Born&Raised Academy

🥳 BORN & RAISED ACADEMY FUNDRAISER 🥳
💃🕺 LOTTO BALL FUNDRAISER 🕺💃(Drawn by the actual Lotto on TV)

Help support Born & Raised Academy as our crews Rival, Reborn + our duos and soloists head to Christchurch this weekend for Shakedown Dance Competition! 🔥

We’re raising funds to help cover some of the transport costs for our coaches travelling to Christchurch to support our dancers throughout the competition. 🚌💃

🎟️ 40 numbers available
💰 $20 per number
🏆 Winner – $200
📅 Drawn this Saturday

The winning number will be determined by the Bonus Ball drawn on New Zealand Lotto this Saturday at 8pm. 🥳

💰 All payments need to be paid into the account by this Friday 4th September
🏦 Account name: A K Belk
🏦 Account number:
11 7426 0060897 31

Please use your name as the reference.
❤️ Donations are also very welcome!
Every number purchased helps contribute towards the transport costs of our coaches, allowing them to make the trip to Christchurch and be there to support our dancers on competition day. We really appreciate your support! 🫶

Thanks so much for supporting Born & Raised Academy! ❤️
Numbers are in the comments 👇

Term 3 starts today!! Fees are due now. See you all soon 🤩✨

Term 2 wraps up next Friday 3rd of July before a 2 week break for school holidays!

Enjoy your last week of Term 2 and we hope to see you back in the studio for Term 3 starting Monday 20th July 🪩⭐️

Hip Hop Unite 2026 ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

A big thank you to Gemma and the team at for another year of this great event!

We are so proud of all our dancers who took the stage and represented Born & Raised with so much passion, hard work and energy 🕺🔥

FINAL RESULTS ⬇️

✨Reborn — 2nd Place Junior Future Champions 🏆
✨Paradox — 4th Place Junior Worlds Section + qualified for Hip Hop Unite worlds selection 🌎

And a huge congratulations to all of our incredible dancers in Rival, Reversed, Inlaws, Unite and Charge who performed over the weekend. We couldn’t be prouder and loved watching everyone bring their best to the stage 👏

To our parents, families and supporters THANK YOU for everything you do in helping us and our dancers especially over the weekend!

Until next time team! 👀🪩✈️

🪩 ENROL NOW FOR TERM 2 HIP HOP CLASSES 🪩

We’re welcoming new and returning students for an exciting Term 2!

✨ Hip Hop classes for different ages & skill levels
✨ Fun, supportive, high-energy environment
✨ Build confidence, skills & stage presence

⬇️ Enrol now to secure your spot ⬇️

📲 Head to the link in our bio to fill out your registration form and enrol
📧 Questions/enquiries? Email us: [email protected]

Our tutors are looking forward to seeing you all in the studio for another amazing term! 🤩🧡

HHI NZ Ready !!! ✅🔥

Paradox have completed their stage runs this morning and are getting ready to compete tonight, we can’t wait for them to take the stage … 🤩🖤🩷

Classes are on tomorrow 3rd of April Good Friday! This is our last day of classes for term 1 which means…

Dancers may also bring a friend to class for FREE! 🤩🧑🏼‍🐰‍🧑🏻

This is a great opportunity for your friends who would like to trial our classes at Born&Raised, simply bring them along with you tomorrow for a free trial and some extra fun.

Happy Easter everyone! 😁🐰🍫

First competition for 2026 done and dusted!

What an amazing weekend we had at Impact Dance Experience 🩷❤️💚

PARADOX - 1st Senior Hip Hop Troupe 🥇+ Highest Scoring Troupe Overall 🏆
REBORN - 2nd Intermediate Hip Hop Troupe 🥈
RIVAL - 3rd Junior Hip Hop Troupe 🥉

UNITE - 1st Junior Hip Hop Duo 🥇
REVERSED - 2nd Senior Hip Hop Duo 🥈

EVERLY - 2nd Junior Solo 🥈
LEVANI - 2nd Intermediate Solo 🥈

Congratulations to all of our duos and soloists who competed in the weekend, you should all be so proud of yourselves ❤️‍🔥

We were so fortunate to have Sarena from O2B Healthy join us yesterday to speak with our senior dancers about the importance of nutrition, recovery, and fuelling their bodies.

Our dancers gained valuable knowledge that they can carry forward towards their training and everyday lifestyle.

A huge thank you to Sarena and the team at O2B Healthy Nelson for sharing your time and expertise with us 😁🤍🌱

Our Hip Hop classes for 2026 officially kick off TOMORROW! 😁🪩🔥

It’s not too late to sign up and join us for an exciting term! Send us an email to enrol - we look forward to hearing from you 😁⬇️

📧 [email protected]