ORLANDO, FLORIDA-- The Texas Wesleyan Dancers were invited to compete at the College Classic Nationals hosted by Dance Team Union this Spring. The National event was held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida with over 50 teams in attendance. Part of the weekend included attending a master class taught by Hip Hop choreographer TJ Jacobs. The Gold Line competed in the Jazz and hip hop categories in Open division for preliminaries and were invited back again for the final round. They placed 5
th in Jazz and 6
th in hip hop, beating their initial score and moving up.
"Seeing the dancers come together as a team, focus in on the final round and ultimately level up their performance was the most rewarding part of the experience." Said Coach
Emily Snow.
The weekend finished up with a trip to Disney's Hollywood Studios! To see more about their experience, visit @txwesgoldline on Instagram for vlogs and reels created by team members Anahi and Cynthia.
Awards
DTU College Classic – Open Jazz – 5
th Place
DTU College Classic – Open Hip Hop – 6
th Place
2022 Competitive Dancer Athletes in Jazz
Alyssa Acosta
Hilary Colina
Noelia Gaytan
Rachel Hawkins
Aniyah Herron
Jacy Hubartt
Mariaya Lewis
Anahi Lopez
Yareishka
Nicole Perez
Cynthia Ramos
Makenzie Trapp
Nneka Wade
2022 Competitive Dancer Athletes in Hip Hop
Alyssa Acosta
Hilary Colina
Noelia Gaytan
Aniyah Herron
Jacy Hubartt
Mariaya Lewis
Anahi Lopez
Cynthia Ramos
Makenzie Trapp
Nneka Wade
Ashton Williams
Interesting facts:
Team member
Ashton Williams is the choreographer for the competition hip hop routine, this is her second year to create the award winning choreography.
Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Madeline Massingill is the choreographer for the award winning team Jazz. She has been working with the Gold Line and their competition Jazz since the inaugural year, 2017. This was her second opportunity to travel with the group to Nationals and the group found it quite entertaining to watch dancers from across the county get excited to spot the famous DCC Maddie!
