Looking for an Optional Competition in NC?

Come to Turn It Up in Winston-Salem on May 22, 2011!! We are holding a competition at the Benton Convention Center.  You do not want to miss out!  Come see how you can have the opportunity to work with participants from So You Think You Can Dance such as Peter Sabasino, or how you can win cash scholarships!  We will be giving away Turn It Up Dance Dollars to our Dance Conventions as well as raffling off some prizes like Flexistretcher!  

Call 617-283-8811 for more info today!!

tWitch at Nationals!

We are very excited to announce our newest Master Class teacher for our Nationals on Cape Cod this July!  tWitch, from the hit show So You Think You Can Dance, will be teaching some amazing Hip-Hop classes!!  This makes for an all-star line-up of Master Class teachers including: tWitch, Kent Boyd (Top Male Dancer in the most recent season of So You Think You Can Dance, tap professional Maud Arnold, plus more!  Not to mention our choreographers for the Dance Team, Peter Sabasino from So You Think You Can Dance and Sarah-Kay Jerome from MTV's Static Noyze!

We know Nationals is going to be a GREAT time.  We want you all to join us! Please let us know if you have any questions about Nationals, Master Classes or the Dance Team. Email Lora.b@turnitupdance.com

Donating to Dizzy Feet!

We are always looking to help out a good cause at Turn It Up and we really love what the Dizzy Feet Foundation has been doing.  Founded by Nigel Lythgoe, Adam Shankman, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Katie Holmes, Dizzy Feet Foundation strives to help underprivileged children receive dance education across the United States!  At each regional and national competition, we hold a raffle where we raise money to donate to this cause.

* If you are a dance related company and want to donate raffle prizes contact Lora at Lora.b@turnitupdance.com *

Turning It Up in Lancaster, PA!

This past weekend we had a GREAT competition in Lancaster, PA at the Marriott Hotel at Penn Square.  The dancers were all so talented!  We wanted to share a couple of photos from the weekend...we even had a special guest judge, Peter Sabasino, from Season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance!  We are so looking forward to returning to Lancaster on December 4, 2011 for a Dance Convention.  We'll be at the same beautiful venue in multiple ballrooms!  Thanks to everyone who came :)

If you have any pictures you want us to post on our facebook (like us while you're there) or on our blog, email them to me at Lora.b@turnitupdance.com and I will get them up for you!  We'll be Turning It Up in Springfield, MA this weekend, so remember to take lots of pics backstage and during awards so you can email them to us!  

Heading to Waterbury, CT!

We are excited to announce the kick-off of our 5th Anniversary Season!  Starting in Waterbury, CT this weekend at the CoCo Key Resort!  Looks like we have the perfect amount of attendees, it should be a GREAT weekend.

Inside CoCo Key!

We'd like to thank a few of our sponsors: Flexistretcher, Goody, DanceStudioOwner.com, StudioDance, Ferreira, Backdrops Beautiful, Danceopoly, Dance Informa and Broadway Connection.  They've provided some valuable information and surprise giveaways for our Studio Directors, Dancers and attendees!  

Looking forward to starting an amazing 2011 season...including 13 Regionals, 1 Nationals, and 4 Conventions!  Join in the fun...see you soon :)

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from all of your friends at Turn It Up Dance Challenge!

A very special CONGRATULATIONS to Melissa Burns, the President/Director of 

Turn It Up Dance Challenge!! She got engaged last week!

Black Eyed Peas Perform at the Superbowl Halftime Show

What did everyone think of the halftime show yesterday?  I'm hearing mixed reviews...I did enjoy the choreography that included all of the dancers throughout the whole field.  I bet it looked really awesome if you were in the stands watching.

Black Eyed Peas and their dancers

The BEP sang a number of their hits including "Let's Get It Started", "I Got a Feeling" and "Where is the Love".  They closed with their newest song "The Time (Dirty Bit)".

Black Eyed Peas

Then Slasher made an appearance singing "Sweet Child O' Mine" and Usher came down to sing "OMG".  His dance moves are pretty impressive.  What were some of your favorite moments throughout the game or halftime show?

Usher!