Beth Fowler Group Brings Home More Awards from National Competition – Auditions Coming Soon!

The Competitive Dance Group at the Beth Fowler School of Dance, with locations in St. Charles and Genoa, recently capped off its 2018 season in style, bringing home a number of awards from the Legacy National Dance Competition in the Wisconsin Dells in June.

The BFSD competitive group received five First Place wins, in addition to scoring the “Best Overall Choreography Award,” out of nearly 1,500 dance routines which competed throughout the week-long competition.

Judges awarded BFSD Choreographer and Instructor Brooke Fowler the Best Overall Choreography Award for the lyrical dance routine, “Try,” which was performed by BFSD’s Juniors dancers, ages 11-12. Brooke Fowler knew it would require a strong group of dancers to fully execute the powerful message and different dynamics of the song, and, under her direction, the dancers did not disappoint.

This group of dancers also were selected to perform “Try” once more on the Legacy National Competition’s final day, during Legacy’s “Best of the Best: Showdown of the Legends” segment, and “Try” again took First Place overall. The Juniors group also was invited to compete their jazz dance “Word Up” in the Legacy “Showdown of the Legends,” and captured Second Place Overall, as well. “Word Up” was also choreographed by Brooke Fowler.

Only 22 years old, Brooke Fowler has now received the “Best Choreography Award” six times in the past five years. She has choreographed a total of 16 group competitive dances for all ages, with 11 of those 16 dances securing First Place Overall awards. The remaining five group competitive dances received Second Place Overall awards, often finishing second only to another of her dance routines entered in the same category.

The BFSD Teen Competitive Group, including dancers ages 13-15, also took First Place Overall at the 2018 Legacy Nationals with their dance routine, “Stitches,” also choreographed by Brooke Fowler. The routine beat out almost 70 competing dance routines for the honor. Dancer Hannah Fugiel, of Elgin, of the BFSD Teen Group also took First Place for Soloists, besting almost 80 other soloists, and dancers Brooke Baurer, of Geneva; Mia Herman, of St. Charles; and Fugiel, also were awarded First Place for Duets and Trios, out of 50 duet and trio performances. Both routines performed by those dancers were choreographed by Brooke Fowler.

The secret to the success of the BFSD program is not only great choreographers, but also the ballet and technical training the school offers with a consistent staff that works with the dancers from their earliest years to the professional and competitive levels, said BFSD Artistic Director Beth Fowler.

“All our dancers have the opportunity to receive this training, even if they don’t wish to compete,” Beth Fowler said. “All our dancers have technique classes and opportunities to perform in our three annual Theatre Dance Productions.”

BFSD’s excellent reputation has earned them an invitation to train the St Charles East High School Dance Team with Technique classes. The BFSD staff is excited to start working with them this fall!

This summer, BFSD offers dancers extra instruction and skill development assistance through the school’s one- and two-week Summer Programs, which include special Master Classes. Auditions for the school’s Beth Fowler Dance Company and the competitive dance teams are also held during the summer.

Auditions for the competitive teams are scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 4., and Sunday, Aug. 5, with make- up auditions scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 11. Summer camps are strongly recommended, especially if wishing to audition for either or both of the groups.

For more information, visit www.BethFowlerSchoolofDance.com, or call the St. Charles location at 630-945-3344 or the Genoa location at 815-784-5658.

CAPTION FOR PHOTO: The Beth Fowler School of Dance recently completed its 2018 Competitive Dance
season by capturing numerous awards, including multiple first and second place finishes at the 2018 Legacy National Dance Competition in June at the Wisconsin Dells. BFSD dancers pictured above for “Try” which won 1 st place at Regionals, Nationals, and at the Nationals Final Showdown as well “Best Overall Choreography Award,” out of nearly 1,500 dance routines which competed throughout the week-long competition.

left to right: Brooke Hall, Maylin Wang, Ellie Books, Abbie Andrews, Brooke Baurer, Katelyn Ventura , Hannah Fugiel, , Emily Belzey, Olivia Brown, Reegan Debarba, Mia Herman, Michelle Wang, Cora Mascheri.

Performing Group 2018-2019 Season Auditions August 4th, 5th and 11th

Calling all Dancers: Come join our award-winning competition performing group! Auditions are coming, Aug. 4-5 (with make-up auditions a week later on Aug. 11.) Auditions are open to all dancers in the Intermediate level and up, ages 9-18.

Even if competition isn’t in your plans this year, all dancers are encouraged to attend these auditions, to help build confidence and skills for future auditions, both at BFSD and in your dancing career to come!

Here’s the audition schedule:

Sat. Aug. 4 – St. Charles
10-10:30 am – Warm-up (Brooke)
10:30 am -12 pm – Learn Audition Material-
Juniors Jazz & Lyrical (Brooke)
Teens/Seniors Hip Hop (Robert & Miguel)
Hip Hop Audition in one day.
12-12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30-2 pm – Learn Audition Material
Juniors – Hip Hop (Robert & Miguel) Audition in one day.
Teens/Seniors- Jazz/Lyrical/Contemporary (Haly)

Sun. Aug. 5 – Genoa
30 minute audition slots to be given to each dancer for their Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary and Skills Evaluations.

Make-Up Auditions – Sat. August 11 10am
St. Charles

A $20 fee will be charged to help cover the cost of the instructors for auditions weekend. All dancers must preregister for this events.  Click Here to register.

 

Beth Fowler Dancers present Fame and More June 8-10th at the Egyptian Theatre

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See talented young dancers from the Beth Fowler School of Dance of Genoa and St. Charles perform the musical “Fame & More”. The show tells the story of teenage dancers, musicians and actors attending the New York School of Performing Arts trying to follow their dreams and reach stardom and fame. “Fame” celebrates maturing, honing talent, confronting realities and living life. High energy and award winning jazz, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, tap and creative pieces are the “and More” part of the production. For not-for-profit groups (scouts etc.) of 10+ please contact the box office for discounted group tickets.  www.egyptiantheatre.org 

Spring Break Revised Schedule

Week of Spring Break Revised Schedule (March 26th – April 1st)

Genoa Studio

  • Monday please follow this schedule
    Jazz 4:30-5:30 (Everyone)
    Ballet 5:30-7:30 (Everyone)  Int I/II will have a break at 7 for dinner
    Lyrical 7:30-8 (Everyone)
    Turns & Leaps 8:00-9:30 (Everyone)
  • Tues, Wed, Thursday and Saturday Regular classes
  • Friday night classes are all cancelled.

St Charles Studio

  • Mon, Tues, Thursday classes as normally scheduled
  • Wed classes are cancelled and students should attend class on Thursday instead
  • Friday all classes are cancelled students in Beg class are encouraged to try Hip Hop or Tap on Tuesday or
  • Turns and Leaps on Wed. with Ballet.
  • Creative Dancers attend acro  if you do not already or Creative II/III Kindergarten and up try tap or Hip Hop on Tuesday.

 

Fall Registration NOW OPEN!!

Registration is now open for the Fall 2018-2019 Season!

Early Bird Enrollment starts today Sunday July 22nd and continues until Saturday August 4th.  

We have limited spots available for each class, so don’t wait too long to reserve a spot for your child.

Save money on your registration fee by enrolling before August 4th only  25.00 individual and 50.00 family

registration fee will be charged if enrollment WITH payment are made by August 5th.  (if you wish to use the card on file to pay you must process the payment through your portal OR email me directly and let me know to process your payment for you).

 

The regular registration fees of 35.00 per student and 70.00 per family will be charged beginning August 6th.

Any account with an enrolled student before August 5th will need to make the first payment (or installment if

paying every 4 weeks) by August 5th to receive the discounted rate.

 

Every year we publish a sheet with the complete dance programs outlined for each level.  This lists all classes available for the students at each level.  Please be sure to check the Program Listing to assure your dancer is taking advantage of all the classes offered to them in their program level.  This is also a great reference for students moving up to a new level as new classes are available as the dancers progress.

Registration Note:  We have some classes that are combined levels when you are looking for them on the computer be sure to look under the combined class tabs.  (ex:  students in the Adv I,II or III level take a ballet class on Tuesday which includes students in the Int III level this class is listed under the link of Intermediate/Intermediate and Adv Combo classes.)

The productions this year include the 25th anniversary of “The Nutcracker Ballet” performance for this production will be held in both DeKalb and St Charles in December.

Then in March we are excited to perform “Cinderella” Performances at the Egyptian Theater in DeKalb

The season will finish up with the production of “Dancin thru the Decades” a trip down memory lane brings you back in time from the  Rockin 50’s to the current dance moves of 2019 this show is one you wont want to miss. Held June 2019 at the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb.

Everyone should review the new Production Package and information here as things have changed for this season.

Click here to view our class listings and availability.

 

Enjoy what remains of Summer if you are not already enrolled we still have room in the last few weeks of our

Summer Workshops to brush up on those skills.

 

Now Accepting New Dancers!

 

Contact us if you are interested in auditioning for our Ballet Company or if you are interested in learning more about our Ballet Company and all it has to offer including the 3 annual dance productions with provided costumes!

Time to Order Spirit Wear!

 Our long awaited Beth Fowler School of Dance Spirit Wear Order Form is attached on this email and will be on our website also by late tonight!  Check out our fun new items and designs!
The deadline is quickly approaching this year since GTM is extremely busy!  Just the Ultra Fuse items that you want in time for Christmas must be ordered and paid for by this Friday, November 17th by closing time!  The St. Charles office closes at 8pm and the Genoa location office closes at 9pm.  All other items will be in by Christmas if you get your orders in with payment by Wednesday, November 22nd at closing time (which is the day before Thanksgiving, next week.) Next Wednesday closing in both locations is 9pm.  You can order the Ultra Fuse items next Wednesday Nov. 22nd with the other items if you like, but the Ultra Fuse items won’t be in until the 1st or 2nd week of January.  This is why it is important to order the Ultra Fuse items by this Friday if you want them by Christmas!
     We are excited to announce that we have updated our warm-up suits!  They are a very nice form-fitting design.  Since this new style warm-up does not come in Male sizes, we still have our original warm-up on the flyer for our gentleman dancers!  We thought this year would be a good year to update our warm-up suits since we have many new dancers, and the dancers that are out growing their old ones can re-order the new design.
     Please remember that the items do not include sales tax.  We are using the 6.25% sales tax rate (which is the lower sales tax rate for the Genoa area.)  Please add the 6.25% sales tax to your order.  We also prefer that you pay by check or cash if possible.

 

 

Beth Fowler Spirit wear 2017-2018

Beth Fowler School of Dance Takes 1st Place in the National Dance Championship Again!

nationals16vThe Beth Fowler School of Dance Performing Group of Genoa and St. Charles recently competed in the Legacy National Dance Competition and are proud to announce winning the National Championship! The event was held from June 20th thru June 24th, 2016 in the Wisconsin Dells and was a National Competition with over 762 routines.

Beth Fowler’s dancers competed in three different age groups and took 1 st Place in all of them.

Juniors- 1 st Place with “Wind It Up” (Large Group) Choreographed by Brooke Fowler

Teens- 1 st Place with “Heroes” (Small Group) Choreographed by Brooke Fowler

Seniors- 1 st Place with “Come Home” (Trio) Choreographed by Hannah Bohn

At the end of the week, all three Beth Fowler School of Dance (BFSD) age groups were asked to compete in the National Showdown which is the “Best of the Best Final Competition.” The Juniors (ages 11-12) took 1 st Place in the Showdown with Jazz Dance “Wind It Up” choreographed by Brooke Fowler. This made “Wind It Up” undefeatable all season! This is the 2 nd year in a row for the BFSD Junior Team to be undefeated all season long! The Teens (ages 13-15) also took 1 st Place in the Showdown with Lyrical dance “Heroes” choreographed by Brooke Fowler.

All BFSD Group Dances that competed received the highest Platinum Awards!

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