It would be helpful if the search feature would take into account given name, preferred name, and last name when returning results. If I'm registering multiple dancers from the same family, the last name field would be most helpful, but if I'm looking for a single dancer, their prefered name is how I think of them.
I would add that the search engine does not always work the same for every name. Some students I can type in their full name and the account shows up. For others I can only search based on either first or last name and have to go down the list of all students with the same one.