Beacon Arts ballet students continue to excel themselves
Good results just out for the March 2010 Intermediate Foundation exams. These are vocational exams of a very high standard: one A grade, two B grades and six C grades. Very well done to all.
The Choreographic Competition in November 2009 was once again attended by 35 entries from the talented Beacon Arts children. The adjudicators were West End choreographer Melanie Teal and the talented musician and ex-dancer of Ballet Rombert, Stuart Marsdon.
Winners: Junior solos, Junior duets, Middles groups, Senior duets and Senior groups.
Runners Up: Junior solos, Junior duets, Middles solos, Senior solos and Senior groups.
We were awarded 14 Commendations; Emilia Gasiorek won the Richard Glasson Trophy, this is the third year running and the fifth time the Beacon Arts has held this trophy; and Gina Jamieson won the over all Susan Handy Musicality Cup.
Well done to all 13 children who took part in the Mabel Ryan competition 2010.
Lower Junior B Gemma Bovil was commended for her work. Juniors Alex Regan was commended for the Vacani Award and Jake Bone was commended. Senior Gina Jamieson was commended for the Vacani Award. We had good comments about the standard of the excellent work from the Beacon Arts. lso taking part were Gena Davies, Joanne Penner, Joseph Chan, Lucy Downing, Beth Twine, Lily Rogers, Helena Ratcliff, Lucy Walmsley and Leila Ratcliff.
Well done to all 15 entries in the Southern Region competition 2010; we had some lovely comments on our standard of work.
In the Lower Junior Section Hebe Salmon and Jess Bone were commended and Darcey Regan commended for the Vacani award.
In the Upper Middles, Lauren Waller was runner up, Maria Kypreos, Amber Rozario and Juliet Martin were commended and Juliet was also the winner of the Molly Caulder Shield for most artistic dancer.
Jade Rozario was the winner of the Seniors.
Other news
In November Jane was invited to the Royal Ballet School at White Lodge to watch their classes. Three advanced students, Helen Whithouse, Phoebe Conlan and Emelia Gasiorek went as her guests.
Lily Rogers took part in the touring company of the London Children’s Ballet in November.
Beth Twine auditioned successfully and performed in London for the CATS Youth Dance.
Emelia Gasiorek and Meriel Tunley both successfully auditioned for CATS Satellite programme in Brighton and performed in London. Emelia was also accepted for the CATS Saturday classes at The Place School of Contemporary Dance in London.
Juliet Martin auditioned for the BBC Children’s Programme Mission 2110. 60,000 auditioned but Juliet was one of 16 to be recalled and she spent a week on Maersk Ships in Scotland. She managed to stay to the last 4!
Ella Pichon Flannery is in the Brighton Youth Drama Group.
Evelyn Eastwood, who is in the Brighton Youth Orchestra, was chosen to play at Glyndbourne for the BBC Gavin Malone choir to be transmitted in June.
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