Join us for Season 2026 * New Cities * New Judges * New Awards * and So Much More!
Bringing fresh energy and a renewed commitment to excellence. We’ve implemented numerous changes to enhance your experience.
Encore Talent Productions Nationals is held at the beautiful
Warren County Fairgrounds Event Center
665 North Broadway St.
Lebanon, OH 45036
Only 15 minutes from King's Island
Host Hotel is provided by Lucid Travel. You'll find the link on your registration dashboard.
Note: Encore Talent Productions does not handle the booking.
We are excited to share a sneak peek at our 2025 National Dance Competition Schedule
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🎉 Encore Talent Productions Nationals Theme Days Are HERE!
Get ready to dress up, show off your spirit, and WIN BIG!
We’re bringing the energy all week long with Theme Days during Nationals!
Studios that bring the most spirit, creativity, and participation could win exciting prizes during the event! That’s right—we’re rewarding the FUN!
Let’s see which studio will bring the Encore Energy to the max
📣 By popular demand, we’re excited to announce a Preliminary Title Competition will be held on Thursday and Friday at Nationals!
Dancers crowned as Preliminary Regional Title Winners are invited to compete for Miss and Mr. National Encore!
✨All Title Winners—both from regionals and preliminaries—are also welcome to assist with our awards ceremonies.
For more details and any restrictions, please cont
📣 Introducing Our New Bump Rule!
At Encore Talent Productions, we’re committed to creating a fair and exciting competition experience for all dancers. In that spirit, we’re implementing a Bump Rule starting this season!
✨ What is the Bump Rule?
If a routine scores significantly higher than others in its level and shows exceptional technique, performance, and overall skill, our judges may “bump” the
🎉 NEW at Encore! Nationals — GAME ZONE! 🎉
We’re turning up the fun this year at Encore! Talent Productions Nationals with our brand-new GAME ZONE
🎮 Whether you're a dancer waiting for awards, a sibling looking for entertainment, or a parent wanting to join in on the fun, our Game Zone has something for everyone!
✨ Games, Prizes, and More!
🧩 Interactive activities
🎯 Carnival-style challenges
At Encore Talent Productions, we strive to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for competitors of all ages and skill levels. Our mission is to help our competitors develop their dance skills, build confidence, and foster a love of dance that will last a lifetime.
Our Core Values
Inclusivity: We welcome dancers from all backgrounds
At Encore Talent Productions, we strive to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for competitors of all ages and skill levels. Our mission is to help our competitors develop their dance skills, build confidence, and foster a love of dance that will last a lifetime.
Our Core Values
Inclusivity: We welcome dancers from all backgrounds, ensuring everyone feels valued and supported.
Skill Development: Our competitions are designed to help dancers of all levels improve and excel in their craft.
Confidence Building: We believe in empowering our competitors to feel confident both on and off the stage.
Passion for Dance: Our goal is to instill a lifelong love of dance in each of our competitions
All participants are adjudicated for their performance.
Adjudication is Gold, High Gold, Platinum, Double Platinum,
Encore Star.
Duos and trios participants ALL receive a trophy for adjudication.
Generous overalls, giving the best trophies to the top leading participants at each competition.
Keeping with tradition we provide trophies!
Spectac
All participants are adjudicated for their performance.
Adjudication is Gold, High Gold, Platinum, Double Platinum,
Encore Star.
Duos and trios participants ALL receive a trophy for adjudication.
Generous overalls, giving the best trophies to the top leading participants at each competition.
Keeping with tradition we provide trophies!
Spectacular special awards, judges, awards, unique to encore, talent, production awards.
Awards are specially designed for Encore, Talent Productions, participants.
ALL participants and studio owners and directors will receive complementary still photographs of all of their dances.
Studio owners and directors will receive a complementary performance video along with three judging critiques videos.
Tap: A routines consisting primarily of tap technique. Tap sounds are not allowed on tape and / or within the applicable music. Tap shoes are required.
Jazz: A routines consisting primarily of jazz technique. Jazz shoes are required.
Hip Hop: A routine consisting primarily of Hip Hop technique. There are no restrictions on shoes.
Ballet:
Tap: A routines consisting primarily of tap technique. Tap sounds are not allowed on tape and / or within the applicable music. Tap shoes are required.
Jazz: A routines consisting primarily of jazz technique. Jazz shoes are required.
Hip Hop: A routine consisting primarily of Hip Hop technique. There are no restrictions on shoes.
Ballet: Routines must contain ballet technique primarily using classical ballet movement and steps. The use of ballet shoes is required. Acro / gymnastic tricks are prohibited.
Pointe Ballet: Routines consisting of pointe ballet technique using classical movements and hard toe pointe shoes. Acro / Gymnastic tricks are prohibited.
Lyrical: Routines should tell a story and exhibit balance, extension, and control. Apparel is limited to lyrical shoes and / or bare feet.
Modern: Routines should be an interpretation of the music using balance, extension, and control in a contemporary style. There are no shoe restrictions.
Contemporary: Routines should interpret music using balance, extension, and control in a contemporary style. There are no shoe restrictions.
Clogging: Routines consisting of primarily clogging technique and style. Proper clogging shoes should be used.
Acro / Gymnastics: Routine must incorporate controlled gymnastics with rhythm of music, using passes, continual flow from move to move, including five (5) or more Acro / gymnastic moves. There are no restrictions on shoes. Routines with five (5) or more Acro / gymnastic moves can not be performed in any other category. Routines with four (4) or fewer Acro / Gymnastic tricks can be performed in any category.
Character: Routines that demonstrate recognizable characters with or without music.
Ethnic: Must reflect a particular ethnic style of dance. There are no restrictions on shoes. This category will have its own overall awards for its various age divisions.
Musical Theater: A routine that reflects a dramatized or musical / theatrical theme. There are no restrictions on shoes.
Open: Routines that do not fit in any of the other categories. A performer may also enter as a separate entry to avoid competing more than once in one category.
Student Dance must be choreographed by the student(s) with no help or coaching
Choreography: from the teacher. This category will be eligible for special awards if there are at least five (5) entries.
Photogenic: Black & White or color photograph submitted in a separate entry; preferably not full length. This category is divided into two (2) age groups. The first being twelve (12) years of age & under and the second being thirteen (13) years and older. This category may be entered at the door. Photos are not to be submitted with entries.
Solos (Individual Performance): Three (3) Minutes
Soloists are limited to a total of three (3) solo performances; each being in different categories.
Duets / Trios (Compete Against Each Other): Three (3) Minutes
Duet / Trio entries can not win in group categories
Small Groups (4-9 Dancers): Three (3) Minutes
Large Groups & Lines (10-19 Dancer
Solos (Individual Performance): Three (3) Minutes
Soloists are limited to a total of three (3) solo performances; each being in different categories.
Duets / Trios (Compete Against Each Other): Three (3) Minutes
Duet / Trio entries can not win in group categories
Small Groups (4-9 Dancers): Three (3) Minutes
Large Groups & Lines (10-19 Dancers): Four (4) Minutes
Productions (20 or More Dancers): Six (6) Minutes
A deduction of one (1) point will be assessed for any performance exceeding the time limit. Additional time can be purchased at a rate of $5.00 per dancer per each additional minute or partial one (1) minute interval.
Encore Talent Productions awards the following:
All tied scores will be broken by the entry with the highest score in Choreography.
