REGISTER FOR CLASSES HERE!
Extensions Dance Center
  • Classes
    • Youth Classes
    • Company Training Program
    • Summer 2023
  • Faculty & Staff
    • Faculty and Staff
    • Guest Faculty
  • Learn More
  • Facility
  • Companies
    • All Companies
    • Extensions Dance Company
    • Chicago City Classical Ballet
    • Extensions Too! (ages 9-12)
    • Petite company (ages 6-9)
  • Donate

Jefferson Elementary School | Age 12

Ava

Bio

Awards & Recognitions


  • NYCDA 2022 Top Outstanding Dancer
  • School Of American Ballet 2022 Jr Intensive
  • Youth American Grand Prix 2022 Top 10 Classical Variation and Contemporary Solo

Ava is in 6th grade at Bryan Middle School in Elmhurst, IL. She has been dancing since she was 18 months old! This is her 3rd year with Extensions. Ava has earned many accomplishments and awards over the course of her dance career. In 2019, Ava was cast as a Little Snowflake in the Joffrey Ballets’ “The Nutcracker.” In 2022, New York City Dance Alliance awarded her ‘Top Outstanding Dancer’ in the Chicago regional in which she earned a scholarship to their national convention classes and placed Top 40 nationally for her contemporary solo. She also performed a classical variation, contemporary solo and contemporary ensemble for the first time at an international competition, Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP), where she placed top 10 for both solo performances. Ava is excited to do this again this year! Lastly, she had an honored experience of earning a spot to dance with the School of America Ballet this past summer in their Jr Intensive program. The experience to train with new students and teachers in NYC was more memorable than anticipated! Over the years, Ava has won multiple awards and recognitions for her stage presence, and overall solo performances. There isn’t a dance genre that Ava doesn’t love, but Ballet holds her heart. The effort to create something to look so graceful provides her with an inviting challenge! Ava knows she has so much more to learn and receive from this beautiful art. She believes she is in the perfect place with Lizzie Mackenzie and the all amazing teachers at Extensions. When Ava is not dancing, you can find her enjoying Starbucks, watching any Star Wars movie in the series or reading! It can get difficult balancing dance and life, When schedules get really tough, she reminds herself of her family moto, “Whatever it Takes.”

Instagram

It’s #tilttuesday ! “To be yourself in a world It’s #tilttuesday ! “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflecting back on the incredible memories and har Reflecting back on the incredible memories and hard work of our amazing artists from Starbound last weekend and excited to see them all shine on the stage again this weekend at Energy!
+
+
#dance #dancers #dancestudio #dancing #dancersofinstagram #dancecompetition #hardwork
Some of our Chicago City Classical Ballet dancers Some of our Chicago City Classical Ballet dancers attended and had a great time @universalballetcompetition a couple of weeks ago. It was our first year attending and WOW!  The talent was incredible and the classes were so fun and enlightening.  Highlights include Bianca, Lincoln & Ava placing in the overalls and Fiona, Bianca & Lincoln receiving multiple scholarships including a full scholarship to The Rock School summer program for Mr. Lincoln! Congratulations, dancers!!
Congratulations to our dancers who attended @artis Congratulations to our dancers who attended @artistssimplyhuman this past weekend!  Incredible and confident performances, lots of fun and inspiration in classes and all of you scholarship finalists!  We are so proud of you!
Some highlights include Technical excellence to @meli.lawler for her solo “Persist” choreographed by @hannaelisabeth , outstanding choreography to @_nicole_noe for her solo “In My Time” choreographed by @itsrickyroo AND  @shayna.sharpe_ , @emgov.8 & @_nicole_noe becoming ASH apprentices!  Also love spending time with Extensionite @sasha.zitser who is traveling as part of the ASH company this year!  Thank you for an amazing weekend @artistssimplyhuman !!! ❤️⭐️
Until next time @nycda ❤️ Some highlights from Until next time @nycda ❤️ Some highlights from our weekend included Mini critics choice: “Alloy” by Lizzie Mackenzie, Teen Critics choice and the highest score of the weekend (.5 from a perfect score at 299.5!!!!). “The Healer” by Lizzie Mackenzie & Jackie Nowicki and Senior critics choice “Finding Your Light” by Imani English.  So many overalls and scholarships to boot and we are so PROUD of our company dancers.  Let’s keep it going, we’re just beginning 💪🏼🔥.
It’s been 2 weeks since NYCDA. We are still fly It’s been 2 weeks since NYCDA.  We are still flying high from the experience and we have been enjoying the constructive and very thoughtful critiques from the competition. Thankyou @nycda!! Wishing our dancers good luck at @artistssimplyhuman and @universalballetcompetition this weekend!  Here are some great shots by @evolvephotovideo from our performances at NYCDA ❤️
1 dance, 1 dance & media, 1 design & architecture, 1 dance, 1 dance & media, 1 design & architecture, 1 kinesiology &  dance and 1 nursing…. Who’s who and where will they land?! Comment below!
Let your light shine for the world to see! ✨✨. Let your light shine for the world to see! ✨✨. Happy Saturday, friends and fam…Vibes are 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Follow us

Links

  • Youth Classes
  • Faculty
  • Family Login
  • Staff Login
  • News
  • About

Contact Us

Extensions Dance Center
Lizzie@extensionsdance.com
3933 N. Elston Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
773.299.9202
© 2020 Extensions Dance Company. All Rights Reserved. Website designed by COVERT NINE