Competition Teams

ABOUT OUR TEAMS

B2D is home to various competition teams for dancers between the ages of 6 and 17, with skill levels ranging from beginner to advanced. We’re currently home to over a dozen competition teams in Hip Hop, Contemporary, Jazz, and Acro.

While our teams’ focus is on performance, our mantra encompasses a broader range of objectives, including building a strong dance foundation, embracing the spirit of collaborative team work, and exercising the highest sportsmanship at all times.

–COMPETITION SEASON RESULTS:
For the past ten seasons since we first launched the competition team program, our teams and dancers have earned wide recognition at the various regional competition events we attended. The teams received countless first place scores, won various special judges awards, and received a slew of high-platinum adjudication awards. A few of our dancers were also honored with the Ms. Title award, which is the highest award given to soloists.

Our coaches have also won various accolades for their choreography work, including Best Choreography and Best Staging, Precision & Execution, awards. The studio itself was honored three times with the much-coveted ADCC award at two of our regionals in the 2022/23  and 2023/2024 seasons.

COMPETITION TEAMS

–2026/2027 COMPETITION TEAMS:
B2D is currently home to the following teams and coaches:

  1. FLARE Team (Hip Hop ages 7-9)
  2. GENESIS Team (Hip Hop ages 10+)
  3. ALPHA Team (Hip Hop ages 11+)
  4. MATRIX Team (Jazz ages 12+)
  5. IGNITE Team (Contemporary ages 10+)
  6. ACTIVE Team (Acro ages 9+)
  7. ACTIVATE Team (Acro ages 10+)

–2026/2027 COMPETITION TEAM AUDITIONS:
Round two of auditions for season 11 are now open!

-In-person auditions will be held on Saturday, August 22nd at the Vienna location.
-Video submission auditions: are allowed until August 23rd

VIEW AUDITIONS PAGE ►

TEAM STRUCTURE

–REHEARSALS:
The teams rehearse year-round, with a heavily reduced schedule during the Summer (waived for the 26/27 season.) Rehearsal is 2 hours per week. Rehearsals begin in the Fall session (week of September 7th). Team members are also required to take one technique class and one choreography based class per session.

–COMPETITION EVENTS:
We typically participate in four regional competitions starting in February and ending in May. No travel is required as those events are usually located in Northern Virginia or Maryland.

–STAGE RECITALS:
In addition to competition events, our teams also perform at our semi-annual recitals, held at the end of Spring semester (June) and the Fall semester (December.)

–SOLOS/DUETS/TRIOS:
In addition to being part of a team, dancers also have the opportunity to participate in solo, duet, or trio entries. There are specific guidelines on how to apply for such entries. Once a dancer becomes part of our competition team program, we will provide them with full details on the process.

–TEAM FEES:

Fees
–FEES

      1. Recurring Team Dues:
        1. Cover the weekly team rehearsal fees.
        2. The fees are $22.75 per rehearsal hour (e.g. $182 every 4 weeks.)
        3. The fees are prorated to reflect any days off or rescheduling for the team rehearsal.
        4. The fees are billed directly to the card on file every 4 weeks.
        5. Dancers in more than one B2D competition team will receive discounts, ranging from 10% to 15%, on their additional teams.
      2. Technique Classes: 
        1. In addition to their mandatory weekly team rehearsals, all dancers will be enrolled and billed by the studio in their required technique classes each semester (e.g. Fall, Spring, etc.).
          1. The required technique classes corresponding to each team’s dance style are: Ballet I through IV for Jazz, Contemporary, and Lyrical teams; Hip Hop Foundation & Drills beginner to advanced for Hip Hop teams; and Acro I, II, or III for Acro teams.
        2. All dancers will be enrolled in and billed by the studio in an additional choreography-based class of their choosing.
        3. Dancers in multiple teams requiring multiple technique classes (e.g. Ballet and Acro, Hip hop and Acro, etc.) will be allowed to double count their technique requirements to fulfill this additional class requirement (i.e. if you’re in both a Jazz and a Contemporary team you’d only need to take one Ballet class to satisfy the technique requirement.)
      3. Competition: Entry Fees:
        1. Cover the fees paid to each Competition on behalf of the dancer.
        2. The fees vary by competition, with an estimated range of $45 to $85 per group entry per dancer (based on the 2025/26 season.)
      4. Competition: Studio Fees:
        1. Cover the team director, staff, and administrative fees incurred by the studio in the course of managing and attending competition.
        2. The fee is $35 per local competition event.
      5. Team Gear Fees:
        1. Cover the studio-specific warm-up jacket/top that all teams are required to wear to competition (before and after their performance), as well as a Team T-Shirt, which dancers wear to festivals or other events in which the teams are participating.
        2. The team gear may or may not change for every competition season.
        3. When dancers outgrow their size, they will be required to purchase a new one.
        4. In the 2025/2026 season, the team gear cost around $150.
      6. Travel & Lodging Fees:
        1. Not applicable. All the events we attend are regional, typically taking place in Woodbridge, VA
        2. Only travel is required for the Nationals event, typically held at a beach-town (e.g. Virginia beach) over the Summer. But participation in Nationals is optional for team members.
      7. Mandatory Private Lessons:
        1. Cover the fees for the private lesson required when a dancer misses class within the allowable absence limits but is determined to not have sufficiently learned the material covered during their absence (SEE ATTENDANCE section)
        2. Covers the fees for the privates lessons required when a dancer misses more classes than the allowable absence limits and is granted exemption to continue with the team (SEE ATTENDANCE section)
        3. The fee for the private lesson is $105 per hour.
        4. The fees are billed through the credit card submitted on the B2D Private Lesson Form.

NATIONALS

Our competition team program will be heading back to Nationals in Summer 2027!

This optional competition offers an amazing opportunity to finish the season by traveling to a beach town to compete against dancers from all around the country. In addition to the actual competition, you’ll also find workshohps, dance-offs, galas, and various other happenings that are both beneficial and fun for dancers and their families. More information to come.