Junior Ballet Cup – Primary Ballet

This is an award for the youngest members of our school. The award is given to the child who shows promising technique and most importantly enjoyment in class.

Commendations are awarded to:  # 1  Edward Wells

    # 2 Mabel Wylie

The Runner up is:  Emmy Felce                 

The Winner is: Karlie To

 

Lower Grades 1 & 2 Ballet Cup

This year’s Lower Grades Ballet Award is given to the student that has shown great enthusiasm within the class and shows a high level in understanding of the technique required.

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1 Betsy Moffett
	# 2 Molly Sutcliffe
The Runner up is:	Molly Murray

The Winner is: Aliya Zubairi

 

Middle Grades 3 & 4 Ballet Cup

This year’s Middle Grades Ballet Award is given to the child that has shown maturity within the class and shows extraordinary promise in their technique.

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1  Hollie Fisher
	# 2 Beatrice Oakes
The Runner up is:	Grace Lambert

The Winner is:      Alexia Shadwell

 

Higher Grades 5 & 6 Ballet Cup

This award is given to the child that is showing promise and working hard at this level.

Commendations are awarded to	# 1 Lily-Mai Wells
	# 2 Imogen Clarke
The Runner up is:	Tilly Rose Wylie

The Winner is: Holly Lambert

 

Senior Ballet Cup

This award is given to a student that is promising at Senior level in Classical Ballet

Commendations are awarded to	# 1 Libby Hull
	# 2 Bryony Davies
The Runner up is:	Georgie Hames

The Winner is: Brooke Elsley

Hartley Junior Modern Award

The Ben Hartley Modern Award is named after one of Miss Simmons 1^st students, who graduated from the school and is now dancing and choreographing on Broadway, Ben was formally in Adventure in Motion Pictures, English National Ballet and Fosse. As well as Fiddler on the Roof and Chitty, Chitty, Bang Bang.

The award is given to a child who has worked hard and shown great commitment.

Commendations are awarded to	# 1 Amelia Tolley
	# 2 Ayrton Rushbrook
The Runner up is:	Georgia Wheatley

The Winner is: Chloe Heard

 

Hartley Senior Modern Award

This year’s award has been given to students who have shown the most improvement in their style, technique and performance.

 

Commendations are awarded to	# 1 Isabelle Geraghty
	# 2 Georgie Hames
The Runners up are	Maddie Warburton

The Winner is:  Lily Hewitt

 

Kirwan Award for Junior Tap

This award was donated by Maureen Kirwan (Miss Tracey’s Mum), she wanted the award to be given to a child who shows great understanding, knowledge and enthusiasm within the class

Commendations are awarded to	# 1 Emily Longstaff
	# 2 Morgan Davidson
The Runner ups are:	Scarlett Gould Price

The Winner is: Grace Caddick

 

Kirwan Award for Senior Tap

This year’s award is given to a student, who is dedicated and committed to the genre and has shown great improvement through-out this year.

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1 Anwen Pritchard
	# 2 Evie Edgington
The Runner up is:	Elspeth Bluck

The Winner is:  Mia Rogers

 

Kirwan Award for Technical Achievement

This award is given to a student who has shown great progression in their Tap over the past 12 months, growing in both confidence and technical accuracy.  The student is a fantastic hard worker and has shown a great understanding of the tap technique.

 

This year’s award goes to: Jessica Mooney

 

Kath and Paul Bland Award

Kath and Paul Bland have been long-time supporters of the school and wish for this award to be given to those students that work well in a team, support one another, and show real dedication to the commercial style.

There will be 4 individual commendations awarded this year and 1 overall winning crew.

 

Commendations are awarded to:	Emily Bacon
	Lola Parrington
	Lily-Mai Wells
	Sophie Prince

 

The Winning Crew is: Dynamix Crew

We ask all members of Dynamix Crew to come to the stage.

 

Gillian Hurst Award for Spanish

This award is given to a student who has shown tenacity, great effort and improvement.

 

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1 Emmeline Oberg
	# 2 Anais Oliver-Barton
The Runner up is:	Sophie Prince

 

The Winner is:  Clara Cummings

Kate Simmons Dance Award for Theatre Studies

This award is given to a student who has shown passion, a great understanding of artistic style and dedication.

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1 Florence Oakes
	# 2 Olivia Burrows
The Runner up is:	Olivia Culbert Junco

 

The Winner is:  Sydney Cadence Duncan

 

Nicola Joy Junior Performance Award

This year the winner was chosen on performance & production skills and for their sheer enjoyment of class work during the year, this pupil is very hard working, always gives 100% and has a natural ability for entertaining their audience. 

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1 Emilia Totton
	# 2 Abigail Towers
The Runner up is:	Elise Hampson

 

The Winners is: Morgan Davidson

 

McDonald Smith Senior Performance Award

This award is given to the student showing maturity within their performance during the production weekend.

 

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1 Joanna Priotrowska
	# 2 Kara-Lily Rennett
The Runner up is:	Adam Pritchard

The Winner is: Ruby Webster

 

Bridson Awarded for Most Improved

This award was donated by the Bridson family; Julie Bridson wanted to give an award for the most improved student in Ballet.

Commendations are awarded to:	# 1 Angela Oikonomopoulou
	# 2   Isabella Sutcliffe
The Runners up are:	Dannii-Mae Bearpark

 

The Winner is:  Toby Longstaff

 

David Loftus Memorial Scholarship

 

This scholarship is given by Miss Simmons. David Loftus was a former pianist of the school– this is a full year’s scholarship for the tuition of Ballet Classes in the Junior Programme and is awarded on Performance, Merit and Enjoyment.

 

The Award this year is given to:  Jaya Neill

 

Sheila Fitz-Simon Award for Technical Merit in Classical Ballet

 

This award is given on behalf of Kate’s Mother for Technical Achievement in Classical Ballet. The student this award is going to has shown great promise in their classical dancing.

 

 

The Runner Up is: Nelly Wilde

 

The Winner is: Amelia Frackowiak  

 

 

Kate Simmons Award – Best All-rounder

 

This award is given to the best all-rounder and versatile dancer. This student shows great technical skills in all dance genres, and is truly committed to their art.

 

The Winner is: Amber Ford

 

Senior Programme Awards

 

1   Allegrodance Award   

Caitlin Brennan

2   Alison Ayin Allegrodance Performance Award

Natasha Gray

3   Kirwan Award for the Most Promising in Tap 

Niamh McQuade

4   Contemporary Dance Award for Most Promising Student

Ines Gameiro

5   Jazz Award for Artistic Style

Jem Cox

6    Most Promising Teacher Award

Hayley Paige Milligan

7   Classical Ballet Award for the most promising studen

Tamlyn Preston 

8   Vocal Studies Award for the most promising student

Emily Harrison

9   David Needham Theatre Award

Oisin Middleton and Eve Park

10   Charles Fitz-Simon

For most improved classical dancer

Mei Takahashi

11     Best All Round Dancer

Melissa Hughes