New 2019 Apprentices
Alia
Alia Wiggins is an 11th grader at Colgan High School in Manassas, VA. She’s an honor student, a member of the National Honor Society and the National Honor Society for Dance Arts. Alia has been dancing since the age of 2 and dances at Studio Bleu in Ashburn, Va. Her favorite dance style is contemporary and jazz. She likes to swim, make funny videos and hang out with her friends. Alia is honored to be a Wild Assistant!
Caiden
Caiden is a 14 year old dancer from Northern Virginia. He trains at Studio Bleu Dance Center. Before dance, he was a gymnast, and did competitive gymnastics for 4 years. Caiden has been dancing for 4 years, and trains in jazz, lyrical, hip hop, contemporary, and ballet. He is an all honor student at John Champe High School in Aldie, VA. His favorite style to dance in is jazz. Caiden loves cooking, summer, traveling, hanging out with friends, singing, and dancing! Caiden is so excited to be apart of the 2019 Wild faculty.
Casey
Casey is 12 years old dancer from Toronto, Canada. She has been training at The Dance Zone since she was 6. Casey trains in all genres including jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, and hip hop.
Casey has won many national titles including Radix National Mini Core Performer Winner 2016, Top 3 Mini Best Dancers 2016, Junior Miss World Dance 2016, and Junior Miss Starpower National 2017.
Casey was selected to be part of the Beat Squad team for Dancer Palooza 2018 & 2019. She was also placed in the top 20 finalist from The Dance Awards Junior Best Dancer in Orlando 2018.
Casey also won Winner Scholarships from all conventions including Wild Dance, Nuvo, Jump, 24Seven, Radix, and NYCDA.
Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn is 10 years old dancer from Toronto, Canada. She has been training at The Dance Zone since she was 5 years old. Kaitlyn trains in all genres including jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, and hip hop.
Kaitlyn has won many national titles including Petite Miss World Dance 2017, Petite Miss Nexstar National 2017, and Petite Miss Starpower National 2017. Kaitlyn was selected to be part of the Beat Squad team for Dancer Palooza 2018 & 2019.
She was also placed in the top 20 finalist from The Dance Awards Mini Best Dancers in Orlando 2018. Kaitlyn has also won Winner Scholarships from all conventions including Wild Dance, Nuvo, Jump, 24Seven, Radix, and NYCDA.
Aislin
Aislin Mitchell began her dance training at the age of 3 at Dancensations Dance Center in Alexandria, VA under the direction of Pat Hawkes. She has been a member of Dancensations's Competition team for the last 10 years and is currently the reigning Junior National Titlist. She was also awarded the prestigious Dance Spirit Future Star Award and was featured in the December 2018 edition of Dance Spirit Magazine.
Aislin enjoys traveling the country to attend conventions and competitions. She has won many scholarships that allow her to further her dance training. Last year, she had the opportunity to tour and assist with Titans of Dance as a Titans Force Member. Aislin has been an ambassador for Honeycut Dancewear since 2016. She was named an Inferno Dance Artist on Fire Ambassador in 2017 and 2018. Aislin is an active ambassador for DanceHopeCure, which merges the art of dance with childhood cancer awareness.
Aislin's favorite style of dance is lyrical jazz. She hopes to continue growing as an artist and one day teach and choreograph like the professionals she has been given the honor to assist as a WILD Apprentice.
Savannah
Savannah Quiner placed first in classical at YAGP Boston in 2017 and is a YAGP Finals participant. She has danced the role of Clara for the New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet. Her solos have placed first overall at various dance competitions, including top teen solo at StarQuest nationals. She won the top scholarship this year at the following dance workshops: NYCDA, Nuvo, Jump, and 24 Seven. In the 2018 Best Dancer Program at Nationals, Savannah placed in the top 15 at NYCDA and top 20 at the Dance Awards. She has been invited to the Beat Squad at Dancer Palooza for the past 2 years. This summer she is spending 5 weeks at American Ballet Theatre’s New York Intensive. She is thrilled to be assisting Wild this year!
Natalia
Natalia is a 12 year old dancer from Boca Raton, Florida. She has been training at Lents Dance Company for the last several years. She trains in all genres including ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, and hip hop. Natalia attends Pine Crest School in Boca Raton where she also has the opportunity to be a part of their school dance team, Precision.
Natalia is honored to be chosen as a WILD Apprentice!
Jada
Jada Specht is a 13 year old native of North Providence R.I.
Jada studies at the New England Dance Academy and continues to train throughout the U.S. with Master teachers and conventions.
She is the 2019 regional Teen Miss Nexstar and the current National Miss Teen Believe.
Jada was chosen from the Star Dance Alliance Starpower competition for being the DanceSpirit Future Star!
Jada's proudest moment was being crowned Jr. Miss World Dance in 2017.
Being affiliated with Star Dance Alliance and chosen to be an ambassador for Wild Intensive is such an honor...looking forward to represent and train with my Wild Intensive Dance Family!!!!
Joely
Joely is twelve years old and in the 7th Grade. She trains at Ratio Dance in Auburn, Indiana and Project Ballet in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She has been dancing for 10 years and loves all styles of dance. Joely is excited to be a Wild Apprentice for the 2019 season! This has been an exciting few years for Joely and she is proud to be a Jump VIP, Nuvo Breakout Artist, NYCDA Outstanding Dancer, Intrigue Apprentice, Tribe Trainee, The Pack Apprentice, In10se Dancer, Fort Wayne Con10der, and Streetz Elite winner. She attended the School of American Ballet NY Junior Program in 2018 and was accepted into the prestigious 2019 SAB Summer Intensive, SAB NY Junior and SAB Young Dancers Series with a scholarship. She was also accepted into the 2019 Pacific Northwest Ballet Summer Intensive and the Houston Ballet Summer Intensive on a full scholarship. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 she placed 3rd at YAGP Pre-Competitive Contemporary Chicago Semi-Final and in 2019 placed Top 12 at the YAGP Pre-Competitive Classical Chicago Semi-Final. Joely has also received multiple scholarships, including Joffrey Texas, Steps on Broadway, World Dance Pageant and PowerPak. She holds titles as 2nd Runner-Up Junior Miss World Dance, Junior Miss NexStar Nationals 2017 & 2018, Junior Miss DreamMaker Zionsville 2019 and Junior Miss Revolution Fort Wayne 2019. Some of her future goals include competing at the 2019 World Dance Pageant and Season Four of the World of Dance. In the future she hopes to train at the School of American Ballet and become a professional ballerina and perform on Broadway.
Eric
Eric is a 9 year old from Fairfax, VA. He has been dancing since the age of 4 and competitively for the past 3 years. Eric trains in all styles of dance at Studio Bleu Dance Center and The Art of Technique. Eric’s dance accomplishments include being named Mr. Petite World Dance, National Petite Title and Overall Winner, placing Top 10 at The Dance Awards, placing Top 10 at ballet competitions and receiving the National Outstanding Choreography Award for the PTA Reflections Contest.
Eric loves to attend dance conventions to learn from the amazing faculty and make new friends.
In his spare time, Eric enjoys sports, math, magic, singing and gymnastics. He is excited to be a Wild Apprentice and looks forward to an amazing year!
Camille
Camille Spence is a 15-year-old dancer who has attended Dancers Burlington, a division of Camiara Dance Inc., for the last fourteen years. She trains in all forms of dance, but especially enjoys Contemporary, Hip Hop and Jazz. In 2015, Camille was awarded 1stRunner Up Miss Junior World Dance at the World Dance Pageant. She was named the Teen Power Pak Apprentice in 2016 and traveled to Ohio and Florida the following Summer. In 2017, Camille won the opportunity to travel to Spain to perform at Cita Con La Danza at the International Festival in Benicassim, Spain where she shared the stage with several semi-professional and professional companies from all over Europe. Not only does Camille participate in numerous national and international competitions each year, she is also a member of the SynthesisTOO professional dance company under the direction of Tracie Stanfield. Camille is also honoured to have recently received the title of Prodigy from the Artistic Dance Exchange.
Molly
Molly Yancy is a driven 13 year old honor student and company dancer at Gainesville Dance Center under the direction of Amber DeGary. She has been training since the age of 8 in all genres, including contemporary, hip hop, jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical and acrobatics. Molly's love of dance and desire to share her passion has earned her multiple titles and honors, including Junior and Teen Miss Starpower, Teen Miss Believe, Teen Miss Headliners, Starpower Top Gun, and Hall of Fame All Star. She continues to advance her training by attending conventions, master classes, and workshops. In addition to being named WILD apprentice, Molly has been honored to receive many scholarships from companies like Nuvo, Jump, Monsters of Hip Hop and ASH. She is also excited, as she heads into her fourth year, to be part of an advanced hip hop team, G crew, headed by Chris Munar.
In addition to studio training, Molly assists in teaching classes to the next generation of dancers. She is also blessed to be a part of her high school's dance team, which not only excels in competition, but does a great deal of work with Team Shine Together, giving students with special needs opportunities to learn and love dance. Molly also works alongside companies like Dancewear Solutions, Tspheres, Artkeh dance photography, Sharkcookie, and Ballerinas against Bullies to promote products and awareness in the dance community.
She is honored and excited to be assisting and learning from the incredible WILD dance faculty and staff for the 2019 season!
Natasha
Natasha Camacho is a 17-year-old dancer who has attended Dancers Burlington, a division of Camiara Dance Inc., for the last fifteen years. She trains in all forms of dance, but especially enjoys Contemporary, Hip Hop and Ballet. In 2016, Natasha trained at the National Ballet School of Canada and was invited to attend the full-time program. Natasha won the opportunity to travel to Spain to perform at Cita Con La Danza at the International Festival in Benicassim, Spain where she shared the stage with several semi-professional and professional companies from all over Europe. She received the prestigious title of Miss Teen World Dance in 2017. Not only does Natasha participate in numerous national and international competitions each year, she is also a member of the SynthesisTOO professional dance company under the direction of Tracie Stanfield. Natasha is also honoured to have recently received the title of Prodigy from the Artistic Dance Exchange.
Jayden
Jayden Holland Adams is 13 year old. He began dance training at the age of 9 at Dancensations Dance Center in Alexandria, VA. Jayden was a member of Dancensations's Competition team for 2 year. He has won several scholarships that allow him to train with some of the best dance teacher, such as DC tap fest, Dance theater of Harlem and Debbie Allen's summer dance intensive in LA.
Jayden favorite style of dance is Tap and Contemporary. Jayden loves to travel to dance conventions to learn from amazing teacher.
Jayden is excited and honor to be a Wild Apprentice for 2019!
Cassidy
Cassidy Hagel is a 17 year old Junior in high school enrolled in AP and honors classes while dancing 5 days a week at East Coast Dance Company. There, she is a member of the Senior Company training in all forms of dance. Cassidy’s favorites include lyrical, contemporary and musical theatre.
This past year Cassidy was named Miss Senior Regional Title Winner at Imagine, Miss Senior Teen at Turn It Up, Miss Senior Fierce and Highest Scoring Solo and Grand Champion at Inferno. This summer Cassidy attended Fierce Dance Challenge Nationals where she placed 1st with her solo and was crowned the Face of Fierce. Cassidy also attended National Dance Pageant for her first time ever and was a finalist placing in the top 6.
Cassidy has been a model for Plum Sportswear this past year. Cassidy’s was very excited to be cast in both Billy Elliot the Musical when she was 7 years old and Matilda the Musical when she was 12 years old.
Cassidy is looking forward to competing again this year with her dance family and really loves being an apprentice at WILD Dance Intensive.
Lindsey
Lindsey Brewster is 14 years old and is from Flemington, NJ. Lindsey began dancing at the age of 4. She has been training with her current competitive dance team, Epic Dance Company, for the past 5 years. Lindsey trains in lyrical, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, ballet and tap; her favorite style of dance is contemporary. In addition to dancing, Lindsey loves family vacations and spending time at the beach in the summer with friends.
Lindsey has been an NRG Prodigy for the past two years, and is honored to have been chosen this year as a WILD Apprentice! She looks forward to attending and training at Wild Dance Intensive events this coming season!
Anna Rose Acker
Anna has been dancing since the age of 3 and began dancing competitively at age 8 under the direction of Jennifer Deane of Michigan Dance Alliance. She trains in various styles of dance and has found a passion for contemporary.
To develop her technique and accomplish her dance goals, Anna attends numerous dance workshops and conventions throughout the year and has had the pleasure of training with Kayla Fryz, Tracy Pearson, Veronica Chapp Miller, and many other guest teachers. She attended Blue Lake Fine Arts camp on scholarship this past summer.
In addition to winning many Power Pak invitations and scholarships, Anna placed third at Believe’s 2018 National Competition improv battle; was named Revolution’s 2019 Junior Miss Dance America; and was chosen to be an All-Star Performer for the 2019 Beyond the Stars National Finals. Anna also placed first overall for her solo at Believe’s National Talent Competition in Ocean City, Maryland, and was awarded the title National Junior Miss Believe 2019 Champion.
Anna is a straight A student who enjoys art, reading, and spending her free time with family and friends. She is so excited to be a 2019 WILD apprentice and is very thankful for such an amazing opportunity.
Madison
Madison Marshall is a 13-year-old dancer from Midlothian, VA. She dances as part of The Collaborative competitive dance team at Encore Studio. She has been dancing since the age of 3 and trains across all genres ranging from ballet, pointe, contemporary, jazz, tap, acrobatics and hip hop.
Madison enjoys traveling and dancing around the country. She recently served as an Assistant for Artists Simply Human from 2018-2019 and as a Pro-Reveler Assistant from 2017-2019 with Revel Dance Convention. Madison has received accolades at different dance conventions/competitions including: Future Hall of Famer National Champion in 2015 at Hall of Fame Dance Challenge Virginia Beach Nationals, Junior American League National Champion in 2017 at Hall of Fame Dance Challenge Virginia Beach Nationals, Junior MVA Top 5 in 2017 and Junior MVA Top 10 in 2018 at Velocity Dance Convention and Competition Nationals , 3rd Overall Intermediate Soloist in 2018 at Artists Simply Human Nationals, Hall of Fame Dance Challenge All Star and Hall of Fame Dance Challenge Junior American League Inductee in 2017 and 2018 and the Teen American League Inductee in 2019. Additionally, she has won tour scholarships from Velocity, Jump and Radix and training scholarships for NYCDA, Millennium Dance Complex, Artists Simply Human and 2 Days in the OC. This summer, while attending Artists Simply Human 2019 Nationals, she won the Dance Spirit Future Star Award to be featured in an upcoming issue of Dance Spirit Magazine.
In addition to dancing, Madison is actively involved in her middle school as an SCA member and officer, and cheerleader. She was recently inducted in the National Junior Honor Society. Madison works with amazing companies and organizations such as Tiger Friday, Purple Pixies, MadiMac Dancewear, Artkeh Dance Photography and with the non-profit organization, Ballet In The City. She actively supports this non-profit organization and raises money and awareness for their scholarship programs for dancers who want to further their training in ballet and bring ballet via performances and training to the communities at large.
Madison has such a love and passion for all styles of dance and looks forward to continuing her training. She is extremely excited and honored by the opportunity and selection as a Wild Dance Intensive Apprentice. Madison looks forward to training with the incredible WILD Dance Intensive faculty this year!
Delaney
Delaney is very excited to be the apprentice this year.
She is a scholarship winner from many dance competitions and conventions, including Wild Dance, Revolution, Imagine and Believe.
She is a multi-title winner and National Dance Champion for Imagine.
She has been a top 5 World Dance Finalist for the petite category. Her World Dance Championship awards go beyond dance as she received the highest interview score in 2017 and the highest speaking and modeling score in 2019.
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