Company Info

The Company

Building Today's Youth From the Inside Out.

Dancers should come in fitted all black dance wear with hair pulled back. Dancers will participate in a short warm up, across the floor exercises and learn 1-2 short combinations to perform in groups for a panel of judges. Please arrive 15 minutes early to stretch, fill out paperwork and be measured for costumes. Dancers may be asked to stay for a second audition.

Mini Company- No Audition Required
Requirements & Expectations Ages 5-6

1 summer class weekly or 1 summer camp
1 technique class each week Sept.-May (ballet, jazz)
1 company class weekly Sept.-May
Perform at local community events & parades

Performance Company Ages 7-17
Requirements & Expectations

1 summer class weekly or 1 summer camp Boot camp week in August
2 technique classes each week Sept.-May (ballet, jazz)
1 company class weekly Sept.-May
Perform at local community events & parades 1 local competition

Competitive Company Ages 8-17
Requirements & Expectations

3 summer classes weekly
Choreography week in August Boot camp week in August
4 technique classes each week Sept.-May
1 company class weekly Sept.-May
4 local competitions
Perform at some local community events
Option to participate in Performance Company
Option to travel to conventions with Pre-Pro Company, will not compete

Pre-Professional Company Ages 8-17
Requirements & Expectations

3+ summer classes weekly
Choreography week in August
Boot camp week in August
6+ technique classes each week Sept-May
1 company class weekly Sept.-May
4 local competitions
2 traveling convention/competitions
National competition summer 2020
Community service project of choice
Option to participate in Performance Company

The Dance Arts Academy Company is a group of dancers who have shown great potential in their dancing abilities along with a strong work ethic and a desire to reach to the next level in their dancing and performing. This is an audition-only performing group that is required to take a jazz and ballet class each week and attend a weekly company rehearsal.

Auditions are held in the spring for the following dance season.

The Company is given extra performance opportunities and has the option to compete in several local and regional competitions. In the past they have performed at Disneyland and Disney World and have received awards at several competitions including the America Onstage National Competition at Lagoon in Utah.

In past seasons The DAA Company has performed at:

Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure
The Leukemia Society’s “Light the Night” event
Miss Tri-Counties Scholarship Pageant
St. Alphonsus’ “Festival of Trees”
Boise Dance Teachers Association’s “Freeze Frame”
Boise Volunteer Police banquet
March of Dimes’ “Walk America”
Idaho Stampede Basketball game
Womens Fitness Celebration
Idaho All-Star Football game half-time show
Boise Hawk’s Baseball pre-game show
Kuna Days performance
Meridian Farmers Market
Meridian Dairy Days
Several High School Spring Shows
Boise Rec Fest
Dance Arts Academy spring recital