STARS Dance Academy

Congrats to our grad, Lily Bygrave!

Lily started dancing at age 4, and joined SDA back in 2014.

We’ve watched her grow up in our studio and can proudly say her talent, hard work, and dedication increased every year, making her a great teammate and role model for our younger dancers.

Lily is graduating from Bellevue West and will pursue a Major in Exercise Science with a Minor in Dance at KU.

Your SDA Family is rooting for you, Lily ❤️we’ll miss you!

Cassandra Mata, today we’re celebrating you!

Cassandra has been dancing since she was 6, and officially joined our family, and our competition team, in 2021.

In the years we’ve had her in class, we’ve watched her talent absolutely soar! She’s a natural performer, and we’ll never get tired of watching her on stage!

Cassandra’s heading to Mildland University in the fall to continue dancing and study psychology.

Congrats, Cassandra 🫶 we are so proud of you!!

This week we’re celebrating our 2026 SDA Graduates, starting with Braelynn Bossow! 🤍

Braelynn’s been dancing since she was 4, and has been gracing our stage since 2017! Her sweet and kind personality shines bright in class, and she has a special way of making every dance she does perfectly unique.

Braelynn’s heading to Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in the fall to study graphic design, and we have no doubt she’ll accomplish incredible things!

Good luck next year, Braelynn ⭐️ you’ll be so missed!!

Let’s go!! 🤩

Reminder: no classes this week 🌷 We’ll miss you!

📸 Picture Week Starts Today! We can’t wait to see our dancers in costume 🤩

*Please double check the photo schedule, as it differs slightly from our regular class schedule.

In honor of recital costumes going home next week, we thought we’d share some throwback costumes featuring your favorite teachers 🎀

Can you guess who’s who??

We competed at The Dance Effect this weekend to kick off our 2026 competition season! ⭐️ Our dancers have been working hard to prepare and we couldn’t be more proud of what they put on the floor! We are leaving this weekend with choreography awards, many top placements and so much determination to keep growing 🩷