Congratulations to all the 2021 Industry Dance Awards Nominees! What an incredible and exciting year of dance. We are proud to officially announce the 2021 Nominees. Starting September 20, 2021 it’s time to get the VOTE out for your favorite. Help decide this year’s winners for the Most Prestigious Dance Event of the Year! Coming to you via a LIVE Virtual Presentation – mark your calendars for October 23, 2021!
Voting dates and details:
All voting takes place online. http://www.industrydanceawards.com
Monday – September 20, 2021 – Friday – September 24, 2021 – Online Voting Outstanding Performances – VOTING OPENS 9/20 @ 6AM PST / CLOSES 9/24 @ 9PM PST
Monday – September 20, 2021 – Friday – September 24, 2021 – Online Voting for the Preliminary People’s Choice Nominee to represent each Sponsored Competition – VOTING OPENS 9/20 @ 6AM PST / CLOSES 9/24 @ 9PM PST
Monday – September 27 – Friday – October 1, 2021 – FINAL Online Voting for the 2021 People’s Choice Winner – VOTING OPENS 9/27 @ 6AM PST / CLOSES 10/1 @ 9PM PST
Saturday – October 23, 2021 – Industry Dance Awards – VIRTUAL PLATFORM & EVENT – NO LIVE AUDIENCE. Our show will be live streamed via the IDA website. Be sure to tune in with all your friends and family for this incredible event.
Drumroll Please……
| BEST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE JAZZ NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | That Stuff | Haja Dance Company | Newport, MI |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Strut Out | Body Language Dance Center | Ewing, NJ |
| ENERGY | That’s Life | Noretta Dunworth School of Dance | Dearborn, MI |
| GROOVE | March On | Rage Box Contemporary Dance Center | Forest Hill, MD |
| KAR | Tunnel | Rock City Dance Center | Little Rock, AR |
| MASQUERADE | Cuz I Love You | Spotlight Productions | Egan, MN |
| RAINBOW | That Man | The Rage Entertainment Complex | Granada Hills, CA |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Don’t Hit My Line | Dance Dimensions | Longmont, CO |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Gaga | Center Stage Dance & Theatre School | East Brunswick, NJ |
| BEST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE LYRICAL/MODERN/CONTEMPORARY NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | Watermark | Footnotes Dance & Acrobatic Studio | Roswell, GA |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Hummingbirds | The Fuse | Binghamton, NY |
| ENERGY | Till Now | Endeavor School of the Arts | Costa Mesa, CA |
| GROOVE | Caught On Your Sleeve | Epic Dance Company | Flemington, NJ |
| KAR | Pull Myself Together | Republic Edge Dance | Cypress, TX |
| MASQUERADE | Uninvited | Woodbury Dance Center | Woodbury, MN |
| RAINBOW | Ellis | Dance Dynamics | Little Rock, AR |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Fate Playing | Kitty Lee Dance | Omaha, NE |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Till It Happens To You | TURN IT OUT Dance Academy | Bellaire, OH |
| BEST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE TAP NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | Green Mountain State | Academy of Dance & Fine Arts | Mooresville, NC |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Rooftop | Gracie’s Guys and Gals Dance Studio | Hollywood, MD |
| ENERGY | New Recording 1 | Nolte Academy of Dance | Coralville, IA |
| GROOVE | TapTations | Jenny’s Dance Centre | Libertyville, IL |
| KAR | Look At Me Now | Murrieta Dance Project | Murrieta, CA |
| MASQUERADE | Hold Back the River | Premiere Dance Academy | Prior Lake, MN |
| RAINBOW | Smooth Criminal | The Element Dance Center | La Mesa, CA |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Trickle | Triple Threat Performing Arts | Livermore, CA |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Piano Man | Dance City and the Arts | Southington, CT |
| BEST OUTSTANDING MUSICAL THEATRE/NOVELTY/CHARACTER NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | Cell Block Tango | Focus Performing Arts Studio | Lake Mary, FL |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Too Darn Hot | Centre Pointe Performing Arts | Perry Hall, MD |
| ENERGY | Steam Heat | Envisions Dance Company of Naperville | Naperville, IL |
| GROOVE | What I Was Born to Do | CSOD Dance Empire | Spring Hill, FL |
| KAR | I Got Rhythm | Temecula Dance Company | Temecula, CA |
| MASQUERADE | Macavity | Le Dance Studio | Overland Park, KS |
| RAINBOW | Bohemian Rhapsody | Midwest Elite Dance Center | Amelia, OH |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Cell Block Tango | The Dance Vault | Magnolia, TX |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Lazy River | Downtown Dance Factory | New York, NY |
| BEST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE HIP HOP NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | The Xtreme Tik Toks | Xtreme Dance Force | Naperville, IL |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Super Fly | Backstage Dance Studio | Columbia, MD |
| ENERGY | Calor | Forever Dance | Zephyr Cove, NV |
| GROOVE | You Ready | Evolve Dance Project | Las Vegas, NV |
| KAR | Dababy | Miss Donna’s School of Dance | Waxhaw, NC |
| MASQUERADE | Oh We Lit Lit | Dance Connection Performing Arts Center | St Peters, MO |
| RAINBOW | Ninja | Above The Barre | Berea, OH |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | The Black Parade | DNA Dance Collective | Roseville, CA |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | I Betchu Won’t | Lisa’s Dance Spot | Austell, GA |
| BEST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OPEN/BALLET/ACRO NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | Pep Talk | The Dance Collective | Ocala, FL |
| BEYOND THE STARS | We Have it All | Ultimate Dance Complex | McMurray, PA |
| ENERGY | Proceed with Caution | Extensions Dance Studio | Chicago, IL |
| GROOVE | Blue Monday | Artistic Fusion Dance Academy | Thornton, CO |
| KAR | Troy | Z Company Arts | Monroe, OH |
| MASQUERADE | Foolish Games | Yackel Dance Studio | Woodbury, MN |
| RAINBOW | So Many Signs | Intensity Dance Academy | Valencia, PA |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Mary Mary | Infinity Dance | Brigham City, UT |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Won’t Complain | The Pulse Performing Arts Center | Kansas City, MO |
| BEST CHOREOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | Waves of Grief | Studio G Dance Center | Pittsburgh, PA |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Wait and Dream | The Susten Dance Collective | Red Bank, NJ |
| ENERGY | When The Ship Goes Down | San Clemente Dance & Performing Arts Center | San Clemente, CA |
| GROOVE | Brainwashed | Dance Expressions by Erica | Irwin, PA |
| KAR | Waves | Triple Threat Dance Company | Marion, CT |
| MASQUERADE | Cleopatra In New York | Woodbury Dance Center | Woodbury, MN |
| RAINBOW | Sin In Your Skin | Adage Dance Center | Pomona, CA |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Asturias | Impact Dance | Mesa, AZ |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Passionfruit | Artistic Designs Dance Company | Liverpool, NY |
| BEST PERFORMANCE OF 2021 NOMINEES | |||
| APPLAUSE | You Be You | Prestige Dance Institute | Garner, NC |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Body | Once Upon a Dream | Wadsworth, OH |
| ENERGY | Do You | Chavarria Institute of the Arts | Irvine, CA |
| GROOVE | The Always Left Behind | Tiffany’s Performing Arts Studio | Republic, MO |
| KAR | In Case You Don’t Live Forever | Ultimate Dance Complex | McMurray, PA |
| MASQUERADE | Lovestoned | The Dancers EDGE | Hiawatha, IA |
| RAINBOW | This Is Why I Love You | North Shore Dance | Huntington Station, NY |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Vae Victis | Columbia Performing Arts Centre | Columbia, MO |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Brother | Rising Stars Dance Academy | North Providence, RI |
PRELIMINARY PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Monday – September 20, 2021 – Friday – September 24, 2021 – Online Voting for the Preliminary People’s Choice Nominee to represent each Sponsored Competition – VOTING OPENS 9/20 @ 6AM PST / CLOSES 9/24 @ 9PM PST
Monday – September 27 – Friday – October 1, 2021 – FINAL Online Voting for the 2021 People’s Choice Winner – VOTING OPENS 9/27 @ 6AM PST / CLOSES 10/1 @ 9PM PST
| APPLAUSE TALENT | |||
| APPLAUSE TALENT | Someone Like You | K2 Studios | Corona, CA |
| APPLAUSE TALENT | A’Pale | Spotlight Dance Academy | Miami, FL |
| APPLAUSE TALENT | Kissing You | Piazza Dance Co. | Northville, MI |
| APPLAUSE TALENT | What Might Have Been | Dance Dynamics Memphis | Memphis, TN |
| APPLAUSE TALENT | Oh Yeah | Style Dance Academy | Franklin, IN |
| BEYOND THE STARS | |||
| BEYOND THE STARS | Survivor | One Broadway Dance Academy | Hershey, PA |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Long Way Down | Main Line Dance Company | Wayne, PA |
| BEYOND THE STARS | After Hours | The Dance Factory | Topeka, KS |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Voyage | On Moving Dance Company | Ponchatoula, LA |
| BEYOND THE STARS | Ready to Rock | K J Dance Theater | Massapequa Park, NY |
| ENERGY | |||
| ENERGY | First Burn | Jazz N Taps Dance Studio | Livermore, CA |
| ENERGY | Hotel California | Rhythm Dance Center | Saline, MI |
| ENERGY | To This Day | Expression Dance Studio | Westmont, IL |
| ENERGY | Working In The Coal Mine | Dance Express Maria’s School of Dance | Fowlerville, MI |
| ENERGY | One Question | Soul2Sole Dance Inc. | Highland Park, IL |
| GROOVE | |||
| GROOVE | Parachutes | Gayle’s DancePhase | Wixom, MI |
| GROOVE | Walk For Me | 8 Count Performing Arts Academy | Akron, OH |
| GROOVE | Minnesota | Boca Dance Studio | Boca Raton, FL |
| GROOVE | Long Way Down | Eva Moore’s Performing Arts Center | Pleasant Hill, MO |
| GROOVE | Wicked Game | Laura Cote School of Dance | Wilmot, WI |
| KAR | |||
| KAR | Home Again | Boni’s En Toure | The Woodlands, TX |
| KAR | Raining On Prom Night | Extravadance & Tumble | Kernersville, NC |
| KAR | I Know All What I Do | Melissa Hoffman Dance Center | Hudson, NH |
| KAR | Eliza | Talent Factory | Chino, CA |
| KAR | A Story So Old | The Dance Complex | Maple Grove, MN |
| MASQUERADE | |||
| MASQUERADE | Ballroom Blitz | Studio 4 | Burnsville, MN |
| MASQUERADE | Spectacular Spectacular | The Pulse Performing Arts Center | Kansas City, MO |
| MASQUERADE | Twilight | Dance Force | Clarksville, TN |
| MASQUERADE | Pose | Stage Door Studios | Sarasota, FL |
| MASQUERADE | Wolves | Summit Dance Shoppe | Plymouth, MN |
| RAINBOW | |||
| RAINBOW | Fast Car | Ann’s PAC | Mount Vernon, MO |
| RAINBOW | Piano Man | Dance Unlimited | Colorado Springs, CO |
| RAINBOW | Mama This One’s For You | Gotta Dance Academy | Simi Valley, CA |
| RAINBOW | Falling | Inspire Dance Complex | Corona, CA |
| RAINBOW | Falling | Xtreme Force Dance Company | Livermore, CA |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | |||
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Just Dance | Fusion Dance Center | O’Fallon, MO |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | The Glamazon Rainforest | Ankeny Dance & Performing Arts | Ankeny, IA |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Grease is the Word | Storm Dance Alliance | Oswego, IL |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | When You’re an Addams | Pacific Dance | Irvine, CA |
| SPOTLIGHT DANCE CUP | Teen Beach Movie | Studio 89 Dance Company | Williston, ND |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | |||
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Careless | Dance Starz Academy | Rahway, NJ |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Anything Goes | Centreville Dance Theatre | Centreville, VA |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | My Way | The Dance Project | Bristol, CT |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Gravity | Connecticut Dance Academy | Collinsville, CT |
| TURN IT UP DANCE CHALLENGE | Next Time I’ll Be Braver | The Susten Dance Collective | Red Bank, NJ |