Special congratulations and mention goes to Megan Hilder. Her outstanding achievements in 2010 are as follows:
- Promoted to Level 2 at the Australian Ballet School in the Interstate Training Programme. This will be Megan’s 3rd year in the Interstate Training Programme.
- Equal Winner Cecchetti Grade 4 Ballet Scholarship
- Megan was selected by NSW Cecchetti Ballet Examiners to reveive the prestigious William Carse Memorial Scholarship.
- Megan has also been selected to perform with The Australian Ballet during the Sydney season of Peter Wright’s Nutcracker. You can look out for her performing with the Company during their November-December season 2010.
Ballet exam results were fantastic again this year, with all students from Pre-Primary to Grade 3 receiving honours and a mark of 90 or above. 7 students received a mark of 100 for their exam! Well done!
Two former students, Bonny Barker and Alexandra Utz have graduated with a Certificate IV in Performing Arts after completing 2010 full time at ED5 International.
Niyati Chaukra has been accepted into the full time dance course at Brent Street Performing Arts in 2011.
Former student Amy Coggiola was accepted by audition into Youth Contemporary Company YouMove in 2010.
Congratulations to all the Eisteddfod groups and soloists who performed this year. Our wonderful results are as follows:
Groups
Senior Modern Troupe (Iris) – 1 x 1st Place, 1 x 3rd Place
Junior Ballet Troupe – 2 x 1st Places, 1 x 2nd Place
Junior Modern Troupe (A New Day) – 1 x 1st Place, 1 x 2nd Place, 1 x 3rd Place, 1 x HC
Junior Jazz Troupe (This Is Your Night) – 2 x Highly Commended
Senior Contemporary Troupe (Wicked) – 4 x Highly Commended
Senior Jazz Troupe (Bad Romance) – 1 x 4th Place
10/u Classical Trio – 1 x 1st Place
10/u Demi Character Trio – 2 x 1st Places, 1 x 3rd Place
Solos
Megan Hilder – Modern Solo – 3 x 1st Places, 2 x 3rd Places, 1 x Highly Commended
Megan Hilder – Demi Character Solo – 1 x 2nd Place, 1 x 3rd Place, 1 x Highly Commended
Megan Hilder – Classical Solo – 1 x 1st Place, 4 x Highly Commended
Amy Lim – Classical Solo – 1 x 1st Place, 1 x Highly Commended
Amy Lim – Demi Character Solo – 2 x 1st Places, 1 x 3rd Place
Amy Lim – Modern Solo – 1 x 1st Place, 1 x 2nd Place, 1 x Highly Commended
Diana McDiarmid – Classical Solo – 2 x 1st Places
Diana McDiarmid – Demi Character Solo – 1 x 1st Place, 1 x Highly Commended