Today, Courtney and Lesley sit down with male dancers and IDA Judges Eddie Bennett, Colin Shea Denniston, and Robb Gibbs to talk about their experiences in the industry, from studio to stage. This episode covers:

• The benefits of having a male teacher for boys in dance
• Costuming for boys
• Tips for choreography
• Ideas to keep boys interested and invested in dance

The blog that inspired this episode was released back in May of 2017, and is called “Let’s Hear It For The Boys!” To read more about this topic, head on over to the blog! 

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• Courtney Ortiz @courtney.ortiz
• Lesley Mealor @lil_lez36
• Eddie Bennett @euphorian54
• Colin Shea Denniston @MrColinShea
• Robb Gibbs @robb.gibbs

 

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On this week's episode of Making the Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney chats with teachers and IDA judges Emily, Jessica, and Miranda about the expectations for each age range at competition. The conversation includes:

• Ideas for teaching age appropriate concepts
• Specific tips for teaching certain steps
• What the judges are looking for in each category in terms of age

The blog that inspired this episode was released in May of 2018, and featured 3 talented IDA Judges and teachers, and it’s called “From Your Judges - Expectations For Each Age Range At Competition”. Read now!

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• Courtney Ortiz @courtney.ortiz
• Emily Branigan @embranigan
• Jessica Olinik @JWODANCE
• Miranda Spada @mirandarosespada

 

CLICK HERE to send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A episode with Courtney, owner of IDA. You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out live on the air!

Check out our IDA Affiliate Competition and Sponsor - Diva Dance Competition! Head to their website to view their upcoming 2020 tour dates at www.divacomps.com

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In the November Edition of Q&A With Courtney, Courtney (and a few special guests) answer your questions on topics including:

• Age expectations at competition
• Transitions within routines
• Judges’ preference between clean and simple, or difficult and messy choreography
• Tights or no tights?

 

CLICK HERE to send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A episode with Courtney, owner of IDA. You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out live on the air!

Check out our service: IDA Online Judge's Critiques. Send us a video of your dance, and one of our IDA Judge's will critique your routine within 72 hours. You can also add on additional feedback to take your performance to the next level. To learn more and submit your video now, head to our website!

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Hosts - Courtney Ortiz, Lesley Mealor
Guests - Adrienne Hicks, Joey Ortolani

In Episode 6 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney and Lesley are joined by IDA judges and choreographers Adrienne Hicks and Joey Ortolani to talk about all things choreography. This episode includes:

• Tips for staying inspired as a choreographer
• What the choreographic process is like for Adrienne and Joey
• Ideas for creating choreography
• An inside look at what judges are looking for in competitive choreography

The blog that inspired this episode was released in February of 2017, and is called “Choreography @ Competition”. CLICK HERE to read now.

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• Courtney Ortiz @courtney.ortiz
• Lesley Mealor @ lil_lez36
• Adrienne @ adge24
• Joey @joeyorto

Check out our Sponsor and IDA Affiliated Competition Just Dance Invitational! Head to their website now to check out their 2020 Tour Dates! 

CLICK HERE to send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A podcast with Courtney, owner of IDA! You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out!

Follow Impact Dance Adjudicators on social media @impactdanceadjudicators on Instagram, and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website www.impactdanceadjudicators.com

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Guests - Anne Roberts and Kym Yadisernia

Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz 

 

On this week's special episode of Making the Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney interviews Anne Roberts and Kym Yadisernia, owners of Diva Dance Competition! The show includes: 

• The backstory behind Diva Dance Competition
• How Diva’s live judging format works
• Diva’s mission to bring awareness to CdLS

 

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• Courtney Ortiz @courtney.ortiz
• Diva Dance Competition @divacomps

 

Visit www.divacomps.com for more info and to check out their 2020 tour dates!

 

For more information about the CdLs Foundation and how you can help, visit www.CdLsusa.org

 

Check out our season sponsor Level Up Dance Supplies for all of you dance bag and dance gear needs this competition season!

 

CLICK HERE to send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A episode with Courtney, owner of IDA. You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out live on the air!

 

Follow Impact Dance Adjudicators on social media @impactdanceadjudicators and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website www.impactdanceadjudicators.com 

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Guests - Christina Fuschetto, Maddie Kurtz
Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

In Episode 3 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney and Lesley are joined by IDA judges Christina Fuschetto and Maddie Kurtz to talk about the importance of knowing the differences between lyrical and contemporary styles at competition. The conversation covers:

• The evolving definitions of lyrical and contemporary
• A brief history of both styles
• Lots of opinions about what makes a lyrical dance a lyrical dance and not a contemporary dance, and vice versa
• Advice for studio owners and teachers about where to place dancers so that they do their best work at competition

The blog that inspired this episode was released in January of 2018, and featured 4 IDA Judges, and it’s called “Contemporary vs Lyrical - Separating the Styles”. Read now!

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• Courtney Ortiz @courtney.ortiz
• Lesley Mealor @lil_lez36
• Christina @dancing_warrior
• Maddie @maddiekurtz92

CLICK HERE to send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A episode with Courtney, owner of IDA. You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out live on the air!

Check out our IDA Affiliated Competition and Episode Sponsor: Spirit of Dance Awards

Follow Impact Dance Adjudicators on social media @impactdanceadjudicators and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website www.impactdanceadjudicators.com

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Guests: Chloe Roberts, Christina Young Yoder Hosted by: Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

In Episode 2 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney and Lesley are joined by IDA judges Chloe Roberts and Christina Young Yoder to discuss the ins and outs of competition cleaning. The conversation covers:

• The benefits of cleaning as you teach, and the benefits of choreographing quick and cleaning after
• How to keep younger dancers engaged while cleaning
• Cleaning guest choreographer's work
• Keeping choreography level appropriate to help the cleaning process

This episode was inspired by the IDA blog “Tips and Tricks For Competition Cleaning”, which was published in October of 2017 and can be found at here.

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• Courtney @courtney.ortiz
• Lesley @ lil_lez36
• Chloe @chloerobertsdance
• Christina @christinatap2

 

To send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A episode with Courtney, owner of IDA, visit www.impactdanceadjudicators.com/podcast to record a question! You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out!

Visit our sponsors website and check out their upcoming 2020 tour dates! www.hddancecompetition.com

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Guests - Casie Goshow, Derek Mitchell, Jim Nowakowski, DJ Smart Host - Courtney Ortiz

In Episode 3 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney is joined by four sought-after convention faculty members to share their advice for a successful convention season!

Topics include:

• Convention training and etiquette
• Tips from your Faculty 
• Prepping for the dance competition season

The blog that inspired this episode was released in October of 2017, and is titled “Convention Etiquette - Advice From the Faculty”. Find it here.


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Courtney Ortiz - @courtney.ortiz
Casie - @bgirltynee
Derek - @derekmitchellg
Jim - @jimnowakowski
DJ - @DJsmartJR

To send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A podcast with Courtney, owner of IDA, visit www.impactdanceadjudicators.com/podcast to record a question! You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out!

Check out our IDA Affiliated Competition and Sponsor - Axis Dance Competition. www.axisdancecompetition.com

Follow Impact Dance Adjudicators on social media @impactdanceadjudicators on Instagram, and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website www.impactdanceadjudicators.com

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Guests: Troy Haywood, Ash Marinelli

Hosted by: Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

In Episode 1 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney and Lesley chat with IDA judges Troy Haywood and Ash Marinelli about what dance competitions taught them. The conversation covers:

• The influence dance competitions had on them as young dancers
• How attending competitions led to the successful career paths they chose
• Why they decided to get into judging
• Memories of “the good old days” of dance competitions

 

This episode was inspired by the IDA blog “What Dance Competitions Taught Me”, which was published in May of 2018.

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Courtney Ortiz @courtney.ortiz
Lesley Mealor @lil_lez36
Troy Haywood @troyeography
Ash Marinelli @alm433.

To send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A episode with Courtney, owner of IDA, visit www.impactdanceadjudicators.com/podcast to record a question! You can request to stay anonymous, or Courtney can give you a shout out!

Follow Impact Dance Adjudicators on social media @impactdanceadjudicators on Instagram, and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website www.impactdanceadjudicators.com

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Host - Courtney Ortiz

In the October Edition of Q&A With Courtney, Courtney (and a few special guests) answer your questions on topics including:

• Levels at competition
• How to stand out in the crowd
• The value (of lack of value) in dancers performing multiple solos

 

To send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A podcast with Courtney, owner of IDA, visit www.impactdanceadjudicators.com/podcast to record a question! You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out!

Follow Courtney Ortiz at @courtney.ortiz, and Impact Dance Adjudicators at @impactdanceadjudicators on Instagram, and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website www.impactdanceadjudicators.com

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