Everyone Makes the Team
A step-by-step journey into the dance competition world from a top national studio.
From first competitions to elite national wins, Dance Precisions builds technique-focused, industry-ready dancers and the community around them. Premiere is where that starts.
Premiere at a Glance
- Ages
- 4 and up
- Audition
- Not required
- Placement
- Level evaluation
- Experience
- None needed
- Level
- Novice competition
- Competes at
- Regional events
- Time
- Multiple classes/week
The Bridge Between Academy & Company
Premiere sits between our recreational classes and our auditioned competitive teams. It asks more of a dancer than Academy does, and less than Prestige and The Company do.
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Academy
Recreational
Weekly classes, no competition. Dancers build technique at their own pace and perform in the year-end recital.
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Premiere
Novice Competition
A team, a routine, and regional competitions, with no audition to get in. Competition experience at a novice level.
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Prestige
Placed by audition, by appointment. More hours and a longer competition season than Premiere, and the usual step before Company.
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The Company
Intermediate & Advanced
Audition-based teams competing regionally and nationally. Many Company dancers started in Premiere.
Three Teams, Grouped by Age
Teams are grouped by age, and an evaluation places each dancer at the right level within them. Every team learns its own competition routine and performs it through the season.
Ages 4–5
Sugar & Spice
Our youngest team. Short routines and a first experience of performing on a competition stage.
Ages 6–8
Minis
Dancers learn to clean a routine, hold formations, and perform the same piece consistently.
Ages 9+
Juniors
More demanding choreography and a fuller competition schedule. Most Juniors who move up go on to Prestige.
No auditions. No cuts.
Every dancer who enrolls makes the team. There is an evaluation, but it decides level and placement, not whether your dancer gets a spot.
What It Actually Takes
Premiere is a season-long commitment, and the rest of the team depends on it. Here is what that involves.
What we ask of your family
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Multiple classes each week
Team members take a set number of weekly technique classes alongside routine rehearsals. We'll give you the exact schedule for your dancer's team before you enroll.
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Consistent attendance
Routines are choreographed around the dancers on the team. When one dancer misses, the formation changes for everyone, so we ask for regular attendance.
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A full-season commitment
Teams lock on November 1, 2026. Until then you can try it and step back out. After that, dancers are committed to the team for the rest of the season.
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Costs beyond tuition
Competition teams carry costume and competition entry fees on top of monthly tuition. We give you the full season budget before you enroll.
What your dancer gets back
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A competition season
Regional events with judges, scores and awards, in the same format our older teams compete in.
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Faster progress
More studio hours with our faculty than a single weekly class provides, which shows up in a dancer's technique.
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A team
The same group of dancers all season, rehearsing and competing together.
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A route onward
Many Company dancers started in Premiere, most of them by way of Prestige. Dancers who want to keep going arrive at their next audition having already competed.
If you are not sure this is the right year, contact us before you enroll. Academy is a reasonable place to spend a season if the schedule does not work yet.
A Season, Start to Finish
What a year on a Premiere team involves, from placement through the year-end recital.
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Placement
An evaluation places your dancer at the right level, then they join the team for their age group. There is no audition and no one is turned away.
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Weekly Training
Technique classes and rehearsal time each week, building the routine the team competes with.
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Competitions
Regional events across the season where the team performs its routine for judges.
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Performances
Studio showcases, community appearances and the year-end recital close out the season.
Questions Parents Ask
No prior experience is required, and our Sugar & Spice and Minis teams regularly start dancers with none. The schedule is the thing to weigh: Premiere asks for multiple classes a week. If that is too much for a first year, start in Academy and join Premiere next season.
Correct. There is an evaluation, but it is only for leveling and placement. Every dancer who enrolls has a spot, and there are no cuts during the season.
Monthly tuition depends on how many classes your dancer takes. Competition teams also carry costume and competition entry fees across the season. We give you the complete season budget in writing before you enroll.
Premiere competes at regional events, so travel stays local. Our Company teams also compete nationally; Premiere does not. You get the season's competition dates well in advance.
Teams are not locked for the season until November 1, 2026, which makes September and October the ideal time to find out whether it works for your dancer and your family. We also run invite-only technique preparation classes in the second half of the season, so dancers get first-hand experience of the level of technique a competition team asks for.
Yes. The usual next step is Prestige, which is placed by audition and rehearses more; from there dancers audition for The Company. Premiere dancers come to those auditions having already competed.
Come See the Studio First
Book a tour before you enroll. You will see the studio, meet the team, and go through the schedule and the season costs with us in person.