OUR COMPETION TEAM - TAKING DANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL WHILE KEEPN' IT FUN!!!. . .
 

2022 Diamond award winners and first place overallin the entire competition in their age division!

2024 Platinum Award Winners Choreography Award First Place Overall in the age division

The competition program at The Ballet Studio, TEAM TBS,, has been developed for our dancers who want to take their dance skills to the next level, while still having the time available for other school and extracurricular activities. The average amount of hours that our competition dancers dance is 3 hours per week. This places us in the INTERMEDIATE level at the dance competitions. We have won numerous high golds, platinums, high platinums, special judges awards, and Nationals at this level! So many of our dancers are involved in other activities (sports, theatre, karate, instrumental music, ice skating, etc.) and we want them to be able to have the time to enjoy these activities AND dancing at our studio!

Our program consists of 4 levels...

Minis - (grades k to 2nd)

Peewees - (grades 2nd to 5th)

Juniors - (grades 5th to 8th)

Seniors - (grades 8th to 12th)

Junior Company - (grades 5th to 8th)

Senior Company - (grades 8th to 12th)

*Dancers who miss the cutoff for a particular grade may dance with the next level. Please see our staff for details...

All dancers participating on our team will attend the once a week Wednesday evening competition class as well as a weekly combination class.

TEAM TBS dancers who would like to advance their dance skills and strengthen their technique, in addition to attending the Wednesday evening class, may dance in our Junior Company program on Friday evenings or the Senior Company program on Saturdays! The Junior Comapny consists of a group of 7 to 11 dancers who dance for one additional competition class hour weekly. The Senior Company large group level consists of approximately 10-14 dancers who dance for one hour, and a small group of approximately 6-8 dancers who dance in both the large and small group, a total of 2 additional hours. The requirement for the Junior Company is Peewees in 5th grade and any junior dancer who has competed in our competition program for two full years. The requirement for the Senior Company is senior dancers who have competed for three full years. For more information pertaining to this program, please contact us at info@tbsdance.com.

SOLOS and DUETS

Dancers in any level of the competition program may perform a solo and/or duet dance in one, two, or all three of the competitions. Please contact our TEAM TBS Director, Miss Sherri DiStefano at comp4tbs@gmail.com, for more information. These dances will be taught by Miss Cara, TEAM TBS (Assistant Director), Miss Sherri, Miss Courtney, Miss Amanda, Miss Daria, Miss Rachel, and Miss Emilia. The total cost of a solo is per $225.00. The total cost of a duet is $180.00 per dancer. Each dancer will have a minimum of 4 sessions with their instructor. Additional practices may be scheduled with the dancer's instructor throughout the dance season. We will contact our dancers, after the recital in June, to discuss scheduling and dance styles!

NATIONAL INFORMATION

The Ballet Studio may enter The National Competition for one of the three competitions in which we have competed. A decision to go to Nationals will be made by the competition staff, parents, and dancers, after the regional competitions are completed. Information pertaining to Nationals will be given out during the dance season!

The only two additional requirements for TEAM TBS, above and beyond weekly scheduled classes, are the following...

Dance Intensives - Our Mini, PeeWee, Junior, and Senior dancers are asked to attend either of the two dance intensives (please see calendar on the competition updates page). The total cost is $90.00/per each four hour workshop. The intensives are important for our competition dancers, helping to strengthen their technique, along with attending regularly scheduled weekly classes. The fees for the intensives are due by the last Wednesday competion class in September and are non-refundable. The schedule and registration forms for the intensives will be given out the first class in September.

Summer TEAM TBS Competition Camp - Our team members attend the mandatory summer dance workshop held at the studio the end of July!!. Click here to View our Schedule Page for more information.

TEAM TBS COMPETITION CALENDAR 2024-2025 coming in August...

September 4 - Welcome back! Let's DANCE! 

September 30 - All Intensive Fees due

October 27 - Optional Team TBS Halloween Parade - Bordentown 2:00 - 

November 3  - Fall Intensive 1 - 12:00-4:00 *SENIORS Only - Miss Erin and Luke

November 10 - Fall Intensive 2 - 12:00 - 4:00 - PW/JRS - Miss Erin/Jordan

November 30 - Competition Fee deposit - $200 due

January 19 - Optional solo practices - 10:00 - 12:00

January 29 - EXTENDED PRACTICE - Studio (Peewees - 5:00 - 6:30, Juniors - 5:30 - 7:30, Seniors - 6:30-8:30 

January 30 - Competition Fee balance due in full

February 16 - Optional Solo Practice - 10:00 - 12:00

February 22 - Solos - 1:30 - 2:45

February 26 - EXTENDED PRACTICE - Studio (See times above)

March 12 - EXTENDED PRACTICE - Studio (See times above)

March 16 - Optional Solos - 10:00 - 12:00

March 22 - Solos - 1:30 - 2:45 

March 26 - EXTENDED PRACTICE - Carslake Community Center (5:30 - 7:30) *SOLO SHOWCASE - 7:30 start time

March 28 - 30 - Competition #1 - VIPDance Competition *Solos only, Millstone

April 6 - Optional Solos - 10:00 - 12:00

April 9 - EXTENDED PRACTICE - Studio - (Same times as above)

April 23 - EXTENDED PRACTICE - Carslake (TBD)

April 25 - 27 - Competition #2 - INFERNO Competition, TEAM TBS, Millstone

May 2 - 4 - Competition #3 - ROYAL DANCE Competition, TEAM TBS, Toms River

May 16 - 18 - Competition #4 - JOURNEY Competition - TEAM TBS, Pine Hill

June 11 - Last class of the season - Pizza Party

June 25 - Nationals Practice - 6:00 - 8:00

June 26 - Nationals Practice - 6:00 - 8:00

July 7 - 11 - JOURNEY Nationals, Harrah's Atlantic City 

COMPETITION CAMP FOR SUMMER 2025...

July 28 to August 1 - Minis - (6:00 - 8:00) Peewees (6:00 - 9:00)

August 5 to 9 - Juniors/Seniors - (6:00 - 9:00)