Marie Ann Longlade School of Dance

**🌟 It’s First Week at MALSD! ❄️✨**
This week marks the start of our **60th season of dance**, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome all our dancers back! From tiny toes to experienced pros, we’re ready to make this season unforgettable.

Whether you’re twirling in ballet, tapping to the beat, or jazzing it up, let’s embrace the energy of a brand new year! Here’s to the magic, memories, and movement ahead. 💃🕺

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**Let’s dance into our 60th year with grace and passion!** ✨💙

A new season of dance starts SATURDAY!! We can’t wait to see everyone back in the studio 🩰🤩

Our August classes for dancers ages 9+ begin soon! We still have some space available. Swipe ⏭️ for the schedule!! ☀️

Register online at longladedance.com 💻

We are excited to be celebrating 60 years of dance for our 2024/2025 season. Registration is now open for the season! Register today to hold your spot in a class and don’t pay til our Open House when you can drop in for a tour and have all your questions answered.

Happy last day of school, dancers! 🌞

📣 Calling all dancers ages 3-8 yrs! Come dance with us this summer!!

There is still space in our 8 week Summer Program ☀️

🗓️ TUESDAYS
JULY 9TH - AUGUST 27TH

5:00-5:45 Ballet 3-5 yrs
5:45-6:30 Ballet 6-8 yrs
6:30-7:15 Jazz 6-8 yrs
7:15-8:00 Acro 6-8 yrs

🔗 Register at the link in bio

A sneak peak from our company photoshoot 😍

We can’t wait to share more!!

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Some beautiful stage moments from our year-end recital captured by the best, 📸💓

We are already excited for next season!! 💃

Our competitive team auditions are being held on June 18th! Email us now to reserve your spot, or for more information on our teams 💻

🌟 Our Micro Minis are our littlest dancers! They dance 3-4 hours per week and compete in two competitions.

🌟 Part-Time Competitive dancers dance less than 6 hours per week and compete in two competitions.

🌟 Full-Time Competitive dancers dance more than 6 hours per week and compete in four competitions.

We are excited to open our 60th season 2024/2025 of dance 🎉 Register and make 1st payment before June 30th and save $65! .

Now open!!! Join us this summer for some dance classes.

Our competitive team grads 2024

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Our micro cuties!!! 😍 With an average age of 6, this adorable team took the stage at two competitions this season!

Interested in our Micro Competitive Team? This team is a great way for dancers ages 4+ to take their first steps into the competitive world! 🩰

Come talk to a member of staff or email [email protected] for more details!

This team.

Our 2024 competitive season has come to a close. It has been a pretty memorable season for this dance family - from first solos to last solos, high scores, and personal bests. We have loved watching these dancers cheer each other on over the past four weekends 💗

We finished off our season at

SPECIAL AWARDS
⭐️ “Deep, Delicious Demis” - Enchanted Suite (Thivyana John Robinson, Josanna Thayaharan, Kathryn Lai)
⭐️ “Queen of Kip Ups” - Fabulous (Ava Smolic)
⭐️ “Power Pose” - Carmen (Maya Szpila)
⭐️ “The Ons and Offs were ON” - Emerald City (Ballet Line)
⭐️ Emcee Award - Short Skirt Long Jacket (Chloe Poff, Mia Keefe, Mackayla O’Neill)

ADJUDICATORS CHOICE OF THE SESSION
✨ Older Chests - Senior Lyrical
✨ Safety Dance - Senior Jazz

OVERALLS
🏆 3rd Competitive Junior Solo - Leeah Legaspi
🏆 2nd Competitive Junior Line - Supercut
🏆 3rd Competitive Senior Solo - Mackayla O’Neill
🏆 1st Competitive Senior Duo/Trio - Short Skirt Long Jacket
🏆 1st Competitive Senior Small Group - A Musician’s Muse
🏆 3rd Competitive Senior Small Group - Older Chests
🏆 2nd Pre-Comp P*e Wee Small Group - Shades
🏆 2nd Pre-Comp Junior Small Group - Wild
🏆 3rd Pre-Comp Junior Solo - Ava Smolic

STUDIO HIGH SCORE
✨ Short Skirt Long Jacket (Mackayla O’Neill, Mia Keefe, Chloe Poff)

A special congratulations to Maya Szpila who was awarded Most Potential Pre-Competitive Intermediate Dancer and to Aishyana John Robinson who was selected by the judges for a Jumpstart Scholarship! 💕

5 days out from our last comp of the season!! We are so excited to have our FULL team back together on stage this weekend 💗🤩

We love watching these little artists on stage 💜

Some more stunning stage shots 📸

Week 3 complete!!!! And it did NOT disappoint! These dancers blew us away over the past three days. Thank you to for a fabulous weekend, and to all the wonderful studios we shared the stage with 🤍🪩

SPECIAL AWARDS
💜“Stillness Speaks” - Short Skirt, Long Jacket (Mia Keefe, Chloe Poff, Mackayla O’Neill)
💜”Attention to Detail” - Slack Jaw (Elizabeth Derenzis)
💜”Spectacular Studio” - All LDC Dancers

CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD
💜 Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Choreographed by

MOST POTENTIAL
💜 Age 9-10 - Leeah Legaspi
💜 Age 17+ - Chloe Poff

MVC AWARD (Studio’s Highest Scoring Soloist)
💜 I Remember Her (Aishyana John Robinson)

OVERALL AWARDS
🏆4th Age 7-8 Solo - Joelle McFeat
🏆5th Age 7-8 Solo - Grace Galea
🏆6th Age 7-8 Solo - Aleksia Taraj
🏆5th Age 9-10 Solo - Leeah Legaspi
🏆3rd Age 13-14 Solo - Aishyana John Robinson
🏆7th Age 13-14 Solo - Joanna Thayaharan
🏆1st Age 13-14 Small Group - She Moves
🏆3rd Age 15-16 Solo - Juliana Longo Arminio
🏆5th Age 15-16 Solo - Felicia Forgetta
🏆9th Age 15-16 Solo - Elizabeth Derenzis
🏆1st Age 15-16 Duo/Trio - Walk It Off (Juliana Longo Arminio, Felicia Forgetta)
🏆1st Age 15-16 Small Group - Safety Dance
🏆2nd Age 15-16 Small Group - A Musician’s Muse
🏆3rd Age 15-16 Small Group - Older Chests
🏆1st Age 17+ Solo - Chloe Poff
🏆3rd Age 17+ Solo - Mackayla O’Neill
🏆4th Age 17+ Solo - Mia Keefe
🏆1st Age 17+ Duo/Trio - If This Is The End (Mackayla O’Neill, Chloe Poff)
🏆2nd Age 17+ Duo/Trio - Short Skirt, Long Jacket (Mia Keefe, Mackayla O’Neill, Chloe Poff)
🏆1st Age 17+ Small Group - Skeletons

DANCE OFF
🏆 Senior Champions, Skeletons
🏆 1st Runner Up Teen Division, She Moves
🏆 2nd Runner Up Mini Division, Dream On

Congratulations to our National Elite Team Invitees - Juliana Arminio Longo, Elizabeth Derenzis, Felicia Forgetta, Grace Galea, Aishyana John Robinson, Leeah Legaspi, Joelle McFeat, Mackayla O’Neill, Chloe Poff and Victoria Szpila 💫

🏆 DANCE OFF CHAMPIONS !!!!!! 🏆

Proud is an understatement. Three of our highest scoring routines participated in the dance off tonight!!

Congratulations to SKELETONS, our Senior Dance Off Champions!!
💫 Dancers: Chloe Poff, Mackayla O’Neill, Juliana Longo Arminio, Felicia Forgetta
💫 Choreographed by Sydney Faulkner

SHE MOVES, 1st Runner Up Teen Dance Off
💫 Dancers: Aishyana John Robinson, Joanna Thayaharan, Victoria Szpila, Elizabeth Derenzis, Juliana Longo Arminio, Felicia Forgetta
💫 Choreographed by Sydney Faulkner

DREAM ON, 2nd Runner Up Mini Dance Off
💫 Dancers: Grace Galea, Aleksia Taraj, Joelle McFeat, Leeah Legaspi
💫 Choreographed by Sydney Faulkner

Our full-time dancers are ready for our third comp!! See you tomorrow 🤩💜

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Our full time competitive team took the stage at this weekend! We are constantly amazed at what this small but MIGHTY team can accomplish 💪🏻💗

Special Awards
💫 “Big Things, Small Packages” - Dream On (Jr Lyrical)
💫 “Razor Sharp Focus” - She Moves (Teen Contemp)
💫 “Two Bodies In One” - If This Is The End (Mackey O’Neill & Chloe Poff)
💫 “Ray Of Sunshine” - I Don’t Speak French (Leeah Legaspi)
💫 “Grounded To The Earth” - Altar Wine (Mackayla O’Neill)

Session Choreography
💫 A Musician’s Muse (Senior Contemp) - Choreographed by

Session Performance Award
💫 Happiness Is A Butterfly (Chloe Poff)
💫 Life Of The Party (Joelle McFeat)

Top Score of the Session
💫 Short Skirt Long Jacket (Chloe Poff, Mackayla O’Neill & Mia Keefe)

Overall Discipline Awards
💫 12 & Under Musical Theatre - Money, Money, Money (Jr Musical Theatre)
💫 13 & Over Lyrical - Older Chests (Sr Lyrical)

Adjudicator’s Choice Graduate
💫 Mackayla O’Neill

OVERALLS
🏆 1st Overall Inter Small Group - She Moves
🏆 2nd Overall Senior Duo/Trio - Short Skirt Long Jacket
🏆 3rd Overall Senior Small Group - A Musician’s Muse
🏆 3rd Overall Mini Small Group - Dream On
🏆 3rd Overall Mini Solo - Joelle McFeat
🏆 6th Overall Mini Solo - Aleksia Taraj
🏆 7th Overall Mini Solo - Grace Galea
🏆 7th Overall Inter Solo - Aishyana John Robinson (out of 43 Inter Solos!!)
🏆 12th Overall Senior Solo - Mackayla O’Neill (out of 99 Senior Solos!!)
🏆 13th Overall Junior Solo - Leeah Legaspi (out of 49 Junior Solos!!)

Our full time and part time competitive teams took on their first competition of the season this weekend! We were blown away by all the talent that joined us on stage and couldn’t be more proud of the performances from our team 💗

SHOWSTOPPERS
🌟 Older Chests (Senior Lyrical)
🌟 How To Disappear Completely (Teen Lyrical)
🌟 Short Skirt Long Jacket (Chloe Poff, Mia Keefe, Mackayla O’Neill)
🌟 Enchanted Suite (Thivyana John Robinson, Kathryn Lai, Josanna Thayaharan)

CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD
🌟 Supercut -

PRE-COMPETITIVE OVERALLS
🏆 2nd Overall Jr Solo - Ava Smolic
🏆 7th Overall Jr Solo - Josanna Thayaharan
🏆 8th Overall Jr Solo - Grace Bernardo
🏆 3rd Overall Jr Duo/Trio - Disco Inferno
🏆 1st Overall Jr Small Group - Dancing Queen
🏆 2nd Overall Jr Small Group - Just Watch Me Now
🏆 4th Overall Inter Solo - Sienna Schiralli
🏆 6th Overall Inter Solo - Maya Szpila
🏆 2nd Overall Inter Duo/Trio - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

COMPETITIVE OVERALLS
🏆 4th Overall Mini Solo - Grace Galea
🏆 5th Overall Mini Solo - Joelle McFeat
🏆 6th Overall Mini Solo - Aleksia Taraj
🏆 2nd Overall Mini Small Group - Dream On
🏆 3rd Overall Mini Small Group - You Make My Dreams Come True
🏆 1st Overall Jr Line - Supercut
🏆 2nd Overall Jr Line - Emerald City

Wishing all our families a Happy Easter🐰

Our stars this past week March 18th-23rd⭐️⭐️

Congrats to the stars this week⭐️⭐️⭐️

MALSD merch for sale!! Don’t miss out, get your orders in before March 1st. Check emails for more information.

Congratulations to our wonderful stars this week⭐️