The Energy Dance Company
2023-2024
Comp # 4 in the books!!
We had a great time at Platinum National Dance Competition this past Friday & Saturday!! The girls did a FABULOUS job this past weekend!
Payton Akridge - Wicked Game - Intermediate Contemporary - High Gold & 20th place overall!
Kenzlee Sahl - Le Freak - Intermediate Jazz - Platinum, 9th place overall, Full of confidence judges award!
Addison Laubenthal - Only Wanna Dance - Intermediate Jazz - Gold & Costume Finalist!
Olivia Moen - Distortion Intermediate Jazz - Platinum & 7th overall!
Morgan Steburg - Sing - Intermediate Musical Theatre - Platinum & Category Winner!
Addison Laubenthal - Budapest Intermediate Tap- High Gold, 18th Overall!
Morgan Steburg - Runaway Baby- Intermediate Tap - Platinum, 6th place overall, Category winner, & Photogenic finalist!
K’lyn Sahl - When the Party’s Over - Intermediate Contemporary - Platinum, 3rd place overall & photogenic finalist!
Rosanne Curtis - Ratatat - Intermediate Hip Hop - Platinum, 11th place overall, & photogenic finalist!
Abby Potratz - Between the Line- Intermediate Open - Platinum Plus, 1st place overall, top intermediate act, Total attack judges award!
Lillian Kelley - Better When I’m Dancing - Recreational Tap- High Gold, 9th overall, & Category Winner!
Clara Schmitt - Harley’s in Hawaii - Intermediate Jazz - High Gold, Costume Winner, Photogenic Winner, & Improv finalist!
Sophia West-Struecker - Run Run Run - Intermediate Jazz - Platinum 6th place overall, Category Winner, Ultimate Invite, improv finalist, photogenic!
Take it -Intermediate Small group Open - Rosanne Curtis, Clara Schmitt, Payton Akridge, Kenzlee Sahl, Abby Potratz, & Morgan Steburg - Platinum, 1st overall, Choreography Award!
Manolo - Intermediate Hip Hop duet - Rosanne Curtis & Clara Schmitt- Platinum, 4th place overall, Category winner, Fierce Face judges award!
Come Back Up - Intermediate Contemporary duet - K’Lyn Sahl & Olivia Moen - Platinum, 3rd place overall, category winner, Investing in the story judges award!
Move It - Intermediate Jazz Duet - Payton Akridge & Kenzlee Sahl - Platinum, 1st overall, Category Winner!
Cabaret - Intermediate Musical Theatre Duet - Olivia Moen & Morgan Steburg- Platinum, 5th overall & Jazz Hands Judges award!
Trashin’ the camp - Intermediate Tap duet - Rosanne Curtis & Morgan Steburg - Platinum & 2nd place overall!
So proud of the girls and the hard works they are putting in! We have a break this week and then we are back in Minneapolis!
What a Fantastic day we had Saturday at AMP Dance Competitions!!
As a studio we won their culture award which is awarded to one studio throughout the entire competition! It is chosen by the AMP Staff to the studio that displays positivity, teamwork, and supporting others! We couldn’t be more proud of our girls, parents and staff for just being good people!!
Results from Saturday!
Small group-Rosanne Curtis, Abby Potratz, Clara Schmitt, Payton Akridge, Kenzlee Sahl, & Morgan Steburg - received EXTREME VOLTAGE, 5th place overall, out of this world judges award!
Manolo - Rosanne Curtis & Clara Schmitt - Hip Hop duet - EXTREME VOLTAGE & category winner!
Come Back Up - K’lyn Sahl & Olivia Moen - Contemporary Duet - BLOWN SPEAKER 2nd place overall, Category winner!
Cabaret - Morgan Steburg & Olivia Moen - Musical Theatre duet - EXTREME VOLTAGE & judges commitment to character award!
Move It - Payton Akridge & Kenzlee Sahl - Jazz duet - BLOWN SPEAKER 1st place overall, Category Winner!
Trashin’ the Camp- Rosanne Curtis & Morgan Steburg - Tap duet - BLOWN SPEAKER 1st place overall!
Better When Im Dancing - Lillian Kelley - Tap solo - received HIGH VOLTAGE & Free Scholarship for next year!!
Le Freak - Kenzlee Sahl - Jazz Solo - received EXTREME VOLTAGE, 3rd place overall, Judges Costume Award
Harley’s in Hawaii - Clara Schmitt- Jazz Solo - EXTREME VOLTAGE, 4th place overall!
Run Run Run - Sophia West-Struecker- Jazz solo - HIGH VOLTAGE , 10th place overall, judges Fierce & Fiery award!
Wicked Game - Payton Akridge - Contemporary Solo - HIGH VOLTAGE!
Distortion - Olivia Moen - Jazz solo - EXTREME VOLTAGE!
Only Wanna Dance - Addison Laubenthal - Jazz Solo - HIGH VOLTAGE & judges Fire Energy Award!
Sing! - Morgan Steburg - Musical Theatre Solo - HIGH VOLTAGE!
Budapest - Addison Laubenthal - Tap solo - EXTREME VOLTAGE, 8th place overall, Category Winner!
Runaway Baby - Morgan Steburg - Tap solo- EXTREME VOLTAGE, 9th place overall!
When the Party’s Over - K’lyn Sahl - Contemporary Solo- BLOWN SPEAKER 6th place overall, Judges Choreography award!!
Ratatat- Rosanne Curtis- Hip Hop solo- EXTREME VOLTAGE & category winner!
Between the Lines - Abby Potratz - Open solo - BLOWN SPEAKER 4th place overall, & Category winner!
Competition #2 in the books!
We traveled to Omaha to participate at Gems Dance Competition! We also had another special guest Taylor DeGirolamo join us to support our dancers!
Results are in:
Lillian Kelley - Better When I’m Dancing - Tap Solo - High Gold!
Clara Schmitt - Harley’s in Hawaii - Jazz solo - High Gold & 2nd in category!
Sophia West-Struecker - Run, Run, Run - Jazz solo - High Gold, 1st in Category, & Choreography Award!
Addison Laubenthal - Budapest - Tap Solo - High Gold, 1st in Category, & Activate Your Artistry Convention Scholarship!
Addison Laubenthal - Only Wanna Dance - Jazz Solo - High Gold & Activate Your Artistry Convention Scholarship!
Morgan Steburg - Runaway Baby - Tap solo - High Gold!
Morgan Steburg - Sing - Musical Theatre Solo - High Gold & 1st in Category!
Kenzlee Sahl - Le Freak - Jazz Solo - High Gold & 1st in Category!
Payton Akridge - Wicked Game - Contemporary Solo - High Gold & 1st in Category!
K’Lyn Sahl - When The Party’s Over - Contemporary Solo - High Gold!
Olivia Moen - Distortion - Jazz Solo - High Gold & 2nd in Category!
Rosanne Curtis - Ratatat - Hip Hop Solo - High Gold & Activate Your Artistry Convention Scholarship!
Payton Akridge & Kenzlee Sahl - Move It - Jazz Duet - High Gold!
Rosanne Curtis & Morgan Steburg - Trashin’ The Camp - Tap Duet - High Gold!
Olivia Moen & Morgan Steburg - Cabaret - Musical Theatre Duet - High Gold!
Clara Schmitt & Rosanne Curtis - Manolo - Hip Hop duet - High Gold!
K’lyn Sahl & Olivia Moen - Come Back Up - Contemporary Duet - Platinum (there was only one other platinum given during the entire day!!!) 1st in Category, 1st in Overalls, & Practice Makes Perfect Award (Highest Technique Score)!
Small Group- Open - Rosanne, Morgan, Abby, Payton, Clara, & Kenzlee - High Gold, 1st in Category, & 4th Overall!
We are so proud of these girls and how hard they work each week! We ended a great day with a Pizza party and swimming!! Our Next Competition is March 2nd!
What a great weekend for our Company Dancers!! We had a special friend Ian Howe Dancer join us at competition in Sioux City! Thank you for coming to support, it meant so much!
Check out these results from our dancers!
Lillian Kelley - Better When I’m Dancing - Tap Solo - Gold & 7th overall!(This was her very 1st competition!!)
Kenzlee Sahl - Le Freak- Jazz Solo - Crystal & 1st Overall! She was also called back for the PAC attack call back!!
Clara Schmitt - Harley’s In Hawaii - Jazz Solo- Platinum & 8th Overall!
Sophia West-Struecker - Run Run Run - Jazz Solo- Platinum & 14th Overall!
Payton Akridge & Kenzlee Sahl - Move It - Jazz Duet - Crystal & 2nd Overall! They received Judges Smize award!
Morgan Steburg - Runaway Baby - Tap solo - Crystal & 1st Overall! She also received a Judges Happy Feet Award!
Morgan Steburg - Sing - Musical Theatre Solo - Gold!
Addison Laubenthal - Budapest - Tap solo - Platinum & 9th overall!
Addison Laubenthal - Only Wanna Dance With You - Jazz Solo - Gold!
Payton Akridge - Wicked Game - Contemporary Solo - Platinum & 13th Overall!
Olivia Moen & K’Lyn Sahl - Come Back Up - Contemporary Duet - Crystal & 3rd Overall!
Rosanne Curtis & Clara Schmitt - Manolo - Hip Hop Duet - Gold & 9th Overall!
Olivia Moen - Distortion - Jazz Solo - Platinum & 11th Overall!
Rosanne Curtis & Morgan Steburg - Trashin’ The Camp - Tap Duet - Crystal & 2nd Overall!
Olivia Moen & Morgan Steburg - Cabaret - Musical Theatre Duet - Platinum & 7th Overall!
Rosanne Curtis - Ratatat - Hip Hop Solo - Platinum & 3rd Overall!
K’lyn Sahl - When The Party’s Over - Contemporary Solo - Crystal & 1st Overall! She also received a Judges Award of Slinky Spine!!
We had a fun filled weekend!! We gear up for our next competition this coming weekend in Omaha
We are so fortunate to bring in professional choreographers/instructors to our studio to open a whole new world to our dancers! This gives our dancers the opportunity to learn from professionals and to grow tremendously. We are super excited to host the Power of Three this August! If you have a child who is interested in joining our Company please email the studio!
