Bio: Roman, Olivia - Earns Trip to NYC to Dance Camp (2022)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Roman, Rohde

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/30/2022

Roman Earns Trip to NYC Dance Camp (- 2022)



Olivia Roman of Neillsville earned two Diamond awards and the Spotlight Specialty Award: Best Entertainment Award at the recent Spotlight Dance Cup in Green Bay. Submitted photo

Olivia Roman’s performance at a recent dance competition impressed the judges enough that she earned an education dance experience in New York City this summer.

Roman, who is from Neillsville, competed in the junior division of the Spotlight Dance Cup in Green Bay Feb. 26. She performed two routines and earned a Diamond on both, which is the highest adjudicated award possible.

Her hip-hop routine to “Poor Unfortunate Souls” placed first overall in her division. Her conga routine received the Spotlight Specialty Award: Best Entertainment Award out of all the petite and junior division solo and duet/trio entries.

“This was an amazing accomplishment considering there were 35 entries for this age group,” said Roman’s dance teacher Holly Rohde of Uplifting Movement and Fitness (UMF) in Loyal.

This achievement was what earned Roman the invitation to attend the dance camp.

Also, participating in the competition was Aliya from Vesper who also attends UMF. She placed second place overall in the junior division as a soloist with her lyrical ballet routine. Besides UMF, 10 other dance studios from Wisconsin and Michigan participated.

Rohde choreographed Roman’s routines. Roman has been working on the routines since September.