European Championships 2015

Great Results at the European Championships 2015 in Villach

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European Championships 2015

Broadway Connection Competition Team, European Championships 2015 (Photo: Rica Izundu)

After the great result at the National Championships, our Competition Team returned with a great result from the European Championships in Musical & Show Dance 2015. All dances qualified for the final round and against strong international competition our dancers achieved 15 European Champion Titles and 19 European Vice-Champion Titles as well as 5 third places.

Wie congratulate all dancers and thank them for the discipline during the school year. We also thank all parents and guardians who ensured the transport of our dancers and dance equipment.

Don’t Dream It.
Be It.

Results European Championships 2015

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Austrian Open 2015

Sensational Result at the Austrian Open 2015 in Klagenfurt

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Austrian Open 2015

Broadway Connection Competition Team, Austrian Open 2015 (Photo: Philipp Rath)

We congratulate our competition team to a sensational result of 31 National Championship Titles, 11 Vice-Champions and 14 Third Places at the Austrian Open 2015! That is the best result that we ever mastered at the Austrian Open, the Austrian Championship in Musical & Showdance.

From April 23 – 26 2015 our competition team – consisting of dancers of the Broadway Connection and the Broadway Academy of Musical Theatre – participated in the Austrian Open 2015.

"Future Talent" Sebastian Hofbauer

“Future Talent” Sebastian Hofbauer

In a perfect environment – thanks to the organisers! – our dancers felt really well and with the support of KrisTina Decker, Petra Böhm, Michelle Hoffmann, Miriam Lechlech, Desiree Loy and few active parents they could give their best during qualification and final round. Thanks to all who helped!

We congratulate all the dancers who earned their awards with hard work and discipline in the preparation phase but also during the competition days (make-up as early as 5 a.m. and competition rounds until 9 p.m.).

We are especially happy for Sebastian Hofbauer for his recognition as “Future Talent“, a special award from the judges.

Worth mentioning is also that Sophie Rath won her National Titles in Jazz and Contemporary both with more than 100 points and the highest score in these categories.

The Broadway Connection confirmed its reputation as the best tap education Austria’s: Out of 11 tap numbers, 7 became National Champion and 3 were runner-ups.

KrisTina Decker and her team thanks again all who contributed to this sensational result, according the BC slogan:

Don’t Dream It.
Be It.

Results Austrian Open 2015

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Dance World Cup 2014

Great Dancing at the Dance World Cup 2014 in Portugal

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Dance World Cup 2014

Broadway Connection Competition Team, Dance World Cup 2014

From June 26 – July 7, 2014 some of our qualified dancers flew to the Dance World Cup 2014 at the Algarve in Portugal.

Our students impressed with great dancing skills and great scores. We congratulate Lisa Birkner, Sophie Gulyas, Sebastian Hofbauer, Michelle Hoffmann, Kati Horky, Elisabeth Janesch-Voit, Anna Kiss, Dorothea Mayrhofer, Sophie Pechlaner, Anna Rath, Niki Rath, Sophie Rath, Maya Rieder, Lilly Scholz, Vivien Seper, Cathy Tunkowitsch, Denise Wurz and Michael Zakall.

Big thanks to all the parents that helped us so actively and cheered our team.

Don’t Dream It.
Be It.

 

Austrian Dance Cup 2014

Successful Austrian Dance Cup in Bad Ischl with many Qualifications for the DWC

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Austrian Dance Cup 2014

Titanic, Austrian Dance Cup 2014 (Photo: Katharina Horky)

Before the Easter Holidays the students of the Kids & Youth Academy together with the students of the Broadway Academy of Musical Theatre demonstrated their skills at the Austrian Dance Cup in Bad Ischl.

And the result is worth mentioning: In total 12 National Championship Titles, 20 Runner-Ups and 9 Third Places were achieved. And many, many numbers qualified for the Dance World Cup (DWC) in Portugal!

Especially proud we are about the results in the categories Junior Solo Jazz & Showdance and Children Solo Tap. In these categories the places 1 – 3 resp. 1 – 4 were taken by the Broadway Connection. A sign for our quality and hard work of our students.

Congratulations to all!

Also a big thank you to the whole teacher team. Especially KrisTina Decker and all moms, dads and grannies whe helped tirelessly with make-up, sewing, hairdressing, etc. Thank You!

Don’t Dream It.
Be It.

Results Austrian Dance Cup 2014

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Austrian Open 2014

Massive Success at the Austrian Open 2014 in Klagenfurt

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Austrian Open 2014

Broadway Connection Competition Team, Austrian Open 2014

On Wednesday, March 26th 2014 KrisTina Decker travelled together with 40 dancers of the Broadway Connection and the Broadway Academy of Musical Theatre and a group of active parents to Klagenfurt to participate in the Austrian Open, the Austrian Championships in Musical and Showdance 2014.

Our choreographers Petra Böhm, Miriam Lechlech, Valentin Gambino, Ralph Galvan, Wei-Ken Jeffrey Liao and before-mentioned KrisTina Decker choreographed many routines which were going to compete with the best dancers and dance schools of the Nation.

The result is impressive. Our Competition Dancers returned with – believe it or not – 22 Championship Titles, 6 Runner-Ups and 11 Third Places!

The jury – consisting of famous teachers, dancers and actors – judged our Competition Team in all age groups and the disciplines Jazz, Musical, Song & Dance, Open, Hip Hop, Tap Dance, Contemporary, Acrobatic and Production Numbers.

We congratulate all participants! KrisTina and her team are really proud of their protégés, as competitive sport (make-up at 5 a.m., dancing until 9 p.m. – and on top the change to daylight saving time!) is no “bed of roses”. Hard practice and iron discipline resulted in the success of our competition dancers.

Don’t Dream It.
Be It.

Results Austrian Open 2014

1st Place & Champion

OVER THE LOVE (Choreography: Miriam Lechlech)
Contemporary • Solo • Juniors 1
Sophie Rath

KEEP ON FALLING (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Contemporary • Small Group • Children
Lisa Birkner, Elisabeth Janesch-Voit, Anna Kiss, Katharina Lobenhofer, Dorothea Mayrhofer, Sophie Pechlaner, Niki Rath, Anna Rath, Vivien Seper, Cathy Tunkowitsch

MATILDA (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Musical • Solo • Minis
Sophie Gulyas

RAINBOW HIGH (Choreography:Wei-Ken Liao)
Musical • Solo • Juniors 1
Sophie Rath

BUENOS AIRES (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Musical • Solo • Juniors 2
Katharina Horky

THIS WORLD (Choreography:Wei-Ken Liao)
Musical • Duo/Trio • Juniors 2
Katharina Horky, Simon Seboth

LITTLE SHOP (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Musical • Duo/Trio • Children
Lisa Birkner, Anna Kiss und Cathy Tunkowitsch

A LOVELY NIGHT (Choreography:Wei-Ken Liao)
Musical • Small Group • Adults • ProAm
Solveig Ross, July Rosser, Clarissa Clavadetscher und Desiree Loy

I’M A DREAMER (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Contemporary • Group • Juniors 2
Katharina Horky, Sophie Rath, Viktoria Ritschl, Simon Seboth

I NEED YOUR LOVE (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Acro Dance • Solo • Juniors 1
Viola Dillinger

FIGHTER (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Jazz • Small Group • Children
Lisa Birkner, Elisabeth Janesch-Voit, Anna Kiss, Katharina Lobenhofer, Dorothea Mayrhofer, Sophie Pechlaner, Niki Rath, Anna Rath, Vivien Seper, Cathy Tunkowitsch

BODY LANGUAGE (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Jazz • Solo • Juniors 1
Sophie Rath

FRENCH GIRLS (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Jazz • Duo/Trio • Children
Anna Kiss, Elisabeth Janesch-Voit

LIVE TILL I DIE (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Jazz • Solo • Juniors 2
Simon Seboth

CAN’T TOUCH THIS (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Jazz • Duo/Trio • Juniors 2
Maritta Dillinger, Klara Weinhappl

REFLECTION (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Jazz • Group • Juniors 2
Maritta Dillinger, Caroline Hecht, Pia Heckl, Katharina Horky, Isabella Hoy, Naoma Izundu, Mariella Pauritsch, Sophie Rath, Viktoria Ritschl, Simon Seboth, Constanze Szkokan, Cosima Szkokan, Nicole Vince, Klara Weinhappl

HAPPY (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Tap • Solo • Children
Vivien Seper

JUST BOOGIE (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Tap • Group • Children
Lisa Birkner, Elisabeth Janesch-Voit, Anna Kiss, Katharina Lobenhofer, Dorothea Mayrhofer, Sophie Pechlaner, Niki Rath, Anna Rath, Vivien Seper, Cathy Tunkowitsch

BLEEDING LOVE (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Tap • Solo • Juniors 1
Sophie Rath

AMERICAN BANDSTAND (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Tap • Group • Juniors 1
Viola Dillinger, Viola Hahn, Sebastian Hofbauer, Rebecca Kun, Anna Rath, Vivien Seper, Denise Wurz

COUNTING STARS (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Song & Dance • Solo • Juniors 1
Denise Wurz

FRIENDS FOREVER (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Song & Dance • Small Group • Juniors 1
Viola Dillinger, Sebastian Hofbauer, Anna Rath, Vivien Seper, Denise Wurz

2nd Place & Vice-Champion

UNCHAINED MELODY (Choreography:Wei-Ken Liao)
Contemporary • Duo/Trio • Juniors 2
Isabella Hoy, Simon Seboth

PARTY TILL WE DROP (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Jazz • Solo • Juniors 1
Nicole Vince

TITANIC (Choreography: Petra Böhm, Wei-Ken Liao)
Production Number • Group • Juniors 2 • ProAm
Clarissa Clavadetscher, Maritta Dillinger, Viola Dillinger, Carolin Hecht, Sebastian Hofbauer, Katharina Horky, Anna Jochum, Katharina Lobenhofer, Sophie Rath, Viktoria Ritschl, Solveig Roß, Simon Seboth, Vivien Seper, Cosima Szkokan, Klara Weinhappl, Nicole Vince, Denise Wurz, Michael Zakall

CALIFORNIA GIRLS (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Jazz • Solo • Children
Sophie Pechlaner

MINNIE MOUSE ON PARADE (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Tap • Small Group • Children

3rd Place

PRETTY LITTLE EVIL DOLLS (Choreography: Ralph Galvan)
Open • Small Group • Juniors 1
Viola Dillinger, Sebastian Hofbauer, Anna Rath, Vivien Seper, Denise Wurz

INSIDE OF ME (Choreography: Miriam Lechlech)
Contemporary • Solo • Children
Vivien Seper

BY YOUR SIDE (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Contemporary • Duo/Trio • Juniors 1
Anna Rath, Sophie Rath

WAITING FOR LIFE (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Musical • Solo • Children
Katharina Lobenhofer

TAPPING SWING (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Tap • Solo • Children
Cathy Tunkowitsch

YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Tap • Solo • Juniors 1
Sebastian Hofbauer

SLOW DOWN (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Song &Dance • Solo • Children
Viola Dillinger

I DON’T WANT TO WAIT (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Contemporary • Small Group • Juniors 1
Viola Dillinger, Sebastian Hofbauer, Anna Rath, Vivien Seper, Denise Wurz

Dance World Cup 2013

Excellent Results at the Dance World Cup 2013 in Brighton, UK

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Dance World Cup 2013

Broadway Connection Competition Team, Dance World Cup 2013

At the 4th Austrian Ballet Competition in Villach many of the dances of the Broadway Connection qualified for the international tournament, the Dance World Cup 2013. Thanks to their great results in Carinthia Sophia Pechlaner and the siblings Niki, Anna and Sophie Rath had the chance to compete in Great Britain. Unfortunately, many of the other dancers could not make it.

Together with their parents and their choreographers KrisTina Decker and Petra Böhm, in the first week of July the young talents travelled to the beautiful town Brighton, where this year’s Dance World Cup was hosted.

The competition was stronger and more international then ever, with dances from Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, to name a few. Which makes the success of our four dancers even more impressive:

What Makes You Beautiful

What Makes You Beautiful, Sophie Pechlaner & Niki Rath

Sophie Pechlaner and Niki Rath achieved the great 13th place out of 28 with their Duo “What Makes You Beautiful”, and that even after being moved from their age group “Minis” up to “Kids”. Also Anna Rath was happy about her 22nd place with her Contemporary Solo “Another Now” beating 10 of her competitors. In the category Tap with “Miss Celies Pants” Sophie Rath danced on the 8th place out of 16. In Jazz with “Toxic” she got the sensational 6th place, beating nearly a dozen of her strong competitors.

Considering the great time the four talents had with their families and teachers in Brighton, both in the competition and outside, dancers of the Kids & Youth Academy plan and hope for a repeated qualification at the Austrian Dance Cup next year in Bad Ischl to get a ticket for the Dance World Cup 2014 in Portugal.

We celebrate together with the participants about this outstanding achievements and congratulate!

Don’t Dream It.
Be It.

European Championships 2013

Great Result at the European Championships 2013 in Klagenfurt

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European Championships 2013

Broadway Connection Competition Team, European Championships 2013 (Photo: Barbara Rath)

From May 31 – June 2 our students Sophie Rath, Simon Seboth, Katharina Horky, Anna Rath, Niki Rath and Sophie Pechlaner participated at the ASDU European Championships 2014 in Klagenfurt. They won 2 European Championship Titles, 6 Runner-Ups, 2 Thirds and 1 Fourth place.

We are proud and thank the dancers for their successful commitment. Special thanks to Barbara Rath for the organisation and Alena Horky, Evelyn Braun and Stephan Pechlaner for the support.

Don’t Dream It.
Be It.

Results European Championships 2013

1st Place & European Champion

MISS CELIE’S PANTS (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Tap • Solo • Juniors I
Rath Sophie

TOXIC (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Open • Solo • Juniors I
Rath Sophie

2nd Place & European Vice-Champion

THE LESSON (Choreography: Miriam Lechlech)
Contemporary • Solo • Juniors I
Rath Sophie

WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL (Choreography: Wei-Ken Liao)
Contemporary • Duo • Children
Pechlaner Sophie, Rath Niki

FEVER (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Jazz • Trio • Juniors II
Horky Katharina, Rath Sophie, Seboth Simon

ANYTHING GOES (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Tap • Solo • Juniors I
Rath Anna

A LITTLE BRAINS, A LITTLE TALENT (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Musical • Solo • Juniors I
Rath Anna

YOU ARE 16, GOING ON 17 (Choreography: Wei-Ken Liao)
Musical • Duo • Juniors II
Horky Katharina, Seboth Simon

3rd Place

SHE’S HAPPY (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Jazz • Solo • Children
Pechlaner Sophie

DON’T SAY YES UNTIL I FINISH TALKING (Choreography: KrisTina Decker)
Musical • Solo • Juniors II
Seboth Simon

4th Place

ANOTHER NOW (Choreography: Petra Böhm)
Contemporary • Solo • Juniors I
Rath Anna