‘Defied the odds’: Bay dancers head to worlds

Space Astra placed first at the national championships. Tauranga dancers from Space Studios are heading to the World of Dance Competition. One of the studio directors, Cameron Smith. says Space Studios returned to the big nationals over the school holidays, and was up against “all the top studios in New Zealand, including Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, and everywhere.” “Little ol’ Tauranga took out the national title, which is pretty cool. From Tauranga, that’s pretty unheard of. Auckland studios are usually the ones that absorb the podium. But for a studio in Tauranga to take that out is pretty big news. “They’ve qualified not only winning nationals, but they were the highest score against everything, and they’ve qualified for the world champs in LA. AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME. “The Tauranga dance studio has defied the odds, winning four national dance titles over the course of 14 days.” Cameron says Space Studios will represent Aotearoa New Zealand at two of the most prestigious dance competitions in the world. Hip Hop International is known as the Olympics of Dance, where dancers from more than 50 countries around the world will compete for the bronze, silver, and gold in a “knockout” style competition across the week....