07/15/2026
✨ NATIONALS #2 | Elite Dance Cup Nationals | Biloxi, MS ✨
July 7–11, 2026
What an incredible way to wrap up our 2025–2026 competition season. ❤️
This week was filled with competition, master classes, team bonding, theme parties, pool time, and so many memories these girls will carry with them forever.
🏆 Competition Results
✨ “Bang” – Annalyse Son
• Elite Gold
• 2nd Overall High Score – Pr***en Solo Division
✨ “Dream” – Isabella Martinez
• Gold – Teen Solo Division
✨ “Beautiful” –Madeline Hedges
• Elite Gold
• 9th Overall High Score – Teen Solo Division
• Judges Choice Award – “Beautiful and On the Nose” 🏆
Being selected for a Judges Choice Award out of all of the soloists is such a special honor. Congratulations, Madeline!
✨ “Carry Me Home”
Ainsley Callegan, Isabella Martinez, Madeline Hedges, Annalyse Son & Olivia Thibodeaux
• High Gold – Teen Small Group Contemporary
✨ “Wild Horses”
Isabella Martinez, Ainsley Callegan & Olivia Thibodeaux
• High Gold
• Judges Award – Lovely Lines 🏆
Beyond the competition, the girls spent the week taking jazz, musical theatre, tap, and hip-hop master classes. Madeline and Isabella were both recognized by the jazz instructor for their outstanding work during class—another proud moment!
We also made time for plenty of fun with our Stars, Stripes & Spotlights theme party, studio spirit activities, decorating our team star, swimming at the condo, and celebrating an unforgettable week together.
Although we weren’t selected for the Finals Showcase this year, that doesn’t define this weekend or this season.
What I saw on that stage was strength, beauty, elegance, passion, and heart. I watched these dancers support one another, encourage each other, and perform with a confidence that has grown so much over the past year.
The trophies are wonderful, but they have never been the reason we dance.
The friendships, the resilience, the countless hours of hard work, the tears, the laughter, the growth, and the memories we’ve made together mean so much more than any score ever could.
To my dancers—thank you for trusting me, believing in each other, and representing DancExpression with grace, kindness, and class every single weekend.
To our parents—thank you for every early morning, every costume change, every road trip, every practice, every hotel stay, and every ounce of support you’ve given these girls. We couldn’t do this without you.
As we close another competition season, my heart is so full. I can’t wait to see where each of these dancers goes next, and I hope this is only the beginning of many more years of dancing together.
Here’s to an unforgettable season. 🖤✨
Until next year…
