Dansarena Hall of Fame
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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Julianna Brock, Kathryn Cree, Gemma Clark and
Connor Lee-Bourke
These Dansarena pupils have recently won places in the Scottish Ballet's Junior Associate Scheme.
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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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Claire Cairns
Winner of the 2008 "Susan Cole" Memorial Cup for Endeavour |
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Emma Simpson
Winner of the 2007 "Susan Cole" Memorial Cup for Endeavour |
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Florence Higgins
Winner of the 2006 "Susan Cole" Memorial Cup for Endeavour |
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Fiona Whittaker
Winner of the 2005 "Susan Cole" Memorial Cup for Endeavour |
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Senior Associates of Scottish Ballet
Hayley
Gee has gained a place as a
Senior Associate of Scottish Ballet.
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Vicky
Mair has also gained a place in Scottish
Ballet's Senior Associates.
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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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Ashton McTear
won a place in
Scottish Ballet's Junior Associates |
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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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Abbie Watson
Abbie from Ayr has
been an outstanding pupil at Dansarena since the age of
3.
She has just been given a full scholarship
to study dance at the Hammond School in Chester. |
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Hannah Mairi Stewart
Dancing to Success
13 year old Hannah Stewart of Ayr was ecstatic with joy when she learned that
she was to receive an award of £51.000 from The Donald Dewar Trust. Hannah
is currently studying Theatre, Dance and Drama at the famous Sylvia Young School
in London.
Hannah was a pupil at Dansarena from the age of 3 until she went for
the audition at the Sylvia Young School last year. After her acceptance, she
successfully auditioned for a part in Billy Elliott The Musical. It was here
that the Dewar Trustees saw Hannah and decided she was worthy of financial support
to further her theatrical career.
More about Hannah >
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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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Jill Rennie
Daughter of Dansarena Directors Margo and Frank Rennie
One of Dansarena's first pupils, Jill has danced professionally all over
the world as a dancer and choreographer for the Fred Olson Shipping Line.She now teaches dance and fitness classes in Norway. |
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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