The Alana Haines Australasian Awards were held over five days, 13-17 April in Wellington, New Zealand.
Winners took home cash prizes as well as scholarships, with the three first placing students also selected as candidates for the Youth America Grand Prix in 2018.
Congratulations to the winners of this prestigious competition!
Supreme Winners
A Group (13-15 years)
First place: Macy Cook (13), Wellington Dance & Performing Arts, NZ
Scholarship: San Francisco Ballet Theatre, YAGP 2018
Second place: Monet Galea-Hewitt (14), Phillipa Campbell School of Ballet, New Zealand
Scholarship: The Australian Ballet School
Third place: Kayla van den Bogert (15), Karen Ireland Dance Centre, Australia
Scholarship: Royal Danish Ballet School
Finalists
Meg Newton (13), Projection Dance School, Australia
Scholarship: Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier
Stella Byers (13), Mount Eden Ballet Academy, New Zealand
Scholarship: Canada's National Ballet School
Hyo Shimizu (14), The Conlan College, Australia
Scholarship: Elmhurst Ballet School UK
Noah Benzie-Drayton (14), Perth School of Ballet, Australia
Scholarship: Paris Opera Ballet School
Audience Choice Award: Hyo Shimizu (14), The Conlan College Pymble, Australia
B Group (16-18 years)
First place: Nae Kojima (16, pictured top), Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy, Australia
Scholarship: Rambert School London, YAGP 2018
Second place: Cameron Holmes (18), Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy, Australia
Scholarship: The Harid Conservatory Florida USA
Third place: Saul Newport (17), New Zealand School of Dance, New Zealand
Finalist: Abbey Lavery (16), Dance School of Distinction, Australia
Scholarship: Rosella Hightower France
Audience Choice Award: Nae Kojima (16), Amanda Bollinger Dance
Junior winners
First: Alfie Shacklock (12), The Dance Centre Peregian Springs, Australia
Scholarship: The Australian Ballet School, YAGP 2018
Second: Honey Black (12), The Conlan College, Australia,
Scholarship: Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy
Third: Macy Trethewey (12), National Capital Ballet School, Australia
Scholarship: Danielle's Studio of Dance QLD
Finalists:
Jenna Civin (12), Fusion Dance Studio, New Zealand
Scholarship: Canterbury Ballet Christchurch NZ
Sonia Woods (11), Canterbury Ballet, New Zealand
Scholarship: Auckland Academy of Dance
Juliette Gray (12), Southern Ballet and Dance Theatre, New Zealand
Scholarship: Auckland Academy of Dance
Jasmine Healey (12), Rogerson Elite Classical Training, Australia
Scholarship: Annette Roselli Dance Academy
Rylie Wilkinson (12), Mount Eden Ballet Academy, New Zealand
Scholarship: Canterbury Ballet Christchurch NZ
$150.00
Sotique Macuga (12), Classical Coaching Australia
Scholarship: The McDonald College NSW Australia
Madeleine Glassey (12), Mount Eden Ballet Academy, New Zealand
Scholarship: Chilton Ballet Academy Wgtn NZ
Brooke Wong (12)
Mount Eden Ballet Academy, New Zealand
Scholarship: New Zealand School of Dance
$150.00
Junior Audience Choice Award: Juliette Gray (12), Southern Ballet & Dance Theatre Christchurch NZ
Juniors: Semi-finalist scholarship recipients
Phoebe Kiyoto-Ward (11), Mount Eden Ballet Academy, Auckland, NZ
Scholarship: Classical Coaching Australia QLD
Isabella Ardley (11), Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy, Southport, Australia
Scholarship: Alegria School of Ballet Sydney
Kohana Williams (11), Mount Eden Ballet Academy, Auckland, New Zealand
Scholarship: Classical Coaching Australia QLD
Charlotte Enright (11), Dynamite Premiere Academy, Newport, Australia
Scholarship: Brisbane City Youth Ballet
Georgia Gradwell (11), Newcastle Dance Academy, Newcastle, Australia
Scholarship: Brisbane City Youth Ballet
Milana Gould (12), The Dance Centre, Peregian Springs, Australia
Scholarship: The Australian Ballet School
Jackson Smith-Leishman (12), Sunshine Coast Conservatory Of Dance, Australia
Scholarship: Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy
Pictured top: AHA winner Nae Kojima. Photo: AMBER GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHY.