We want to officially welcome everyone to the 2015-2016 AthElite competitive team!! Choreography went soooo well this past weekend, and we’re looking forward to what we have planned this coming weekend!! 🙂 )
The 2015-2016 class schedule is now posted and the registration form is online. Team practices start September 8 and regular classes on September 14. Can’t wait to see everyone in the studio!
You can find the 2016 competition schedule here.
This is going to be a FANTASTIC year!!! :
Download the brochure and registration form: 2015 AthElite Dance Summer Camp
Attend the AthElite Dance summer camp in 2015! The camp will be held at Momentum Female Fitness Center on the Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg. In addition to improving dance technique, the girls will be participating in fitness classes such as Body Combat (kickboxing), Zumba, RPM (Cycling) Total Tone, Circuit Training, etc! All designed to help the girls become stronger, more athletic dancers!! 🙂 Please take note that space is limited, so sign up fast! $300 per dancer** (Payment due at sign up) Ask about the sister discount!
Also, we are starting as young as girls going into 2nd grade this year!! That’s a change from years past!! We are hoping to start “mini” competitive program!! 🙂
Hope to see your daughter this summer!
Abby Policastro
SUMMER DANCE CLINIC/TOTAL CONDITIONING CLINIC
Interested in getting those crunched toe touches and landing those turns?! You have found the right place 🙂
Dance Clinic for Technique and Conditioning:
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LOCATION: Momentum Female Fitness Center, 5103 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, Pa 17050
WHEN: 6 weeks starting the week of June 22nd and ending the week of July 27th.
Beginner/Intermediate: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30pm-7:30pm
Advanced: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30am-1:30pm
**Beginner/Intermediate: In addition to fitness conditioning, this dancer will be introduced to fun choreography, turns (singles/doubles/basic fouettes), leaps (split and straddle), and jumps/tricks (toe touches)!
**Advanced Dancers- In addition to fitness conditioning, this dancer should already have a broad understanding of dance technique and will be introduced to complex choreography and more advanced turns (doubles, triples, fouettes), leaps (switches, switch opens), and jumps/tricks (toe touches, around the worlds, pikes)!
If you’re unsure about your level, please don’t hesitate to ask!:)
WHAT: Perfecting skills; leaps, turns, jumps (toe touches), and other tricks. Participation in conditioning classes and injury prevention. Promotes muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, and core strength
Instruction provided by Abby Policastro, Lindsey Tedesco, and Laura Chau
Abby Policastro: Towson University Dance Team Alum 2000-2003 and won 3 National Championships and 2 Grand National Championships, BS Exercise Science, an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, Certified in Les Mills BodyAttack, BodyStep, and BodyJam. Also, Zumba, Piloxing, and TRX Certified
Lindsey Tedesco: Danced for 17 years, BS Exercise Science, ACSM, Zumba, and TRX certified. A dance teacher for 8 years, primary choreographer for AthElite dance for 1 year, a coach of IUP Dance Explosion for 2 years, and a member for 3 years
Laura Chau: Danced for 10 years, was a dance teacher for 1 year, and primary choreographer for AthElite Dance for 1 year
Spread the word and sign up fast!! **Limited space available!! Cost is $300 per dancer** (Payment due at sign up) Ask about the sister discount! 🙂
**EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: SIGN UP AND PAY BY MAY 1st-$270**
**TO SIGN UP, please print out the waiver, and send it to 33 Highland Drive, Camp Hill, Pa 17011 with payment!** (Please make checks payable to Momentum)
Invite your friends, fellow dancers — it’s going to be a ton of fun!
Contact AthElite Dance with any questions!
Summer camp was a great success!!! Looking to continue your technique/conditioning training?? Starting the week of September 8th, at Momentum Female Fitness, we will be conducting beginner/intermediate classes on Mondays 4-6 pm and advanced classes on Thursdays 4-6 pm! Download the registration form today! Email Abby with any questions. Hope to see you there!!!
We will be holding auditions for girls interested in competing on the AthElite Dance team for the 2014-2015 competitive season on Thursday, July 31 at 2 pm. Choreography for those girls who make the team will take 
place the weekends of Aug 1-3 and Aug 8-10 (Fri-Sun). See our Auditions page for the skills being assessed when you audition.
Each student will be informed of the audition decisions, individually, at the end of the audition! Acceptance of the position on the team will be required prior to choreography sessions.
Congrats to our AthELITE dance girls at this past weekend’s Revolution Talent Competition in Sewell, NJ!!!! 1st place duo (elite gold), 1st place jazz (elite gold), and they topped it off with a platinum 1st place hip hop!! Check it out!
Congrats to all the AthElite dancers for some energetic and expressive dancing at the Groove National Dance competition in Lititz this past weekend! (click on the first photo for a slide show)
Attend AthElite Dance’s summer dance camp, being held this year at Momentum Female Fitness Center on the Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg! In addition to improving dance technique, the girls will be participating in fitness classes such as Body Combat (kickboxing), Zumba, RPM (Cycling) Total Tone, Circuit Training, etc. – all designed to help the girls become stronger, more athletic dancers!! 🙂 See details in the 2014 brochure below. Space is limited to 15 girls per section – three sections available! Contact AthElite Dance with any questions!
Congratulations to our 1st place duo, Emma and Lauren at the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Dance Team Championship! We also earned 1st place jazz, 1st place hip hop, and 1st place overall jazz!! And 2nd, 4th, and 5th place solos!! Yeah AthElite!!
Proudly wearing our AthElite Dance jackets on the eve of our first competition for the season! We’re traveling to Towson University for the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Dance Team Championship – woohoo!!
A platinum and 2nd place overall in a VERY competitive category!!! Yeah girls!!!!!!
AthElite Dance 