Cecchetti Lower Junior Mabel Ryan Awards Saturday 14th February 2009
This was an enjoyable afternoon of young promising talent. Sandra Powell adjudicated the Cecchetti Associate Performance Awards, for quality and natural joy that comes from within a child. Fiona Chadwick adjudicated the Lower Junior Awards and gave some very helpful constructive comments with much encouragement for these young dancers.
This year the annual Mabel Ryan and Barbara Geoghegan Awards were held in a new venue, the
tratford Circus Theatre, on 14th and 15th February.
The Cecchetti Group members, the organisers of these events, were on hand to welcome and take care of each and every one of the, competitors and guests.
The Junior and Middle Awards took place during the morning when more than 60 young dancers presented their class work and solos. The adjudicator for these Awards was Fiona Chadwick, ex-Principal of the Royal Ballet Company. She was accompanied by Mary Stassinopoulos, a senior Cecchetti Examiner who was responsible for adjudicating the Vacani Award for Joy of Dance.
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Above: Junior Section, Commended competitors
Left: Barabara Geoghegan Winner (left) with Runner-Up and Commended from Tring Park School for Performing Arts |
Both adjudicators encouraged the competitors by saying that – as well as concentrating on technique and strong footwork – they could also aim for more relaxed use of head and upper body.
The Senior Award and Barbara Geoghegan Award took place in the afternoon and were adjudicated by Anita Young, former soloist at Covent Garden. Mary Stassinopoulos also adjudicated the Vacani Award for the Senior Section. The adjudicators in the afternoon also emphasised the need to continue movements – through the body, the arms and right through to the finger tips.
 
Above left: Winner and Runners-Up: Junior Award
Above right: Middle Section Winner and Runners-Up
For the Barbara Geoghegan Award we moved up to vocational students already on their way to professional careers and 19 girls and 8 boys were entered from the following schools: Central, Hammond, Kate Simmons, Lynsey Kidd, Rambert and Tring. Errol Pickford, ex Principal of the Royal Ballet Company took an exhilarating class and the students rose to the challenge in both the class work and classical variation.
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Far right: Junior Award winner with Fiona Chadwick |
Miss Young’s generous adjudication showed that she had clearly enjoyed the students’ work, both in the class and in their variations. She particularly praised their attack and their professional approach and sense of performance.
The pianists throughout the day were Liz Hewson (Mabel Ryan Awards) and Derek Downes for the Barbara Geoghegan Award.
The Smooth running of the day was a great credit to the Cecchetti Group under the leadership of Judith Wilson.
Sponsorship was provided by Freed and gifts were donated by Dancia International, IDS and Oberon Books.
The Mabel Ryan and Barbara Geoghegan Awards, with the Cecchetti Associates Performance Award and the Vacani Award Results
Lower Junior A Award
Winner
Priya Roberts
(Lisa Hunter)
Runners-Up
Abigail Holt
(Susan Handy & Kirsty Williams)
Emily Galvin
(Juilet Locks & Lucy Pohl)
Commendations
Jessica Lee
(Pat Garfield & Jenny Hawcroft)
Ella Murphy
(Susan Handy & Kirsty Williams)
Cecchetti Associates Performance Award
Winner
Indija Allton
(Vanessa Gardner)
Runners-Up
Cecily Crawford
(Angelina Spurrier)
Priya Roberts
(Lisa Hunter)
Commendations
Jessica Lee
(Pat Garfield & Jenny Hawcroft)
Abigail Holt
(Susan Handy & Kirsty Williams)
Ella Murphy
(Susan Handy & Kirsty Williams)
Molly Hall
(Carolyn Parker)
Emma Bullen
(Susan Handy & Kirsty Williams)
Holly Fagarasan
(Kathryn Lawrence)
Ruth Cheung
(Susan Handy & Karen Robinson)
Lower Junior B Award
Winner
Isobel Kaushal
(Susan Handy, Karen Robinson & Kirsty Williams)
Runners-Up
Jessica Kenndy
(Jenny Hawcroft)
Katrina Jackson
(Susanna Cox)
Commendations
Eliza Mahoney
(Jacquie Langman)
Hope Flack
(Kathryn Lawrence)
Megan Donaldson
(Tracey Moss & Kate Simmons)
Lucy Downing
(Jane Worsley)
Alex Regan
(Jane Worsley)
Lauren Basra
(Susan Handy & Karen Robinson)
Lauren Kracke
(Mechele Lefkaridi)
Cecchetti Associates PerformaNce Award
Winner
Alex Regan
(Jane Worsley)
Runners-Up
Hannah Tomlinson-Roe
(Elisabeth Swan)
Meggan Goodridge
(Susan Handy, Melanie Bull & Kirsty Williams)
Commendations
Eliza Mahoney
(Jacquie Langman)
Polly Smith
(Carolyn Parker)
Harry Wright
(Judith Wilson)
Junior Award
Winner
Eloise Shepherd Taylor
(Mechele Lefkaridi)
Runners-Up
Katherine Blyth
(Vanessa Gardner & Natasha Jervis)
Jenny Hackwell
(Kate Simmons)
Alice Mooney
(Kate Simmons)
Commendations
Sayaka Nagahiro
(Julie Cronshaw)
Isabel Robertson
(Susan Handy, Fin Browne & Kirsty Williams)
Ashleigh Killin
(Renee Cohen & Juliet Locks)
Gabrielle Chester
(Larraine Heaffey)
Jasmine Wallis
(Juliet Locks & Lucy Pohl)
Vacani Award
Winner
Jenny Hackwell
(Kate Simmons)
Runners-Up
Alice Mooney
(Kate Simmons)
Eloise Shepherd Taylor
(Mechele Lefkaridi)
Commendations
Rosemary Donald
(Judith Wilson)
Ashleigh Killin
(Renee Cohen & Juliet Locks)
Charlotte Curness & Lucy Galloway
(Juliet Locks)
Jade Rozario
(Jane Worsley)
Katherine Blyth
(Vanessa Gardner & Natasha Jervis)
Middle Award
Winner
Gina Jamieson
(Jane Worsley)
Runners-Up
Olivia Kavanagh
(Susan Handy)
Madeline Squire
(Julie Cronshaw)
Commendations
Peter Adigun
(Susan Handy)
Sarah Bateman
(Kate Simmons)
Rachel Teeling-Smyth
(Caroline Wright)
Vacani Award
Winner
Emily Ford
(Kate Simmons)
Runners-Up
Gina Jamieson
(Jane Worsley)
Jennifer Walser
(Linzi Else)
Commendations
Sarah Bateman
(Kate Simmons)
Beth Airey
(Kathryn Lawrence)
Lily Rogers
(Jane Worsley)
Senior Award
Winner
Emilia Gasiorek-Shergold
(Jane Worsley)
Runner-Up
Elizabeth Calver
(Sarah Johnson)
Commendations
Emily Yong
(Pat Garfield & Jenny Hawcroft)
Rebecca George
(Kate Bowers)
Joanne Quinney
(Elisabeth Swan & Linda Isaacs)
Vacani
Winner
Emily Yong
(Pat Garfield & Jenny Hawcroft)
Runners-Up
Elizabeth Calver
(Sarah Johnson)
Emilia Gasiorek-Shergold
(Jane Worsley)
Commendations
Rebecca Geroge
(Kate Bowers)
Joanne Quinney
(Elisabeth Swan & Linda Isaacs)
Barbara Geoghegan Award
Winner
Jack Wilcox
(Tring Park School for the Performing Arts)
Runner-Up
Samuel Chung
(Tring Park School for the Performing Arts)
Commendations
Akemi Nishimura
(Kate Simmons Dance)
Harika Tabei
(Kate Simmons Dance)
Jack Allen
(Tring Park School for the Performing Arts)
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