Nashville, TN Regional Competition Schedule of Competition • Nashville, TN January 26-27, 2019 Tucker Theatre Saturday Sunday Doors Open At 7:30AM Doors Open At 7:30AM 08:30 AM Junior Solo Competition Ages 10 and 11 8:30 AM Teen and Senior Duet/Trio Competition Ages 12 - 19 10:39 AM Pre Junior Solo Competition Ages 8 and 9 5 Minute Intermission 5 Minute Intermission 10:06 AM Teen and Senior Small Group Competition Ages 12 - 19 12:00 PM Petite Solo Competition Ages 6 and 7 5 Minute Intermission 12:49 PM Petite, Pre-Junior and Junior Solo Awards Announcement of Mr./Miss Showbiz, 5 Minute Intermission Costume, Photogenic, Icon and High Point Awards 11:33 AM Teen and Senior Large Group Competition Ages 12 - 19 01:44 PM Petite and Junior Duet/Trio Competition Ages 6 - 11 5 Minute Intermission 5 Minute Intermission 12:11 PM Teen Line Competition Ages 12- 14 02:54 PM Petite and Junior Small Group Competition Ages 6 - 11 5 Minute Intermission 5 Minute Intermission 12:24 PM Teen Production Competition Ages 12-14 5 Minute Intermission 12:36 PM Teen and Senior Duet/Trio and Group Awards Presentation of Choreography 04:19 PM Mini, Petite and Junior Large Group Competition Ages 11 and Under Winners and Group Icon Winners 04:51 PM Mini, Petite and Junior Duet/Trio, Small Group and Large Groups Awards and High 01:31 PM Pre Senior Solo Competition Ages 15 and 16 Point Winners 5 Minute Intermission 06:01 PM Pre Teen Solo Competition Age 12 03:11 PM Senior Solo Competition Ages 17-19 5 Minute Intermission 04:14 PM Pre-Senior and Senior Solo Awards Presentation of Mr./Miss Showbiz, Costume, 06:52 PM Teen Solo Competition Age 13 and 14 Photogenic, Icon and High Point Winners 08:57 PM Pre Teen Solo and Teen Solo Awards Presentation of Mr./Miss Showbiz, Costume, Photogenic, Icon and High Point Winners 2 Judges Robbie Rodriguez WilDance in 2013. Bell now trains young dancers to follow in her footsteps and dream to dance across the globe. Instructor & Choreographer • Independent Robbie Rodriguez is a dancer, instructor, and choreographer Melissa Hathway from Albuquerque, NM. Growing up, Robbie trained with elite Owner/Director • Arts ‘n Motion Dance Studio Dance & Theatre where they specialized in dance theatre based productions. He has studied on scholarship with Joffrey Melissa Hathway, founder and director of Arts ‘n Motion, grew Ballet School in New York City and State Street Ballet in Santa up dancing and competing in the Baltimore/Washington Barbara, California. Robbie has appeared in various film and area. She began dancing at the age of 3 at the Linda Natoli television shows including Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways Dance Studio and later joined one of Maryland’s premier to Die in the West. Currently, he is a member of the New dance studios as a PM Dancer at Fran Peter’s Studio of Mexico Ballet Company where, in addition to dancing, he is Dance. Between the ages of 16 and 19, Melissa performed the Marketing and Operations Director as well as a rehearsal professionally for the West End dinner theater in Alexandria, coach and choreographer. For the past 10 years, Robbie has King’s Dominion Paramount Productions and Royal Caribbean had the opportunity to work with various High School dance Cruise Lines. She then spent two years in the international teams providing them with award-winning choreography production of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “CATS” in Hamburg, and helping to further their technique. He is the founder Germany. and director of Albuquerque Dance Collaborative, a local competition group that creates a space for individuals to Melissa was invited to return to the U.S. to join the national grow their artistic style and expression. Robbie is a graduate touring company of “CATS”. During two years performing on of the University of New Mexico where he earned his the road, she became the company’s assistant dance captain Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Marketing with a and taught master classes and workshops in cities around minor in Psychology. He is currently entering his fifth season the U.S. and Canada. Melissa’s dance skills and work ethic as a head coach for the University’s Lobo Dance Team. earned her a role in the Broadway company of “CATS” for two years where she also became assistant to the dance captain. In the final performance of the longest running show Stacey Bell in Broadway history, Melissa had the honor of performing the Owner/Artistic Director • WilDance role of Victoria the White Cat. During her time in New York, Melissa appeared with the “CATS” company in performances on Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live. Stacey Harper Bell has been teaching and dancing for over 20 years. At the age of 12, she received a summer After the birth of her first child, Melissa shifted her focus to scholarship to Boston Ballet Intensive as well as the Joffery writing articles about dance education and competitions for Ballet Summer program. By the age of 18, she had danced 2 Lifestyle Media, publishers of Dance Teacher, Pointe, Dance summers at the Alvin Ailey School. Bell moved to L.A. starting Spirit and American Cheerleader magazines. As a member her professional career with a scholarship to attend the Edge of Dance Masters of America (DMA) she has also served as a Performing Arts Scholarship program where she studied for judge for dance competitions. a year under such teachers at Hellene Phillips, Cindera Che, Eddie Garcia, Doug Caldwell, and Marguerite Derricks. After In 2001, Melissa and her husband moved back to Maryland her scholarship, dance joined the professional dance world to raise their children around their extended family and touring with such artist as Prince, Brittney Spears, LL Cool J, Melissa rejoined Fran’s Studio of Dance as a ballet, jazz and Usher, Ricky Martin, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake and more. tap instructor. Melissa also taught music and movement classes for two years for musicKids, Inc. in Bethesda, MD, Bell has appeared in such movies as Like Mike, Charlie’s and developed their Movers and Shakers program for early Angels 2, Austin powers Goldmember, The Sweetest Thing childhood creative movement and motor development. and Batman & Robin. Television also appears on Bell’s list of Melissa maintains her membership in the Actor’s Equity union. credits appearing in such shows as Boy Meets World, and Fame L.A., and commercial work with Coke, Gap, and Burger After the birth of her second child, Melissa turned her creative King. Stacey Harper Bell was also a member of the Disney energy, talent, skills, and love for the arts and working with group Nobody’s Angel who’s album had such hits as If You children to the opening of her own dance, music and art Wanna Dance, and I Can’t Help Myself and songs featured studio, Arts ‘n Motion. on the soundtrack for such movies as The Parent Trap, The Princess Diaries, 102 Dalmatians, and Pokemon The Movie. After teaching and choreography at multiple studios along the East Coast, Stacey Bell opened up her own dance studio 3 Saturday • January 26, 2019 021 Elleson James 044 Mia Doyle Junior Solo Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Lyrical • Studio M • Level: Ruby Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio H • Level: Diamond Competition 022 Lindi Riggins 045 Estella Guzman Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Hip Hop • Studio R • Level: Ruby Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio H • Level: Diamond Ages 10 and 11 023 Sophie Seymour 046 Cadence Carver Doors Open At 7:30AM Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Jazz • Studio H • Level: Ruby Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio M • Level: Diamond 001 Rylee Wilson 024 Madeleine Griffith 047 Aliya Miller Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Jazz • Studio J • Level: Ruby Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio J • Level: Diamond Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Lyrical • Studio B • Level: Sapphire 002 Adelaide Jones 025 Samantha Festervand 048 Elisabeth Walters Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Jazz • Studio J • Level: Ruby Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio J • Level: Diamond Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Lyrical • Studio I • Level: Sapphire 003 Caia Woods 026 Tessa Murray-Ling 049 Sydney Blizard Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Lyrical • Studio M • Level: Sapphire Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio M • Level: Ruby Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio M • Level: Diamond 004 Claire Jackson 027 Kinsey Richter 050 Isabella Pinkston Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio E • Level: Diamond Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Tap • Studio Q • Level: Sapphire Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Contemporary • Studio E • Level: Diamond 005 Pink Brouillard 028 Kenley Campbell 051 Mckenna Elliott Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Jazz • Studio M • Level: Sapphire Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Contemporary • Studio E • Level: Diamond Average Age 11 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio J • Level: Diamond 006 Rylee Wilson 029 Shelby Halcomb Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Open • Studio B • Level: Sapphire Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Contemporary • Studio R • Level: Diamond 007 Vivian Richardson 030 Sophia Alford Pre Junior Solo Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Contemporary • Studio E • Level: Diamond Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Contemporary • Studio P • Level: Ruby Competition 008 Brooke Mayo 031 Mia Doyle Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Contemporary • Studio H • Level: Diamond Ages 8 and 9 Average Age 10 • Junior Solo • Solo • Contemporary