14 April 2023
We were very pleased to receive so many entries for these new, combined junior and senior awards, with a total of 520 dancers taking part in the UK and International online heats, of which 116 were international.
It’s exciting that entries came in not only from the UK but also from Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vietnam. This clearly demonstrates the value of connecting and sharing online in bringing our global community closer together.
All these entries meant that the heats adjudicators experienced Imperial Classical Ballet examiners Mary Cooke, Rosalea Gibson, Diane Durant, Beverley Rand, Tina Rodgers, Linda Shipton, Helen Steggles, and Susan Tenty, had an extremely busy and enjoyable week watching and marking all the candidates! Following this the finals adjudicators, Faculty expert Lorraine Swain and Imperial Classical Ballet-trained ex-Royal Ballet dancer Francesca Filpi watched the finalists’ videos and agreed on the winners.
Congratulations to all who took part, especially the finalists and of course, the deserving winners. We very much appreciated your entries, and we hope you enjoyed learning and performing the enchainements.
International Finals results
Grade 1 and 2 winners
1st place
Mia Kiss Barbosa
Teacher: Sinead Murphy
School: Cork School of Dance, Ireland
2nd place
Atsuki Shioi
Teacher: Lisa Johannsen Sawamura
School: British Ballet Arts, Japan
3rd place
Misaki Kitamura
Teacher: Lisa Johannsen Sawamura
School: British Ballet Arts, Japan
Grade 3 and 4 winners
1st place
Pei-Chieh Chuang (Melody)
Teacher: Joanne Bond
School: The Joanne Bond School of Classical Ballet (UK - remote)
2nd place
Ailbhe McGarry
Teacher: Alison Cronin
School: Clonmel Dance Centre, Ireland
3rd place
Ana Flores Crispin
Teacher: Andrea Andraca de Granda
School: Academia de Ballet San Ángel Inn, Mexico
Grade 5, 6 and Intermediate Foundation winners
1st place
Olivia Savin
Teacher: Marie-Christine Francotte
School: Studio Arabesque, Belgium
2nd place
Meiya Okude
Teacher: Lisa Johannsen Sawamura
School: British Ballet Arts, Japan
3rd place
Amandine Samain
Teacher: Marie-Christine Francotte
School: Studio Arabesque, Belgium
Intermediate and Advanced 1 winners
1st place
Desiree Bozzi
Teacher: Diane Durant
School: Academy of Dance, Italy
2nd place
Valeria Alamo
Teacher: Tracey Lea Bloch
School: Ballet Bloch, Canada
3rd place
Quentin Sjostedt
Teacher: Tracey Lea Bloch
School: Ballet Bloch, Canada
You can read messages from the international finals adjudicators here:
Francesca Filpi
"I was thrilled to be invited to adjudicate these prestigious awards and enjoyed watching the international finalists’ footage. It was a privilege to see young dancers from all over the world, carefully and lovingly taught, performing charming enchainements which gave them plenty of artistic, musical, and technical scope. Congratulations to the winners and their teachers for their well-deserved awards."
Lorraine Swain
"I was delighted to adjudicate the international finals of the Junior and Senior Ballet Awards, it was a real pleasure to watch all the candidates performing and to select the deserving winners. Congratulations to the winners and their teachers, but also to all those who took part and made the awards possible. It was a privilege to adjudicate them and see all the lovely work that is being produced by Imperial Classical Ballet teachers in different countries around the world."
You can also watch the results here:
List of all participating schools:
Academia de Ballet San Ángel Inn, Mexico
Academy of Dance, Italy
Acts Dance Academy, Malaysia
Ballet Bloch, Canada
Clonmel Dance Centre, Ireland
Cork School of Dance, Ireland
Dancing Time Academy, Hong Kong
DN Dance, UK
Le Ballet School, Trinidad & Tobago
Lisa Maria British Ballet Arts, Japan
Pulse Dance Center, Canada
Roynon Performing Arts, UK
Squire's Ballettstudio, Germany
Stendhart, Italy
Studio Arabesque, Belgium
The Joanne Bond School of Classical Ballet, UK
