Recap: NYCDA Atlanta 2025

Nicole Mitchell
Apr 14
3 min read

Updated: Apr 20

Last Regional Competition of the season! Thank you to everyone for a great weekend at NYCDA Atlanta!

Thank you to all of our dancers and parents for their hard work this weekend!

Competition Highlights

*High Scores and Special Awards are listed below*

Soloists

First of Spring

Nola Paulina

1st Place Mini Soloist

Bender of Water

Riley French

12th Place Junior Soloist

CLU

Christina Waller

20th Place Junior Soloist

Tempest

Avyé Garcia

2nd Place Teen Soloist

Night Herself Is Here

Rudie Bolton

4th Place Teen Soloist

Shamaran

Belle Baker

29th Place Teen Soloist

In Wreathes

Jordan Scudder

9th Place Senior Soloist

Eternity

Nigel Ward

22nd Place Senior Soloist

Groups

Saturday Night Fish Fry

Jumpstart Company

2nd Place Mini Musical Theater

BOOM

Jumpstart Company

3rd Place Mini Hip Hop

Miss Celie’s Pants

Small Fry Company

1st Place Musical Theater

3rd Place Mini Line

Hip Hip Chin Chin

Mini Company

3rd Place Mini Jazz

Powerpuff

Small Fry & Mini Companies

2nd Place Mini Hip Hop

2nd Place Mini Production

Mini Critics’ Choice Winner

New Beginnings

Mini & Junior Companies

1st Place Mini Lyrical

3rd Place Mini Production

Mystery Crew

Junior Company

1st Place Junior Musical Theater

Valse

Junior & Teen Company Members

2nd Place Junior Ballet

3rd Place Junior Line

Air and Lack Thereof

Junior & Teen Company Members

1st Place Junior Line

2nd Place Junior Jazz

Junior Critics’ Choice Winner

Phases

Teen & Senior Company Members

1st Place Teen Ballet

7th Place Teen Group

Stand

Teen & Senior Companies

2nd Place Teen Lyrical

Freedom

Teen & Senior Companies

3rd Place Teen Line

Ya Ya

Teen & Senior Companies

2nd Place Teen Jazz

3rd Place Teen Small Production

Bangalore Whispers

Teen & Senior Companies

1st Place Teen Specialty

1st Place Teen Line

TIP

Junior, Teen & Senior Companies

1st Place Teen Hip Hop

1st Place Teen Large Production

Teen Overall Highest Score

Teen Critics’ Choice Winner

Judges’ Pick

Let Me Fall

Teen & Senior Company Members

1st Place Senior Group

2nd Place Senior Contemporary

Bitter Earth

Teen & Senior Company Members

1st Place Senior Contemporary

1st Place Senior Line

Senior Overall Highest Score

Senior Critics’ Choice Winner

Convention Highlights

Outstanding Dancers

Mini Winners

Nola Paulina

Mini Runners Up

Aubrey Hawkins

Kennedy Johnson

Suliat Lasege

Zora Humphrey

Ava Raines

Sahrayaa Bynum-Roberson

Yuri Turner

Mini Finalists

Lauren Peek

Emery Rue

Carter Young

Harmony Dortch-Oglesby

Junior Runners Up

Riley French

Christiana Smith

Parker Adams

Christina Waller

Aden Farmer

Janelle Clay

Peyton Legaux

Teen Winner

Rudie Bolton

Teen Runners Up

Avyé Garcia

Haiden Ross

Belle Baker

Vivian Thomas

Teen Finalists

Ryan Henderson

Meagan McCann

Senior Runners Up

Nigel Ward

Destyni Cohen

Riverly Carr

Kelsey Muckle

Class and Professional Training Scholarships

Scholarship	Dancer
NYCDA Spirit Award		Courtney Lanier
Standout Class Scholarships	Ballet	Parker Adams
Tap	Kennedy Johnson
Tap	Aubrey Hawkins
Hip Hop	Peyton Legaux
Hip Hop	Joy Singleton
Future Star Scholarships		Suliat Lasege
NYCDA Summer Intensives	Pre-Professional Acceptance	Ryan Henderson
Pre-Professional Acceptance	Meagan McCann
Rising Star	Celine	Christina Waller
Steps on Broadway	The Steps Academy Pre-Pro Summer Intensive $500 Award	Jordan Scudder
Steps Summer Study NYC (SSNYC) $500 Award	Nigel Ward
The Steps Academy Pre-Pro Summer Intensive $500 Award	Avyé Garcia
PerryMansfield Summer Workshop	Pre-Professional Intensive $1000 Award	Nigel Ward
Ballet Hispanico	Summer Intensive Scholarship $1,000 Award	Jordan Scudder