Join the GMZ Company!

At Gina Marie’z Academy of Performing Arts (GMZ), we believe that dance is more than just movement. It is an art form that inspires confidence, creativity, discipline and personal growth.

Our studio is dedicated to providing dancers with meaningful performance and competition opportunities that challenge them artistically while building teamwork, resilience and lifelong memories. Through community performances, annual recitals and competitive dance experiences, our dancers learn the value of commitment, integrity and self-expression both on and off the stage.

We take pride in creating age-appropriate, professional, and inspiring experiences that allow dancers to share their passion with the community, develop strong technical foundations and experience the joy of performing!

At GMZ, we are not simply teaching dance steps, we are cultivating artists, building confidence and creating opportunities for every dancer to shine their brightest.

Audition Day Schedule!
  • Dancers may arrive 10 minutes early to warm up in an open studio prior to auditioning. Please bring all dance shoes!

  • Dancers may arrive 10 minutes early to warm up in an open studio prior to auditioning. Please bring all dance shoes!

  • Dancers may arrive 10 minutes early to warm up in an open studio prior to auditioning. Please bring all dance shoes!

  • Dancers may arrive 10 minutes early to warm up in an open studio prior to auditioning. Please bring all dance shoes!

  • Send a text to 845-254-2990 or email ginamariez@optimum.net to let us know you can’t make it on audition day. We’ll find another time to meet you and schedule your audition.

PERFORMANCE

Dancers Against Cancer event locally where multiple dance studios came together to put on a show and raise funds for cancer research!

COMPETITION

More than just competing. Our dancers attend 2+ competitions each season where they get feedback from the judges to improve their craft, as well as the chance to earn special awards and scholarships.

COMMUNITY

We attend multiple events within our local community each season as well as perform at local malls, nursing homes, outdoor events and parades!

  • - Ashley G.

    We have never been part of a team that truly feels like family the way GMZ does. From day one, we were welcomed with open arms, and it didn’t take long to realize this was something special.

    Watching the older girls take the younger dancers under their wing has been one of the most beautiful parts of this journey. The teenage girls aren’t just role models, they are mentors, encouragers, and big sisters. They lead with kindness, patience, and love, and it shows in the way the little ones look up to them.

    This team has brought out a level of confidence in my daughter that I have never seen before. Everywhere you turn, someone is rooting for her, hyping her up, and reminding her of how capable and talented she is. She feels supported, valued, and celebrated. Not just for how she dances, but for who she is.

    We are so incredibly grateful to be part of something that feels like more than just dance. It’s family.

  • - Amanda B.

    "GMZ Company has created a family you can grow with 💜"

  • - Violet P.

    “Words cannot express how thankful i am for being apart of this dance studio. When joining a studio you want to feel as welcomed, belonging and apart of a collective. Here you get that! Being with GMZ has even given me a push at my older age to consider getting back on to the dance floor myself and into the adult classes to relive my childhood memories! If you want a space that feels like a village GMZ is the place to go!”

  • - Stephanie S.

    “GMZ Dance Company to me is much more than a competitive dance team. Its a safe place, It’s a second home, It’s a family, it’s a group of supportive people who want your child to shine just as much as they want their own children to shine. It’s sisterhood, It’s when your child’s friends moms turn into your best friends, it’s lots of happy tears and beaming pride and when some of the most talented girls now also see you as a motherly figure.”

  • Amanda M.

    “My reason why....GMZ is not just any dance studio, its a safe place to call your second home! A place where dance friends become some of your best friends and sisters. A place where that stranger sitting on the bench next to you becomes your best friend, the one you know you can count on to make sure your dancer gets where she needs to be and is always there to help put that last eye lash on at 7am cause you forgot. Its a place where midnight phone calls about your check lists of what to pack for the next comp, become so routine you dont even think twice about picking up the phone. Where you dancer goes sometimes 5 days a week for 3 or more hours a day even though they might be tired or not feeling like dancing at that moment, but when they walk in the door to the "hello, how are you?" From those sitting at the front desk and those smiles of the other dancers running down the hallway yelling their name, all their unwant turns into something fun.”

We hope to see you on Friday, June 12th for Auditions for our 26-27 Company and 17th Annual Season here at GMZ!

If you plan to attend, please complete our Audition Form below and bring it with you on Audition Day!

You should also sign up on our Parent Portal to reserve your age appropriate audition slot.

  • Click “Register for Classes”

  • Click on the “Auditions” tab

  • Select the age appropriate audition to reserve your slot in!

    If you have any questions, please fill out our contact form or text 845-254-2990 for more information.

Audition Day is right around the corner!