Encore Dance Academy

Costume Payments Due
2024-12-14
All costume payments for the June recital are due by Saturday, December 14th. Payments can be made for costumes at any time via your portal. Just email the studio and let us know that you have made an additional payment that should go towards costumes.

Costume Measurement Week
2024-12-09 - 2024-12-14
Please try your best to be in classes the week of December 9 – 14 as we will measure everyone for their June costumes.

Winter Wonderland
2024-12-08 08:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | St. Marks High School, 2501 Pike Creek Road, Wilmington, DE, 19808, United States
The Winter Wonderland show will be on Sunday, December 8th at St. Marks High School. Rehearsal times and show times will be communicated as we get closer.
Winter Wonderland Show – Encore Dance Academy (encoredanceacademyde.com)

Winter Wonderland Rehearsal
2024-12-01 10:30 - 14:00 | Encore Dance Academy Bear, 460 Eden Circle, Bear, DE, 19701, United States

Thanksgiving Break
2024-11-24 - 2024-11-30
The studio will be closed for Thanksgiving. Enjoy your break!

Halloween- Studio Closed
2024-10-31
The studio is closed for Halloween.

Newark Halloween Parade
2024-10-27
Performance Team will be in the Newark Halloween Parade down main street – Theme is Disney Princesses/Villians!

Trunk or Treat
2024-10-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Encore Dance Academy Bear, 460 Eden Circle, Bear, DE, 19701, United States
Trunk or treat will be held in the Bear Parking lot at 3:30 pm. Set up will start at 3:00. The event will start with a performance by our performance teams at 3:30 pm and we will end by 5:00 pm. This is not a drop-in event
If you are treating, you must have a trunk – or a table with candy. – if you’re going to trick… you need to treat!
We do need each family to sign up so we can communicate how many treats (or tricks) you need to supply!
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Recital Meetings Round 1
2024-10-14 - 2024-10-19
This is our first round of recital meetings. We will discuss what to expect, how recital runs, dates, and costs. Once we have all of the meetings, you will receive an email that will have your dancer(s) names, what dance classes they are registered for, and what show each dance is in. Please, please, please look at this document, and if there is an error in your dancer’s classes, we really need to know immediately so we can make the change.
There will be a link that every family will need to fill out. We cannot stress the importance of this. This is where you will let us know if your dancer will be performing in the recital, and if they will be doing all registered dances. If they are NOT doing all registered dances, there will be a section to let us know which ones they will be performing in.
While we do attempt to measure every dancer, sometimes there are absences, etc, and we aren’t able to. There will be a place for you to put your dancer’s street size. We need to know numbers if at all possible.. like child 10/12, etc.
We will do a quick 10-15 minute at the end of each class and request that one parent attends.

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Winter Wonderland Registration Ends
2024-09-30 00:00 - 23:59
Winter Wonderland registration will end at 11:59 pm on Monday, September 30th.

Bring A Friend Week!
2024-09-23 - 2024-09-28
We love new friends! Bring a friend to any class this week! We’d love to meet them! This is for both studios.
*this excludes competition team classes*

Performance Team Auditions - ALL AGES - Newark
2024-09-21 12:00 - 12:30 | encore Dance Academy Capitol, 1150 Capitol Trail, Newark, DE, 19713, United States
Do you want to have extra performance opportunities? Then we invite you to come to one of our open auditions for the Encore Performance Team! These auditions are to place the dancers on an appropriate team.
If your child wants more chances to perform but can’t commit to the time or financial requirements of a Competitive team, then this program is perfect for you! Dancers in this program will perform in the Winter Wonderland Show, a few retirement home performances, a parade, and various other performances that may come up during the season! They will have warm-up jackets, costumes for performances, and opportunities for team bonding activities to make friends.
The total cost for this program for the year is only $475. This price includes the warm-up jacket, costume, any props or hair pieces they may need, music editing, choreography, and an instructor at all events. (Tuition is separate).
There are three different days and times to come out and see what the performance team is about.
Bear Studio-
Friday, September 20th at 4:30 ages 8 and up
Saturday, September 21st at 12:00 ages 8 and under
Newark Studio–
Saturday September 21st at 12:00 pm all ages.

Performance Team Auditions - 8 and UNDER- Bear
2024-09-21 12:00 - 12:30 | Encore Dance Academy Bear, 460 Eden Circle, Bear, DE, 19701, United States

Performance Team Auditions - 8 and over BEAR
2024-09-20 16:30 - 17:00 | Encore Dance Academy Bear, 460 Eden Circle, Bear, DE, 19701, United States
Do you want to have extra performance opportunities? Then we invite you to come to one of our open auditions for the Encore Performance Team! These auditions are to place the dancers on an appropriate team.
If your child wants more chances to perform but can’t commit to the time or financial requirements of a Competitive team, then this program is perfect for you! Dancers in this program will perform in the Winter Wonderland Show, a few retirement home performances, a parade, and various other performances that may come up during the season! They will have warm-up jackets, costumes for performances, and opportunities for team bonding activities to make friends.
The total cost for this program for the year is only $475. This price includes the warm-up jacket, costume, any props or hair pieces they may need, music editing, choreography, and an instructor at all events. (Tuition is separate).
There are three different days and times to come out and see what the performance team is about.
Bear Studio-
Friday, September 20th at 4:30 ages 8 and up
Saturday, September 21st at 12:00 ages 8 and under
Newark Studio–
Saturday September 21st at 1:00 pm all ages.

First Day of Classes
2024-09-03 16:00 - 21:30

Winter Wonderland Registration Begins!
2024-08-20 00:00 - 2024-09-29 23:59
Winter Wonderland registration has opened! Click HERE to register!
Our Holiday show will be optional and require dancers to commit to just 6 Sunday rehearsals for participation. Dancers can perform in 1-2 dances depending on age/level. Dancers will learn these dances on 6 Sundays, spread throughout October and November, and NOT in their regular classes. Each rehearsal is 30 minutes and is held at the BEAR studio. This is a very popular show for our tiny dancers! If this is their first year, they can participate! All recreational dancers are welcome to participate. It is a great show if you don’t want to wait until June to hit the stage, but as a reminder- this show should be supplemental and not take the place of the June recital. If you need to make a choice, we strongly recommend the June show as your dancer has been working all year vs. six short weeks. Our performance and elite teams will also dance in this show. Santa will make an appearance and we will have a bazaar, photos, a holiday shop, vendors, amazing costumes, and a lot of happiness!

Show date: Sunday, December 8th, 2024
Location: St. Mark’s High School
