{"id":5209,"date":"2026-07-30T02:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2026-07-30T02:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:52:48","slug":"2026-july-god-dance-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/2026-july-god-dance-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 July Achievement: Global Dance Open (GDO) \u2013 San Sebasti\u00e1n Finals, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2728 Chasing Dreams on the World Stage | Global Dance Open (GDO) \u2013 San Sebasti\u00e1n Finals, Spain<\/strong> \ud83c\udf0d\ud83e\ude70<\/p>\r\n

A huge congratulations to our talented dancers Breeze<\/strong> and Mikayla<\/strong> for their outstanding achievements at the highly competitive Global Dance Open (GDO)<\/strong> Finals in San Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain<\/strong>! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\r\n

Global Dance Open<\/strong> has quickly become one of the world’s most prestigious international dance competitions, bringing together exceptional young dancers from across the globe. The competition features a wide range of dance styles, including Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Lyrical, and Musical Theatre. Beyond competition, GDO offers young dancers invaluable opportunities to be seen by artistic directors from world-renowned ballet companies, dance institutions, and professional organizations. Since its inception, GDO has awarded more than \u00a31.2 million in scholarships<\/strong>, helping countless young dancers pursue their dreams on the international stage.<\/p>\r\n

\ud83c\udf96 Special Congratulations to Mikayla<\/strong> on receiving:<\/p>\r\n

\ud83c\udfc5 Multiple Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensive Acceptances<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\ud83e\ude70 Competition Results<\/h3>\r\n

Breeze & Mikayla<\/strong>
(8\u201311 Years Duo)<\/em>
\ud83c\udf3a Lyrical:<\/strong> 8th Place<\/p>\r\n

Breeze<\/strong>
(8 Years Solo)<\/em>
\ud83c\udf3a Contemporary:<\/strong> 4th Place
\ud83c\udf3a Jazz:<\/strong> 8th Place<\/p>\r\n

Mikayla<\/strong>
(10 Years Solo)<\/em>
\ud83c\udf3a Contemporary:<\/strong> 13th Place<\/p>\r\n

\ud83c\udf1f About Joffrey Ballet School<\/h3>\r\n

Founded in 1953<\/strong> and based in New York City<\/strong>, Joffrey Ballet School<\/strong> is one of the world’s leading professional dance training institutions. Renowned for its excellence in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Musical Theatre, and Commercial Dance, the school attracts outstanding young dancers from around the world each year.<\/p>\r\n

Its highly selective Summer Intensive<\/strong> programs are internationally recognised as an important stepping stone toward professional dance education and careers, offering students exceptional training, artistic growth, and valuable industry exposure.<\/p>\r\n

\u2728 Every competition is not the finish line, but the beginning of an even greater journey.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u2764\ufe0f The road of dance is long, and we are proud to walk it together\u2014supporting, growing, and chasing dreams every step of the way.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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\u2728 Chasing Dreams on the World Stage | Global Dance Open (GDO) \u2013 San Sebasti\u00e1n Finals, Spain \ud83c\udf0d\ud83e\ude70 A huge congratulations to our talented dancers Breeze and Mikayla for their outstanding achievements at the highly competitive Global Dance Open (GDO) Finals in San Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain! \ud83c\udf89 Global Dance Open has quickly become one of the world’s most prestigious international dance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dance-competitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5219,"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions\/5219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stardance.co.nz\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}