America Ultimate Studio

AMERICA’S ULTIMATE STUDIO

RECOGNIZING VERSATILITY IN THE TRAINING OF YOUR DANCERS!

At American Dance Awards, we value the wide range of quality dance education offered to your students. Many schools strive to create a well-rounded program, and we feel that should be rewarded! Each year at our National Championship, one studio will win a $1,000 cash prize and be named

America’s Ultimate Studio.

Could it be you?

America's Ultimate Studio 2024

New Hampshire School of Ballet
Hookset, NH

To qualify, your studio must have at least one entry in each of the following 10 categories:

12 & Under

  1. Tap
  2. Jazz
  3. Ballet
  4. Contemporary or Lyrical or Modern
  5. Hip-Hop or Musical Theatre or Acro

13 & Over

  1. Tap
  2. Jazz
  3. Ballet
  4. Contemporary or Lyrical or Modern
  5. Hip-Hop or Musical Theatre or Acro

At Nationals, you will nominate the 10 (ten) routines from these prerequisite entries that you would like to go toward your composite score (using scores from the National Championship competition). You may only denote 1 (one) from each age and genre to be considered. For example, you will not have multiple 13 & over Contemporary scores factoring in. You will denote which routines you will enter through our Ultimate Studio Nomination Form. This must be submitted prior to the start of National Championship competition.

Rules & Regulations

Regarding Ultimate Studio:

  1. Solo/Duo/Trio entries are not eligible, nominated routines must be Small Group – Production.
  2. There is NO EXTRA CHARGE to be considered for America’s Ultimate Studio.
  3. Routines do not have to make the Dance-Off to be eligible. There are no additional performances needed, as your scores are compiled from the National Championship competition.
  4. Of the 10 entries, 5 must be choreographed by a weekly, in-house choreographer. We appreciate your adherence to this guideline
  5. Please make sure nominated routines are in the appropriate subjects. Routines entered incorrectly may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the ADA judging panel and Directors.
  6. A studio that wins must wait 2 years to be considered for America’s Ultimate Studio again.