Dance performance alumna Kelly Vitacca won the bronze metal (called the Bronze Leo) at the Jazz Dance World Congress 2001 Choreography Competition. Kelly graduated in May 2001 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts - Dance degree.

Last year, dance performance graduate (BPA-Dance 2000) Rick Twombley's choreography won the silver metal (called the Silver Leo) at the Jazz Dance World Congress, so this is the second year in a row in which an OCU dance alumn has placed in one of the top three positions!

The competition includes works by choreographers from around the world. Winning a bronze, silver, or gold metal immediately establishes a choreographer in the international jazz dance community as artist of significant promise.

The awards are sponsored by Leo's Dancewear, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois.