• Georgia Lorange; Photo by BWP Studios.
    Georgia Lorange; Photo by BWP Studios.
  • Elih Egan; photo by BWP Studios.
    Elih Egan; photo by BWP Studios.
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Dance Australia congratulates the winners of this year’s Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship and Robert & Elizabeth Albert Scholarship. The finals took place on Sunday night  at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in a revamped Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Gala Event. The main winners were:

Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship

1st Prize – Georgia Lorange (Tambourine Mountain Dance Academy, QLD)

2nd Prize – Tahlia Szumowski (Qld College of Dance/Promenade Dance Studio, QLD)

Tanya Pearson Memorial Award – Lila McGrath (Classical Coaching Australia, QLD)

Christine Walsh’s Ballet Conservatoire Training Award – Freya Wild (Alegria Dance Studios and L'Academie, NSW)

As first prize winner Georgia received $18,000 ($3,000 cash plus a $15,000 Scholarship).

As second prize winner Tahlia received $10,000 ($2,000 cash plus and $8,000 Scholarship.

All other Senior Finalists received $1000 each and vouchers gifted by BLOCH For Dancers.

In addition, a number of professional development opportunities were awarded by the schools and/or companies connected to the adjudicators Stanton Welch OAM, Leanne Benjamin AM, OBE, Christian Tatchev, Slava Tutukin and Lynette Wills. These were Houston Ballet Academy (HBA), Queensland Ballet/Academy (QB), Australian Ballet/School (AB) and Dortmund Ballet/School (DB). They were announced as follows:

Georgia Lorange (Tambourine Mountain Dance Academy, QLD) – HBA, QB, AB

Tahlia Szumowski (Qld College of Dance/Promenade Dance Studio, QLD) – HBA, DB

Nicholas Chan (Tanya Pearson Academy, NSW) – HBA, QB, AB

Ernesto Young (Alegria Dance Studios, NSW) – HBA, QB, AB

Charlie Carberry (Dance North Academy, NSW) – QB

Pelagia Karakontis (The Dance Spot, NSW) – QB

 

ROBERT AND ELIZABETH BALLET SCHOLARSHIP

1st Prize – Elih Egan (Stockton's Bella Ballerinas, NSW)

2nd Prize – Oscar Taggart (Alegria Dance Studios, NSW) 

As first prize winner Elih received $7000 ($1000 cash plus a $6000 Scholarship). As second prize winner Oscar received $1500.

All other junior finalists received $500 each supported by Elizabeth Albert and the late Robert Albert AO.

In addition, a number of professional development opportunities were awarded by the schools and/or companies connected to the judges. These were Houston Ballet Academy (HBA), Queensland Ballet/Academy (QB) and the Australian Ballet/School (AB). These were announced as follows

Elih Egan (Stockton's Bella Ballerinas, NSW) – HBA, AB

Oscar Taggart (Alegria Dance Studios, NSW) – HBA, AB

Leni Howlett (Kerry Moore School of Ballet, VIC) – HBA, AB

Ryan Keo (National College of Dance, NSW) – HBA, QB, AB

Scarlett Weaver (Dance North Academy, NSW) – AB, QB

Charlie Duwner (Newcastle Dance Academy, NSW) – HBA, AB

Aspen Edwards (Expressions Ballet Academy, VIC) – QB

Benjamin Groen (Papilio Atelier, Auckland, NZ) – HBA

In addition the winner of Capezio’s Most Promising Young Dancer Award for 2024 was announced as Lewis Nicholson. He received a trophy and a $1000 Capezio voucher.

– GERALDINE HIGGINSON

Look out for Geraldine Higginson's more detailed account next week.

 

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