JLA Dance Academy

Company auditions are canceled tonight!
We will postpone them for August, Thank you and please make sure you are pre-registered for auditions

💙JLA DANCE ACADEMY | NATIONALS 2026 RECAP 💙
What an incredible way to close out our Nationals week! Our dancers left everything on the stage and represented JLA Dance Academy with talent, determination, sportsmanship, and heart. While we're so proud of every award we brought home, we're even more proud of the confidence, teamwork, friendships, and memories that were made along the way.
From our Big/Little exchange, team adventures, cheering each other on in the audience, late-night laughs, pool time,Ben & Jerry's, Apex, and celebrating every dancer's success! This week reminded us that JLA is so much more than a dance studio... we're family. 💙
🏆 NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
⭐ SOLOS
Steady
🏅 Judges Award – Lovely & Lifted
⭐ Star Performance Award
🏆 Top Choreography Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🥇 1st Place Recreational Teen Lyrical Title Winner
👑 1st Overall 13+ Recreational Title

Honey
🏅 Vibe Check Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🏅 5th Overall Intermediate Title

Happy Feet
🏅 Stand Out Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🏅 16th Overall Teen Intermediate Solo (Top 30)

🎭 GROUPS

🎬 Now Showing: JLA
🏅 Judges Award – Great Groupings
🏅 Vibe Check Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🥇 1st Overall Line

👹 K-Pop Demon Hunters
💎 High Platinum
🏅 12th Overall

🎭 Hamilton
⭐ Star Performance Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🏅 5th Overall

🎬 13 Reasons Why
⭐ Star Performance Award
🏆 Top Choreography Award
💎 Extreme Work It Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🥇 1st Overall Teen Small Group
🥇 1st Overall 13+ Small Group

🌴 Rio
⭐ Star Performance Award
💎 High Platinum
🥈 2nd in Category

🕌 Aladdin
💎 High Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🏅 6th Overall

💃 Hairspray
⭐ Star Performance Award
🏆 Top Choreography Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🏅 4th Overall

🐆 The Cheetah Girls
💎 High Platinum
🥉 3rd in Category
🏅 13th Overall

👑 Descendants
🏅 Vibe Check Award
💎 High Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🏅 7th Overall

🧚 Peter Pan
💎 Work It Platinum
🥈 2nd in Category
🏅 11th Overall

🎪 The Greatest Showman
🏅 Stand Out Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🥇 1st Overall Production
🥇 1st Overall 13+ Production

💎 Breakfast at Tiffany's
🏅 Judges Award – Poised & Polished
🏅 Stand Out Award
💎 High Platinum

✨ Harriet
⭐ Star Performance Award
💎 Extreme Work It Platinum
🥈 2nd in Category
🏅 4th Overall Intermediate Small Group

🚨 Intervention
⭐ Star Performance Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🏅 18th Overall Intermediate Small Group

🎤 Pitch Perfect
🏅 Judges Award – Just Go With It
🏅 Stand Out Award
🏆 Top Choreography Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🏅 9th Overall Intermediate Small Group

📺 Stranger Things
🏅 Teachers Award
⭐ Star Performance Award
💎 Work It Platinum
🥈 2nd in Category
🏅 7th Overall Large Group

🩺 Grey's Anatomy
💎 Work It Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🏅 6th Overall Large Group

🚢 Titanic
💎 High Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🏅 24th Overall Teen Intermediate Small Group (Top 30)

🔥 Step Up
🏆 Top Choreography Award
🏅 Overall Vibe Check Award
💎 Extreme Work It Platinum
🥇 1st in Category
🥈 2nd Overall Large Group
🥈 2nd Overall 13+ Large Group

🥁 Stomp the Yard
🏅 Vibe Check Award
💎 Extreme Work It Platinum
🥈 2nd in Category
🏅 4th Overall Large Group

🥊 BATTLE AWARDS
🎤 Shout Out: Pitch Perfect & The Cheetah Girls
⭐ Stand Out: Stranger Things, Grey's Anatomy & Rio
🥊 Knock Out: Step Up & Hamilton
👑 Grand Champions: Stomp the Yard, The Greatest Showman & Hairspray

This season challenged us, inspired us, and brought out the very best in our dancers. Every rehearsal, every correction, every early morning, every costume change, and every cheer from the audience led to this moment.
To our dancers: you continue to amaze us with your resilience, passion, and love for dance. To our families: thank you for believing in our vision and supporting your dancers every step of the way.
Whether you came home with a trophy, a special award, a personal best, or simply unforgettable memories, every single dancer is a champion in our eyes.
Thank you, Nationals 2026, for the memories we'll treasure forever. 💙
Season 3 is officially complete... and we can't wait to see what Season 4 has in store. The best is yet to come! ✨

Day 1 of nationals check ✅
Here are the awards

Gabby- Steady
Judges award: Lovely and lifted
Star performance award
Top Choreography award
Work it platinum
1st place teen lyrical
1st overall 13+ title

Emmarose- Honey
Vibe check award
Work it platinum
5th place teen title

Emily- Happy Feet
Stand out award
Work it platinum
16th place overall out of 30 top overalls

We are so proud of these soloist! What an amazing way to start the weekend.

✨💙 NATIONALS, HERE WE COME! 💙✨
The journey we've worked so hard for is finally here! Today, JLA Dance Academy is heading to Nationals, and we couldn't be more excited to represent our studio with pride, passion, and heart. 💙
Before the full team takes the stage, we'd love for our JLA family to send some extra love, encouragement, and positive thoughts to our three incredible soloists who compete today:
💙 Gabby
💙 Emmarose
💙 Emily
Your hard work, dedication, and courage have brought you to this moment. Dance your hearts out, trust your training, and enjoy every second on that stage. We are already so proud of each of you!
JLA family and friends help us fill the comments with good luck wishes, blue hearts 💙, and positive vibes for these amazing dancers as they begin our Nationals adventure!
Let's make unforgettable memories together. JLA💙 it's our time to shine! 🌟

Mama Dani always spoiling our JLA dancers! She setup a snack/candy bar for the dancers last Nationals practice of the season!
Thank you always 🙏🏽💙 The kids loved it 🥰

Today we assigned Big and Littles for Nationals! It was such a sweet moment. This is a fun opportunity for our Bigs and Littles to celebrate each other, make new memories, and continue building friendships within the JLA family

Our Elite and Advanced dancers worked hard today during Nationals practice but also had some fun in between classes by designing their own clothespins to clip other studios during nationals and also they got to handprint our Nationals JLA sign!
Next week is our last practice of the season and then we are off to nationals early Thursday morning!

💙ROAD TO NATIONALS: Mini & Juniors Edition!
The countdown is officially on, and our Mini & Junior dancers are working hard while making unforgettable memories along the way!
Today's Road to Nationals activities included:
💙 Decorating personalized JLA clothespins
🖐️ Creating our JLA Nationals Banner with every dancer's handprint—a special keepsake we'll proudly take with us on our Nationals journey!
Every activity is a reminder that Nationals is about so much more than competition. It's about teamwork, dedication, friendships, confidence, and creating memories that will last a lifetime. 💙
We are so proud of these amazing dancers and can't wait to see them represent JLA on the national stage!
The work. The dream. The destination. 💙

JLA Season 3 Awards Banquet 💙 HUGE thank you to the moms who put this all together everything was beautiful, the food was delicious, the dj was great and everyone had fun! 🤩💙 Congratulations to all of our dancers, parents and coaches who got awards today.