Awards

King’s Academy of Dance Art is proud of its many students who have achieved top awards in many national and regional dance competitions including the following: 

 

(1) 2016 Dance America National Top 10

 

(2) 2018 Tao-Li World Dance Competition US national  platinum awards ( top award) and US north east regional platinum awards (top award)

 

(3) 2019 Starquest Dance Competition National final solo high school group first place

 

(4) 2020 Star-Power International Dance Competition gold prize and Judge’ Choice Award( only 3 participants awarded)

 

(5) 2021 Star Bound Dance Competition US National and US north east regional Elite Gold Award ( top award)

 

(6) 2022 Starbound National Final Competition, two group dance won National Top 10 （ No. 5 and No. 6)

2022 competition performance link

Rain - No.5 of National Top 10

 

https://youtu.be/LnRaQkDu804

 

Color - No.6 of National Top 10

 

https://youtu.be/PSHiHNh_U8w

 

（7）2023 March Beyond the Stars National Dance Competition, Diamond Award (top award), No 1 in 10-12 year group and overall highest score for kids under 12 

 

Award Dance - Fishing Girl

 

https://youtu.be/FVGiaXzxghQ

 

(8) 2023 April Star Power Regional Dance Competition, 5 pieces won Elite Gold Award and qualified for National Final

 

(9) 2023 July Star Power National Final Competition,  5 dance all won top award, group dance and duet both won first place (14-18 year). Group dance was proudly selected as overall first place across all age groups and all dance categories 

 

Award Dance - Season

 

https://youtu.be/cH8IvXZM7_4

 

 

Award Dance - Beauty

 

https://youtu.be/A8YhGrFoZZ4

 

 

(10) 2024 February Starbound Regional Competition Overall Highest Score 

 

Two young kid dance teams from King’s Academy of Dance Arts (KADA) achieved remarkable success at the Starbound regional dance competition held at Bridgewater Middle School from Feb 23rd to Feb 25th, 2024. The two KADA teams, comprising dancers aged 6-8 and 8-10 respectively, achieved remarkable success by clinching the top spot with the overall highest score in their respective age categories. 

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(11) 2024 April Starbound Regional Competition Elite Award & Judge's special award

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Teen team, pre-teen team and a couple solos received top awards at the Starbound Regional competition held at East Brunswick NJ in April 2024. Both solos and group dances got top award - Elite award. One group dance also got Judge's special award. 

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(12) 2024 April Beyond the Stars National Dance Competition 1st Place

Pre-teen team and a solo won overall first place in Beyond The Stars Dance competition in April 2024 in East Brunswich NJ

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(13) 2024 July Starbound Dance Competition National Final Elite Award and Overall 1st place

Pre-teen team, teen team and a couple sols achieved outstanding awards at the national final held in Atlantic City NJ between 7/8/2024 - 7/12/2024. All competition pieces won Elite or High Gold award; a couple pieces won overall 1st place award and also got Judge's special award.  

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(14) Starbound Regional Competition, Bridgewater, NJ, Feb 2025, numerous routines won top awards

 

(15) Star Power Regional Competition, East Brunswick, NJ, Feb 2025, numerous routines won top awards

 

(16) Star Power National Final Competition, Atlantic City, NJ, June 2025

 4 teams won group dance 5 Star Premier Awards, and teen team group dance won overall 1st place and Judge’s Special Award.

 6 solo dancers won 5 Star Premier Awards: Anna Chang, Gabrielle Chien, Vivian Huang, Vivian Li (overall top 5), Nancy Lu,(Overall Top 10) , Ava Ran, Rose Wang

 

(17) Starbound National Final Competition, July 2025, Atlantic City, NJ

Elite Gold Award and Overall 1st place, Solo – Vivian Li

High Gold Award: Duet - Eleana Dai & Emma Xi

 High Gold Award: Solo – Anna Chang, Nancy Lu, Ava Ran

 

(18) World Dance Championship, July 2025, Meadowland NJ

4th place and Judge’s Special Award: small group dance - Gabrielle Chien, Eleana Dai, Emma Xi, Ivy Zhang

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Many of our graduates have been accepted by elite colleges and they continue dance in college dance team:

 

Columbia University

Cornell University 

Emory University

Georgetown University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Middlebury College

New York University

Northeast University 

Princeton University

Rutgers University 

University of Michigan

UC Berkeley HASS Business School

Yale University