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| ASPIRE Dance Competition & Scholarship Convention National Dance Competition |
(Left) The Joffrey Ballet
School's Artistic Director,
George de la Pena, with
ASPIRE Scholars from:
Above the Barre,
Becky Nalevanko's Dance and
Tumbling,
Creative Movement Dance Co.,
Dana's Dance and Tumbling,
Dance-a-Cross,
National Dance Academy,
Nolte Academy of Dance, and
Studio Dance
at Halsey Hall on the
University of Iowa Campus in
April 2008.
(Left) College Scholarship
Recipient, Lexi Robson
from Becky Nalevanko's
Dance and Tumbling
Studio. Left to Right:
Kristin Giordani (ASPIRE);
Brian Gendece (Talent
Manager); Lee Martino
(Media Choreographer),
Lexi Robson (College
Scholarship Winner),
Michael Williams
(University of Arizona
Professor of Dance), and
Melissa Thomas
(Rockette at Radio City
Music Hall).
(Above) $1,000 Scholarship
Recipient, Emily Sandvold,
from Becky Nalevanko's
Dance and Tumbling Studio.
Emily used her scholarship to
attend Pacific Coast Dance
Festival in California.
(Left) Aspire Scholars study
on scholarship at the City
Ballet of Iowa in Iowa City.