FootNotes Dance Team Wins National Champions Award

ROSWELL, GA -- Roswell's FootNotes Dance & Acrobatics’ competition dance team, The Vibe Performance Company, recently won several awards at Applause Talent’s 2016 Nationals Competition in Charleston, South Carolina.

FootNotes, which opened 16 years ago in Roswell, had eight Top 5 finishes and four dances that qualified for the “Best of the Best” competition. During that competition, the studio’s Bravo team was crowned National Champions for their tap routine, “Back to School.”

This is a significant achievement for a group that began dancing together competitively just this year.

The Ovation team qualified for the “Best of the Best” with their Hip-Hop routine, “The Real Housewives of Hip Hop.”

The Elite team won their category and qualified for the “Best of the Best” with its Contemporary routine. The full company team qualified for the “Best of the Best” with its spectacular “Viva Carnival” production routine.

Studio owner Cheryl Pozzuoli said she is proud of what was accomplished at Applause Talent by dancers of many ages and levels.

“I am so happy for everyone, from the instructors to the choreographers, to the parents and, of course, our dedicated dancers. Everyone put in a lot of hours to have this success," she added. "All the time spent together bonds us as an extended dance family, and when one of us is successful, we are all successful.”

FootNotes also had one of the Elite group’s Contemporary dance routines nominated for a People’s Choice Award at the recent Industry Dance Awards in Hollywood, California. Pozzuoli, along with FootNotes teacher Brian Mason, attended the awards ceremony to be recognized for this honor.

FootNotes Dance & Acrobatics is accepting registrations for this season’s classes, open to students ages 3 and up. FootNotes offers acrobatics, ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip-hop and musical theater.

For more information, please contact footnotesdance@comcast.net or 770.992.5026 or visit the organization's website.

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Photo 1: The FootNotes Dance company perform in their “Best of the Best” production line routine, “Viva Carnival,” at a major national competition where they won an armful of awards.
Photo 2: Ovation team members from FootNotes Dance (pictured back row, from left to right) Helen Wamey, Mackenzie Madison, Kami Hewitt, Sage Guyer, Anna Cangelosi, Erin Horel, (front row, left to right) Katie Wilson, Sofia Coppola, Eleanor Rocha and Jessica Rappaport gather to perform a hip hop dance routine at a national competition in Charleston, South Carolina.
Photo 3: The Elite dance team members with FootNotes Dance perform their “Best of the Best” Contemporary routine, “Where We Were.” Pictured are Rebecca Meline, Brooke Worley, Catherine Fisher, Meriah Grove, Lily Jorgensen, Sarah Traub, Corinne Martinides, Ellie Schmidt, Teagan Woodson, Kaley Shooter, Gianni Bove, and Haley Walden.
Photo 4: FootNotes Dance’s Elite dance team members (pictured from left to right) Catherine Fisher, Sarah Traub, Avery Beall, Gianni Bove, Teagan Woodson, and Lily Jorgensen had their dance nominated for a People’s Choice Award at the 2016 Industry Dance Awards in Hollywood, California.
Photo credits: FootNotes Dance and Acrobatic Studio