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Season Highlights

DURC participates in dance competitions across the Mid-Atlantic region and is highly awarded for technique, musicality, choreography, creativity, costuming, and showmanship.

2025-2026 Season

​​April 17 - 19, 2026

True Talent, Owings Mills, MD

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Award Highlights​

  • 1st Place Overall

    • Baby I'm A Star (full company jazz)

    • What Are You Thirsty For? (large group tap)

  • 2nd Place Overall

    • Tightrope (junior tap)

    • Jump Shout (youth tap)

  • 3rd Place Overall 

    • The Beautiful People (teen jazz)​

    • Earth Song (teen/senior lyrical)

  • 6 Judges' Awards

  • Showmanship (The Beautiful People), Musicality (Tightrope), Storytelling (Earth Song), and Creativity (Kinetic Installation) awards

  • Nationals Nominations: Alaina Jackson (jazz solo); Adilyn Gallegos (lyrical solo); Cherisa Jenkins (lyrical solo); Cassidy Serenko (lyrical solo)

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March 14 - 15, 2026
That's Entertainment, Lancaster, PA

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Award Highlights

  • Overall Highest Scoring Shooting Star Level Dance - What Are You Thirsty For? (large group tap)

  • 1st Place Overall

    • Baby I'm A Star (full company jazz)

    • Earth Song (teen/senior contemporary)

    • Beautiful Things (Mia and Ashley Catania duo contemporary)

    • What Are You Thirsty For? (large group tap)

  • 3 Golden Buzzers

    • What Are You Thirsty For? (large group tap)

    • Kinetic Installation (teen/senior tap)

    • We Can't Be Friends (Alaina Jackson tap solo)

  • 5 Judges' Awards

  • Elite Team Nominees: Adilyn Gallegos, Leah Spurrier, Mia Catania

  • Entertainer of the Year Nominee: Tightrope (junior tap)

  • Most Valued Competitor: Alaina Jackson

February 27 - March 1, 2026
Backstage Competition, Harrisburg, PA

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Award Highlights

  • Overall Most Entertaining Large Group Dance - What Are You Thirsty For? 

  • Studio Spotlight Award - musicality

  • VIP Award for Outstanding Costume - Stepsisters' Lament (musical theater duo - Cassidy Serenko and Jenna Sprankle)

  • VIP Award for Outstanding Set/Props - Kinetic Installation (teen/senior group tap)

  • 4 Choreography Awards

  • 6 Judges' Awards

  • Evonne Brunno Award of Excellence (full convention scholarship) - Mia Catania

  • 2 Convention scholarships - Cherisa Jenkins and Alaina Jackson

  • 3 Nationals invitations - Cherisa Jenkins, Alaina Jackson, What Are You Thirsty For? (large group tap)

  • Multiple top 3 category placements

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