matherqueens

[matherqueens]

Just saw a video of some dancers at a studio by me (10 yrs old maybe??) being like “we’ve come so far since starting pointe this summer!” And they are attempting to do PIROUETTES completly not on their box, winding up before the turns, falling over just trying to do a pas de bouree before the turn, and somehow their shoes are already dead? 🤦‍♀️ WHEN WILL THESE STUDIOS LEARN?

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I wish more comps would have a 50% of dancers in the next age division will bump the age up - a lot of comps my studio went to growing up had that rule - there is NO reason a dance with 6 13 year olds and 1 12 year old should compete junior

And quite frankly I would be embarrassed as a studio owner if I put a bunch of juniors in a “mini” group just to win a trophy??? We can do better people!

oh the age situation with groups... didnt believe that was an unpopular opinion, lol. studios rlly exploit this comp rule to the maximum, but p21... still remember that peewee group years ago where the only existing peewee was cc or the mini groups with two minis and ten juniors.. but in general, it's disturbing to see that many studios do that, mostly in order to win trophies, not only club, seen it a lot in larkin too, cspas with sb and bw, the southern strutt, among many MANY others

Yea, it's especially offensive to me when there's only 1 dancer who is in the actual age division the group is competing in...especially when the studio has other good dancers that age who could be in it

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Look I’m not one to trash people over placements but because he’s a grown man going after kids idc! For someone who never even managed to crack the top 10 at tda he’s got an awful lot to say!!

This “former larkin” guy on tiktok has to be the most toxic oh my lorddddd. first of all i don’t even think he was at larkin and if he was he was irrelevant. he clearly lacks some sort of validation to be creating all this fake ‘knowledge’ and starting so much crap

[matherqueens]

Anybody doing a list of p21 dancers yet?

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Shanny on the pod

who is someone you want on stop talking kenz that is not a dancer. like a choreographer or studio owner or something?

victor and angel

[matherqueens]

Everyone should watch Selena’s TikTok it’s very important to remember the dancers we follow are at the end of the day kids doing what they love

[matherqueens]

And guy fieri auditioned for p21 😩

remember when molly had tumblr

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i know when we talk about inappropriate comp dance choreo we tend to focus on jazz because that's where most questionable choreo happens, but honestly that duet shannon was choreographing for emma and diego.... why did she have her 16 year old daughter lying on her back with diego crawling on top of her kissing her neck, hello??!?!?? kissing on the lips?? what's going on here

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so tiktok is not letting me post this but can we just appreciate the improvement in movement quality🙌🙌 regan gerena age 10 vs age 14

[matherqueens]

Is Leighton gonna be a senior this season? That’s actually crazy I remember her being a junior

yes🥲

[matherqueens]

Project 21 Team 2025-26

*These are the dancers who currently have P21 in their instagram bios. Please don’t comment dancers’ names, use initials only! If you can’t figure out who someone is by initials, DM me. Feel free to DM (or comment initials) of dancers who either confirm they’re leaving or joining.

Total dancers: 25

Rookie (7&under)

no one so far

Mini (8-10)

1. EW 10

2. SF 10

3. RA 8

Junior (11-12)

1. CC 11

2. LM 11

Teen (13-15)

1. BL 15

2. RG 14

3. BS 14

4. BS 14

5. SVR 14

6. KL 14

7. CM 14

8. SM 14

9. AH 14

10. MN 13

11. MN 13

12. OA 13

Senior (16-18)

1. GF 17

2. SE 17

3. BL 17

4. BL 17

5. BS 17

6. VO 17

7. LW 16

8. LB 16

Dancers Who Left: LB

[matherqueens]

Second this! He was BY FAR the nicest tremaine staff member

Also I remember my friend and I passing him in the hallway of our hotel and saying hi to him and he gave us the biggest hugs 🥹 (everyone at my studio had the biggest crush on him lmao)

the person suggesting Tony is mean or rude is full of it. Or just a very sensitive person. Tony is literally the only director worth a craapp at “BTF”. I hope he takes over very soon because they need it badly!

i liked his vibe when he was filming the tda vlogs. going up to people, involved, etc is what a director should be!

[matherqueens]

Exactly like I don’t agree with Shanny in most regards, but like guys be so for real. They’re a highly competitive dance studio and many of their students want to pursue futures that involve dance in one way or another. If these were rec kids who do two competitions a season to have fun then no I don’t think the way she spoke to them would’ve been appropriate. But this is more than a fun little hobby to these girls. She didn’t degrade their character, she didn’t say anything that will leave a lasting impression on their self esteem.

And before anyone comes for me… yes I’m sure mather has toxicity considering girls have left mid season, or after only a year or two there. However, this specific incident wasn’t toxic coaching.

Slay anon I love u

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I know someone who went to Mather that left because they were always so unorganized it stressed her out LMAO. She said they never truly had a set schedule and sometimes they’d just be randomly told they’ll be rehearsing and they’d be there until midnight on a school night. Then at competition they’d be so late to put their routines on stage. It makes sense bc sometimes the most creative people are the most chaotic and scattered

this checks out

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Going off on them for not being prepared, but at the same time not being prepared because they don’t have the prop there for the dance and having to move everything around is a little ironic 😭😭

It wasn’t the prop dance though that was the teens (I don’t even think that these two things happened on the same day of comp??)

[matherqueens]

Ik you thought what shannon did was fine but seeing how many people were horrified… ru guys soft?

I mean… have you never been in trouble with a teacher before???

[matherqueens]

Wait I literally saw nothing wrong with shannon threatening to pull the number. If a group cant get their sh*t together the day of the competition they shouldn’t get to go out there and make the choreography look bad. I don’t ride for shannon’s opinion 99% of the time but that wasn’t bad

That’s why I said it was just stern - especially because it was the senior dancers. She also wasn’t yelling and then before they went on said that this will be a learning experience for them so I think she was completely valid in what she did. If it were the minis then we would have a different story here