Company is a select group of shining stars who represent Progress at performances and competitions. They work together through their dance journeys to lift each other up - becoming happy humans and strong dancers. In 2023 we kickstarted two companies- Company Yellow (Junior) and Company Red (Pre-Teen)- to celebrate their accomplishments. In 2024, we’ll be continuing with these teams, as well as introducing our BRAND NEW Company Pink for our Pre-Junior dancers. In 2024 our Company Red and Yellow dancers will each perform a Jazz routine, and a combined Theatre Dance routine.

First and foremost, joining a Company will make your dancer feel a sense of belonging. Our Companies will grow up together through their dance journeys either as part of Company Pink, Company Yellow, Company Red; learning to work together towards common goals and make lifelong friends. Through goal setting, our dancers accelerate their training- and most importantly boost their own confidence and work ethic by a MILE! By writing down and ticking off their own goals, our dancers become confident that they can do anything if they put their minds to it. Competitions provide our dancers with a goal to work towards together, and competing teaches dancers work ethic, dedication, confidence in front of a crowd, and resilience. Most importantly: company instills a value of working hard and showing up for oneself, and their friends!

It is important to note that Progress is not, and will never be, a competition-focused studio. Our main focus is working to the highest standards to create happy dancers and work towards creating dancers who have the ability to achieve a long career in dance- or the skills, work ethic, and confidence to succeed in whatever career they chose to pursue. This is all to say that the trophies are not our priority; our dancers' development is. The goal of Company is to encourage their passion and provide more performance opportunities! More than anything, we value happy, healthy, and kind humans. We will celebrate their wins like nobody else, but we are not there to put any unnecessary pressure on our dancers.

We have a minimum class requirement for our Company Members to make sure they can get the best value out of company. Our company trains to an advanced level, and this requires a certain level of consistency and strength; taking co-requisite classes ensure that our dancers can all safely and effectively train to the level of their respective Company classes.

Company dancers must take:

(highly suggested) Friday 3:30pm FlexAbility & Tricks

Friday 4:15pm Technique

Friday 5pm Company Choreography

Dancers must also be enrolled in:

1 x Ballet or Acrobatics class per week

We encourage versatility in our dancers - taking additional classes (especially Jazz) really pushes dancers to rise!

Please note that dancers MUST attend a minimum of 80% of their company rehearsals AND co-requisite classes.

As representatives of ProgressDNA, we expect that our Competition Team students uphold the full uniform values in every lesson.

All items can be purchased via our Portal store, or in-studio; including biketards, leotards, crops, shorts, and leggings- as well as Jazz Shoes. All items will be tried on for sizing in studio prior to being sent home.

UNIFORM

Dancers must wear all-black or Progress branded attire to all rehearsals which can be either:

• Leotard and shorts/leggings

• OR Crop top and shorts/leggings

• OR Biketard

  Male identifying students may wear a fitted black T-shirt or singlet with shorts.

SHOES

All dancers must have black slip- on jazz shoes.

By being in a company in 2024, you agree to adhere to the company dancers and families code of conduct.

Classes and Performances -

• Dancers are expected to attend 80% of all pre-requisite classes and company rehearsals each term - failure to attend classes may result in a private lesson being required at the cost of the relevant customer to catch up on missed training.

• Dancers are required to maintain their pre-requisite classes throughout the year.

• Dancers are expected to perform at all competitions and performances throughout the year, unless unavoidable. Please give as much notice as possible for absences at performances out of respect for your teammates. Please note that continuous or regular absence from performances may result in termination of a dancer’s position on their team.

• Dancers are expected to wear uniform to all classes and rehearsals. Failure to wear uniform will result in the dancer not being permitted to participate in rehearsal.

Behaviour -

IN STUDIO:

• Dancers and their families must show respect and kindness to ProgressDNA staff, students and community members at all times.

• Dancers and their families agree to handle complaints, feedback and in-depth matters with discretion and respect; all matters should be directed to management via email for an appropriate meeting time to be set.

AT EVENTS/ COMPETITIONS

(failure to comply with Event & Competition guidelines will result in families and their dancers being asked to leave the event.)

• Dancers will be timely to all competitions and events.

• Dancers and their families must show respect and kindness to all event staff, community members and performers.

• STRICTLY NO gossiping, bad-mouthing or insulting any performances at any time during or following events.

Failure to adhere to this code of conduct may result in immediate termination of a dancer’s enrolment and participation in Company Classes, or may result in a non-invite moving into 2025.

See dates and comps page for comp info.

Videos: Personal filming is STRICTLY PROHIBITED at most competitions for child safety reasons and if caught, we will be disqualified or penalised. ProgressDNA purchases the professional performance videos for each comp and will save them in these drives for you to watch back! These can sometimes take a few weeks after the comp to receive.
Company Pink: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ID1AR-wyjvwayc8hRk97VO-zQ1atb1wX?usp=sharing

Company Yellow: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18VdZOxWbSTRZWW3aVESwt0A1CO51shJC?usp=drive_link

Company Red: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RikbrGG8dyeqEBnXpZFSH-EcI-Ff_5ze?usp=drive_link

Photos: We'll post our backstage photos in band after each comp and we encourage you to put any that you take in the comments! We love to see all the pics of our comp dancers in their element!! If you post anywhere - we ask that you please tag us @ProgressDNA

Results 2025:

Platinum Dance 1 (Dural) -

Company Pink Lyrical: 3rd place

Company Yellow Theatre: HC

Company Red Theatre: HC

Platinum Dance 2 (North Sydney) -
Company Pink Jazz: HC
Company Pink Lyrical: HC

Company Pink Jazz: Outstanding technique award
Company Yellow Theatre: HC
Company Red: OVERALL Spirit Award - the most kind and professional team of the entire weekend! (Instant Frog Win and a Pizza Party coming your way!)