In the 2009 Auditions for the Australian Ballet Schools Interstate Junior Associate Programme we had 4 students offered spots commencing in 2010 with 3 all coming from the one class.
This saw Isabella Di Lucia, Emily Gomersall and Mariah Heley-Wright all being offered a position in Level 1
Sara Andrlon being offered a spot in Level 2.
These 4 students join our current 3 students already in this prestigious programme.
Finola Xie was promoted mid year last year from Level 1 to Level 3 in the Australian Ballet Schools Interstate Junior Associate Programme, where she joined fellow class mates Kahlia De Matos and Mitchell Hughes.
This gives us an exceptional 7 students in 2010 in the Australian Ballet Schools Interstate Junior Associate Programme.
Sara Andrlon
Sara had a very exciting year. She auditioned for the Australian Ballet School and was accepted straight into Level 2 (bypassing Level 1) for 2010.
Sara had never competed in any competitions until this year, when she went straight into the prestigious SODA Classical Scholarship (Society of Dance Arts) in their 12/u age group. Sara made it through to the Semi Final, making to this level is exceptional especially when Sara is only 11 years old and therefore still has another year in this prestigious scholarship.
Keep up the great work and good luck for 2010!
Isabella Di Lucia
Isabella Di Lucia had a very successful 2009. As well as being accepted into the Australian Ballet Schools Interstate Junior Associate Programme with her fellow class mates Emily and Mariah, she has had many other achievements in 2009 as follows:
- Will be performing with the Australian Ballet Company in their 2010 production of the Silver Rose. Great Work Isabella and Good Luck
- winning many solo competitions with her classical and demi-character
- being awarded Highly Commended in the 9/u Classical Ballet at the prestigious McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge
- one of the 7 students at Rogerson Dance Studios who achieved a mark for her RAD ballet exam well above 90%
- one of the 15 students at Rogerson Dance Studios who received a Gold award for her Glenn Wood Tap Exam (this is a score of 98% or above)
These are great results! Well done!
Kahlia De Matos
Kahlia had a lovely year in 2009, with a lot of memorable experiences and successes. In 2009 Kahlia:
- Performed with the Australian Ballet Company in their production of the Nutcracker
- Participated in Level 3 at the Australian Ballet School Interstate Junior Associate Programme
- Finalist in 13/u Contemporary at McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge
- Placed Highly Commended in 13/u Modern at McDonalds Performing Arts Challenge
- received one of the 14 Gold Awards achieve by students at Rogerson Dance Studios in their Glenn Wood Tap Exams (this is a mark of 98% or over)
- won many competitions with all her solo routines.
What a great year! Keep up the hard work!
Good luck in the Intermediate level of the Isabella Anderson Awards at the start of 2009.
Emily Gomersall
Emily Gomersall had a very successful 2009. As well as being accepted into the Australian Ballet Schools Interstate Junior Associate Programme with her fellow class mates Isabella and Mariah, she has had many other achievements in 2009 as follows:
- being awarded 1st place in the 9/u Classical Ballet at the prestigious McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge
- being placed Highly Commended in the 9/u Demi-Character at the prestigious McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge
- winning many solo competitions with her classical and demi-character
- one of the 7 students at Rogerson Dance Studios who achieved a mark for her RAD ballet exam well above 90%
These are great results! Well done!
Finola Xie
2009 proved to be a very successful year for Finola, as she:
- was a Finalist in the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance’s Intermediate Foundation Isabell Anderson Awards
- Was promoted mid year from Level 1 to Level 3 with the Australian Ballet School in their Interstate Junior Associate Programme
- won many competitions with her classical solo.
Great work Finola we are sure you will have great success as well in 2010!
Mitchell Hughes
Mitchell had another year full of great success. In 2009 Mitchell had the fllowing achievements:
- Performed with the Australian Ballet Company in their production of Nutcracker
- Performed with the Australian Ballet Company in their production of Sleeping Beauty
- was one of the 14 students to achieve a prestigious Gold Award (a mark of 98% or over) in his Glenn Wood Tap Exam
2010 will see Mitchell participate in Level 3 at the Australian Ballet School in their Interstate Junior Associate Programme. Keep up the good work Mitch!
Mariah Heley-Wright
2009 saw the start of what will be a very successful time in dance for Mariah. Mariah auditioned for the Australian Ballet School Interstate Associate Programme with fellow class mates Emily and Isabella and was accepted into Level 1 of the programme with them in 2010.
2010 will also see Mariah take her first steps into dancing competitions. We wish her well with this and we are confident she will have a lot of success!