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Special Artist Division (All Grades)
| Joshua McDonald Title: Stitches Grade: 6 Fair Oaks Ranch Community School PTA “In this dance video, I am using my body to communicate my feelings and thoughts about this song. You can tell what I am feeling through my movement.” |
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Primary Division (Pre-K-Grade 2)
| Sannidhi Gowda Title: Bharathnatya Dance Grade: 2 Coyote Creek Elementary PTA “Art teaches us the value of discipline and perseverance. Bharatanatyam is a major form of Indian classical dance. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas. “ |
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Intermediate Division (Grades (3-5)
| Rachel Wang Title: Out of Ashes Grade: 5 Collins Elementary PTA “My dance choreography reflects how we all went through a difficult time during the pandemic, but even though all those obstacles try to prevent us from going back to being completely the way we were at the beginning, we can still find beauty coming out of ashes.” |
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Middle School Division (Grades 6-8)
| Audrey Shen Title: What Are Words Grade: 6 Pearl Zanker School PTA “Words are expressive. Words can hurt, discourage, and they can also inspire and heal. In the form of promises, words convey our commitment to loved ones and they bring us closer to each other when fulfilled.My contemporary lyrical dance is a statement of the power of words. The spirit of being true to our words is teeming in every leap, turn and extension. Heartfelt words unveil the beautiful contours of our devotion to family and friends. Despite life’s ups and downs, we should always say what we mean, and mean what we say.” |
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High School Division (Grades 9-12)
 Eliana Merritt Title: Voice of the Stories Grade: 9 Laguna Beach High School PTA “Voice of the stories was inspired by stories. The dancer finds a book on the floor, and begins to dance with it. After she reads it, she puts it down. Continuing to dance, she eventually tries to speak out, but fails. When she’s at her lowest point, the dancer sees the book again and begins to read it again. Inspired by the stories in the book, she speaks out and shows her voice again. Content, she goes to sleep.” |
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