Competition Company News

Competition Calendar  Season

March 20th Raindance Company Auditions- We would like to thank all dancers who came to audition this Saturday.  You did a great job!  You will notified via email.                                                                                                                          Company Rehearsal Saturday, April 17th Regular times with        3-5pm Large Group Lyrical Dress Rehearsal.   Note: Large Group Lyrical RehearsalsTuesday, March 23rd, April 13, and April 20th 8-9PM

  Last Competition-  April 23-25  Power of Dance -                    Toms River, NJ  - Dancing for the American Red Cross !             Video and cameras are strictly prohibited. 

• Sunday June 6th-Competition Awards Luncheon, Colts Neck Inn  11:30 am. 
• June 16-19 Recital Week
• Company summer classes begin July 5th. 
• August 9-August 13 Choreography Week (Mandatory)

Raindance Competition Company

 Congratulations to each and everyone of our Mini, Petite, Youth, Pre-Junior, Junior, Pre-Teen, Teen and Senior soloists on two recent competitive performances. 

At both Starpower and Starbound, your stage presense and pizzaz brought home numerous Gold, High Gold Level Awards. 

We are proud of each of you and look forward to closing our competition season in late April at Power of Dance. 

Company Dancer
The company dancer needs to be enrolled with the Academy and have an intermediate level of dance ability. The Auditions will be held March 28th for the following season. The dancer must have a good understanding of commitment and is interested in the challenge of competing. The dancer must be willing to work hard and be responsible for their placement within the company. Required classes are scheduled throughout the year. Saturday choreography rehearsals are mandatory. Dancers are judged on their technical performance. The foundation for our competition company is ballet and is a requirement for all company dancers.

Competition and Performance Opportunities
The company competes in regional competitions and all competitors must attend January 2010 convention in NYC. We believe attending these workshops to be an educational and positive experience. The company dancers have also been invited to perform locally for a worthy benefit or cause, Colts Neck Fair in August and the Tree Lighting Ceremony in December. The company gathers for our annual Holiday party as well as our annual Awards Luncheon in which all dancers are awarded.

Artistic Director/Founder
Sheri Ladley-Calamusa - Member of Dance Educators of America
Sheri was born and raised in Clifton, New Jersey. Sheri has been trained in all dance syllabuses in NYC at Steps and Broadway Dance Center ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, floor barre, and partnering. As a professional dancer she earned her Actors Eligibility Card and continued her training in Broadway vocal instruction, Skinner speech method as well as Meisner acting technique. Her professional career began at an early age dancing with recording artists, cruise lines, off-Broadway shows, industrials, theatrical productions for revues in Atlantic City and Monte-Carlo. Traveling and taking instruction from international teachers and choreographers has given her the foundation from which she has built her career as a director and choreographer for the Academy.