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Here Are the Winners of the 2025 NDA College Nationals

Over the weekend, college dance teams from around the country gathered in Daytona, FL, to attend the National Dance Association’s 2025 College National Championships. And this year, for the first time, division winners competed in a showdown for the title of Grand Champion in each style.

Teams competed in five divisions (1, 1A, II, III, and Junior College) and four dance categories (Team Performance, Jazz, Pom, and Hip Hop). Here are the dance results:

Grand Champions

Team Performance
Sam Houston State University

Jazz
Weber State University

Pom
Iowa State University

Hip Hop
Alma College

Division 1

Team Performance
1. Northeastern University
2. Idaho State University
3. Eastern Kentucky University

Jazz
1. Weber State University
2. Merrimack College
3. Stephen F. Austin State University

Pom
1. Stephen F. Austin State University
2. Elon University
3. California Baptist University

Hip Hop

1. Weber State University
2. Elon University
3. Sacred Heart University

Division 1A

Team Performance
1. Sam Houston State University
2. Iowa State University
3. University of South Florida

Jazz

1. Boise State University
2. Sam Houston State University
3. West Virginia University

Pom
1. Iowa State University
2. Miami University, Oxford
3. University of South Florida

Hip Hop
1. Boise State University
2. University of Louisville
3. The Ohio State Club Dance Team

Division II

Team Performance
1. Davenport University
2. Texas A&M International University
3. Gannon University

Jazz
1. Davenport University
2. Northwest Missouri State University
3. Lindenwood University

Pom
1. Northwest Missouri State University
2. Oklahoma Baptist University
3. Texas Woman’s University

Hip Hop
1. Valdosta State University
2. Lindenwood University
3. Gannon University

Division III

Team Performance
1. Montclair State University
2. University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
3. University of Texas at Dallas

Jazz
1. Alma College
2. University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
3. Montclair State University

Pom
1. University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
2. Central College
3. RPI

Hip Hop
1. Alma College
2. RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
3. New York University

Junior College

Team Performance
1. McLennan Community College
2. Blinn College
3. Riverside City College

Jazz
1. McLennan Community College
2. Utah State University Eastern
3. Riverside City College

Pom
1. Blinn College
2. Iowa Central Community College
3. Barton Community College

Hip Hop
1. Odessa College
2. Utah State University Eastern
3. Mt. San Antonio College

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Tapas Das: Tapas Das, a young entrepreneur of our times started TWIST N TURNS in 2005. A person who is kind, generous, creative and down to earth wanted to start his own one of a kind dance academy. According to him, Dance is a language of movements that involves space, time and the human body. He was born and grew up in Kolkata, the cultural hub of India. Being appreciated in the field of dance all his life, he is extremely talented. He has been dancing since the age of four. Once he finished his high school, he learned jazz/modern and contemporary dance. His horizons were broadened even more when he started dancing Bollywood with Beat Busters for 4 years, which then was the most upcoming dance crew in Kolkata. After that exposure, he studied how to be a dance teacher, which later started helping him impart his knowledge about dance. Thus, in 2005, with the help of family and friends, he started TWIST N TURNS. Starting with a mere number of 40 students, today TWIST N TURNS currently has over 500 students. Over the time Tapas has taught and performed all over the country. He has performed in cities such as Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Jhansi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Udaipur etc. He has been an active participant in the Salsa India Congress in the cities of Bangalore and Bombay, and he has also visited various International Salsa Congresses in Europe, namely in Berlin ,Singapore, Hong Kong,Dubai. He is been also trained recently at Broadway Dance Center (New York), Alvin Alley (New York) and Steps on Broadway (New York). He is not only a dancer or teacher. He is a successful choreographer and has coordinated various shows without difficulty in our country. His leadership skills are exceptional, thus he is where he stands today. His aim in life would be to become a dance educator. He wants to share his tremendous knowledge in the right way to the right people. He is also, simultaneously running other brands like Zumba Kolkata, Bollywood Studio ArtistWala.com and India International Dance Institute.