Dancers Reap Awards

The dancers of the Dancehampton studio in East Hampton had a successful first competition of the season last week, Kelly Hren, the studio’s director and a choreographer, reported. At an Association of Dance Conventions and Competitions event at St. John the Baptist High School in West Islip over the weekend, the company’s 30 dancers ages 7 to 16 performed 23 routines — solos, duets, trios, and one larger production — and took home five judges awards and 23 others, ranging from gold to high gold to platinum. Three dancers received invitations to the nationals.

The company’s other choreographers for the competition were Anita Boyer, Krystal Lamiroult, who won an Ultimate Choreographer award for a piece called “Time,” and Kate Havlicek, who joined Ms. Lamiroult in earning an Ultimate Entertainment award for “Crazy.”

Another performance, “Tap Army Salute,” was, Ms. Hren said by email, “the highest scoring number in all small group, large group, line, or production pieces for ages 10 to 12. This group of eight dancers was also invited to nationals.”

“But the most exciting award came at the end: Dancehampton was also given the ADCC Studio of Excellence Award. We were recognized not only for our fantastic performances, but for the amazing team we are!”