz Hot
High Gold*Katie Bishop, Toni Capriglione, Rebecca Cohen,
Alana Deutsch, Kelsey Luneburg, Lisa Szczesniak
Deep Dish
High Gold*Niki Capriglione, Elizabeth Klein, Remi Lubcher, Stefanie Spiegel
Prayer
High Gold*Niki Capriglione, Elizabeth Klein, Remi Lubcher, Stefanie Spiegel, Julia Deutsch
My Skin
High Gold*Elizabeth Klein
Heartbeat
High Gold* Katie Bishop, Toni Capriglione, Rebecca Cohen,
Alana Deutsch, Kelsey Luneburg, Lisa Szczesniak
Sweet in the Mourning
High Gold*Toni Capriglione, Rebecca Cohen, Lisa Szczesniak, Kelsey Luneburg
Telephone
Gold*Niki Capriglione
Circus
Gold* Katie Bishop, Toni Capriglione, Rebecca Cohen, Alana Deutsch, Anya Ifshin
You Don’t Own Me
Gold*Alana Deutsch, Elizabeth Klein, Lisa Szczesniak
King Street Nursing Home
King Street Home is always a pleasure to perform for! The residents enjoy our dancers and even provide cookies and juice after the show. It is a beautiful nursing home and we look forward to each year!
Dancefest
Our Modern Companies ages 11-18 performed at Dancefest again this year. Stamford Center for the Arts sponsors a two weekend long event for over 400 dancers from New York and Connecticut. The first weekend the dancers attend classes with professional instructors form all over the world. The second weekend the dancers get to perform one 7 minute dance and participate in a finale with all 400 dancers. This is a great privilege to be invited to Dancefest for four consecutive years and look forward to next year!
White Plains Youth Bureau
On January 30th, our Hip Hop and Tempo Companies were invited to perform at the White Plains Youth Bureaus annual benefit. This years proceeds went to both African children and Doctors Without Borders to help in Haiti. There were dancers, singers and musicians from Westchester who came together to put on this Motown event. Jessica Santiago, a former teacher at ACD works at the Youth Bureau and we were proud to be a part of it!
Junior League Holiday Drive
The companies collected six totes full of food, toys, clothing and other gifts for the Junior League Holiday Drive to benefit a family from Mt. Kisco! Upon delivering the totes, I was touched to see the Mt. Kisco Boys and Girls Club full of totes from floor to ceiling! It was a beautiful thing!
Ronald McDonald House
On December 5th, Armonk Dance Companies were one of several dance companies from Westchester to perform for audiences to benefit the families of the Ronald McDonald House at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Our dancers raised over $500.00 for the RMDH by selling raffle tickets. Baskets were raffled off at the end of the day.
Halloween Party
To celebrate Armonk Dance 15 year anniversary we had a community wide Halloween party. The company members and staff all dressed up to celebrate with all ages. Everyone played Dance Dance Revolution, Gutiar Hero and several carnival games. There was face painting, tattoos, and a haunted room too! Everyone had a great time!
