Over one big weekend (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March) 78 young dancers competed in the finals of the Joan & Monica Halliday and Isobel Anderson Awards. They were selected from a record number of entries this year, with over 500 candidates entering from across NSW – and the event took place at the Seymour Centre’s Everest Theatre. Adjudicating the awards on behalf of the RAD were Susan Hill for the Joan & Monica Halliday Awards, and Brooke Cassen (Lockett) for the Isobel Anderson Awards.
Congratulations to all the winners and participants.
Below is a summary of the results.
Joan & Monica Halliday Award Winners:
Grade 3 Winner: Annalyse Macgonigal - JWDA
Grade 3 Runner Up: Lucy Miller – L’Academie
Grade 3 Encouragement Award: Liam Forsyth - Sonja Dene Dance Studios
Grade 4 Winner: Milania Franklin - The Dance Spot (Milania Franklin sat her Grade 4 Exam with The Ballet Class)
Grade 4 Runner Up: Wahta Handy - Studi-O Dance
Grade 4 Encouragement: Jada Mostyn - Studi-O Dance
Grade 5 Winner: Florence Hanks Ruttyn - The Conlan College
Grade 5 Runner Up: Ruby Bernadine - The Academy
Grade 5 Encouragement Award: Elih Egan - Stockton’s Bella Ballerina’s
Commissioned Choreography Award: Macey Moore - Ballet Classique
Joan & Monica Halliday Award for Most Outstanding Dancer: Alexandra Pupovac - Robyn Kirkland School of Ballet
Pictured: Finalists and Winners of the Joan & Monica Halliday Awards (Photo credit: Winkipop Media)
Isobel Anderson Award Winners:
Intermediate Foundation Winner: Scarlett Weaver – Dance North
Intermediate Foundation Runner up: Ivy Maughan – Ablaze Dance Academy
Intermediate Foundation Encouragement: Madeleine Konstantakos – The McDonald College
Intermediate Winner: Ava Micallef – The McDonald College
Intermediate Runner Up: Bonni Bolam – TJS Dance Academy
Intermediate Encouragement: Kate Connelly – Tanya Pearson Academy
Advanced Foundation Winner: Freya Wild – L’Academe
Advanced Foundation Runner Up: Dante Minassian – Redlands Ballet & Dance Academy
Advanced Foundation Encouragement: Charlize Portes-Green – The McDonald College
Advanced 1 winner: Pelagia Karakontis – The Dance Spot
Advanced 1 Runner up: Henry Burgess – The McDonald College
Advanced 1 Encouragement: Charlie Carberry – The McDonald College
Commissioned Choreography Award– Aurelia Beal-Attwood
Isobel Anderson Awards Most Outstanding Dancer: Oriel Santoso – The McDonald College
Pictured: Winners of the Isobel Anderson Awards (Photo credit: Winkipop Media)