Dansarena Hall of Fame
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Pictured are the winners
of the Festival4Stars final for DOUS/TRIOS which took place
in Scarborough in September 2009.
Front -- LAUREN RENNIE
Middle -- ASHTON MCTEAR
Back -- LAUREN KERR
CHOREOGRAPHER
Dansarena Tap and Modern Theatre Teacher
HEATHER
RENNIE A.I.S.T.D.
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The students
who auditioned successfully for this year's panto at the
Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
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L to R - Charlotte Mitchell, Taylor Gibson, Caitlin Rennie,
Ashton McTear, Laurin Rennie, Rebekah Loy (front), Jodie
Chan and Jennifer
Gilmour
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Charlie
Fisher, Lauren Rennie and Caitlin Rennie
(kneeling ) were selected from over 300 hopefuls for this Year's panto
in the King's Theatre, Glasgow.
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2009 Junior Associates of Scottish Ballet
L to R - Rebecca Lynch, Jodie Chan, Emma Jarvie, Ciara
Jackson and Ryan Graham.
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Winners of
places in Scottish Ballet's Mid Associates programme for
2009.
L to R--- Lauren Kerr, Elizabeth Robertson and Cara Gilbert..
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Winners have gained
places in the Senior Associate programme of Scottish Ballet.
L to R -- Hope McMillan, Kim Cassidy and Kelly Gilbert
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Jill McCreadie, winner
of the 2009
Susan Cole Memorial cup for Endeavour.
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Jill Rennie
Jill started dancing age 3, at the old premises
in Adamton Road, Prestwick. In 1979 age 11, she gained a
scholarship to ”Scottish Ballet” in Glasgow,
where she studied for 3 years.
Succsessfully auditioning for ”Bush Davies School of Performing
Arts” in 1982, Jill uprooted and moved to East Grinstead in West
Sussex, where she studied intensivly for the next 5 years, gaining many
RAD & ISTD dancing & teaching certificates in ballet, modern,
tap, national, drama & singing.
Over the next 20 years, Jill worked as a professional dancer all over
the world. Dancing in Opera, Musicals, Pantomimes, Cabaret, T.V. & Cruise
Ships, in a Dance Captain/ Choreographer position, producing shows.
Jill has now retired from her professional dance career, but still remains
very much involved in the teaching side of dance. She now lives and works
in Norway.
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June
Skinner became a pupil of the Karen Mitchell School
when she was 5 years old. She excelled in
all her R.A.D. Ballet examinations and successfully
auditioned
for Scottish Ballet Scholarship
classes when she was 18 and graduated to the Company
when she was 21.
June danced with Scottish Ballet for 9 years travelling
to many countries throughout Europe.
She also had the opportunity to dance in America and
Australia. One of the highlights of her career was when
Rudolph Nureyev danced with the Company in La Sylphide.
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The three Advanced Students who recently shared the
£2,250.00 prize awarded by Karen Mitchell for the James Mitchell Scholarship
for Dansarena pupils.
The winners were L to R
Alison Reid, Rachael Bradbury
and Laura Ferguson
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Pictured are the latest winners
of places in
'Junior Associates
of Scottish Ballet'
From L to R:
Lauren Rennie, Joanna Hart,
Charlie Fisher, Erin Telford,
Nicole Bryden, Niamh Gormley (Lauren Kerr, not in picture)
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Pictured
is 11 year old Nicole Bryden who won the Junior Awards
Trophy for Grade 4 in the recent competition held by the
R.A.D. Scottish Region at Edinburgh's Dance Base.
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Ashton McTear
Eleven year old Ashton McTear
was the winner of the Grade 4/5 section of the Scottish Junior
Awards of the R.A.D. for Classical Ballet students at the Annual Competition held in October 2007. |
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Joanne Carswell has won a
fully
funded place at
Laine Theatre Arts in London
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Meghan Reilly has gained a
fully funded place at
London
Studio Centre.
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Stephanie Boa has gained a place
in
4th Year at the
Dance School of Scotland
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Former Dansarena
pupil Laura Jane Gibson has just secured a contract to
dance professionally with the Birmingham
Royal Ballet Company.
Laura Jane began dancing at Dansarena at the age of 3 and passed all
her dance examinations with Honours and Distinction.
Her final three years of training were done at Elmhurst Ballet School outside
Birmingham.
Laura Jane has been chosen to dance in the Ballet Paquita and will also appear
in Daphne and Chloe with BRB. |
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Vicky Riddoch
Vicky is now in the 3rd and final year of her
Dance Degree course at The London Studio Centre.
Vicky came
top of her year in her recent Contemporary Exam. |
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April McMillan
April is now half way through her third and final year of Professional Dance training at BODYWORK in Cambridge.
She has an excellent student record and has performed in the cast of Snow White in Dubai.
April is now also a fully qualified aerobics instructor. |
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Scott Gillies
Scott is currently living in the States where he is Resident Director of 12 Irish Tenors and also dancing in Spirit Of The Dance as Lead boy and Company Manager.
The past 5 years he has been Dance Captain or Company Manager for the touring productions. He also assisted in choreographing the show Dancing Queen which toured the UK including The Kings in Glasgow.
The highlight of his career was dancing in Michael Jacksons charity concert 'Michael Jackson And Friends' in front of 100,00 people in the Olympic Stadiums of Seoul, South Korea and Munich, Germany with Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Luther Vandross and Lionel Ritchie.
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Former Dansarena Pupil Kathryn
Tuckerman from Prestwick has just graduated from the Central
School of Ballet in London and has been touring with the
British Gas Company.
Having
gained Honours for all her R.A.D. Graded Ballet and I.S.T.D. Graded
Tap and Modern Theatre Examinations, Kathryn went on to excel in
her Major Examinations before auditioning
successfully for the Central School of Ballet in London. |
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Having completed her 2 years
of Vocational Professional training at this highly prestigious
school, Kathryn now has
the opportunity to go on tour with the School's Company
to 24 venues all over Britain.
Kathryn recently opened the
Central
School's performance at the Wembly Arena with a Pas De
Deux, choreographed for her and her dance partner.
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Pupils are encouraged to audition each year for the Scottish Ballet's Junior and Senior Associate Dance Training scheme in Glasgow. Many candidates have been successful in gaining places and have benefited enormously from the extra tuition these classes provide.
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9 Fort Street, Ayr, Scotland KA7 1HU
(next to Ayr Academy)
Tel: 01292 287967
www.dansarena.com
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