28 July 2021
Solo Performance Awards Results
We had an outstanding 331 entries from Asia, Australasia, Caribbean, Europe, North America and the UK. Thank you to all teachers who submitted videos and to all competitors for performing so beautifully.
Grateful thanks are also due to guest choreographers Lorraine Swain, James Butcher, Sarah Kundi, and Michael Kopinski for their beautiful variations. Many thanks to adjudicators Mary Cooke, Jackie Styles and Lorraine Swain who really enjoyed watching the videos, and had the difficult task of selecting the winners. The overall standard was impressively high.
You can read messages from the adjudicators for the Solo Performance Awards 2021 here.
Watch the results below:
Winners and Commendations
Senior
1st place
Maria João Andrade, from Centro de Dança do Porto. Teacher: Teresa Vieira
Joint 2nd place
Mia Bonner, from Joanne Bond School of Dance. Teacher: Joanne Bond
Catarina Rio, from Centro de Dança do Porto. Teacher: Teresa Vieira
3rd place
Lincoln Russo, from Astrid Sherman Mentor Program. Teacher: Astrid Sherman
Senior Commended
There were so many excellent entries in this category and we would like to mention these dancers who almost made the final.
- Esme Mills, Savannah Bryant (Dance Projection, Teacher: Heidi Speakman)
- Melody Manyuchan (Judith Hockaday School of Dance)
- Gabriella Wilson, Holly Sellers (Expressions Theatre Arts Teacher: Rebecca Hood)
- Lucy Morgan, Nia Rodway, Scarlett Dunleavy, Isabella Packman (Corraine Collins Dance Studios)
- Madison Chisholm (Teacher: Yolandi Olckers)
- Barbara Beleza (Centro de Danca do Porto, Teacher: Teresa Vieira)
- Hiraani Wagner (June Glennie School of Dance, Teacher: Sharon Glennie)
Pre-Vocational
1st place
Bruna Vilhena, from Centro de Dança do Porto. Teacher: Teresa Vieira
2nd place
Gabriel Pimparel, from Centro de Dança do Porto. Teacher: Teresa Vieira
Joint 3rd place
Relinda Kozol, from Astrid Sherman Mentor Program. Teacher: Astrid Sherman
Tori Chun, from Pulse Dance Centre. Teacher: Melanie Dance
Pre-Vocational Commended
In this section there were many strong, well-trained entries and we would like to mention these dancers who almost made the final.
- Victoria Russo (Astrid Sherman Mentor Program)
- Alex Scrivens, Gabriella Doughty (Corraine Collins Dance Studios)
- Chau Bao Ngoc, Nguyen Doan Phuong Nghi (Soul Music and Performing Arts Academy, Teacher: Luu Hoai Trang)
- Chloe Ritson (Roshe School, Teacher: Rosemary Woodd)
Vocational
1st place
Heidi Whiting, from Joanne Bond School of Dance. Teacher: Joanne Bond
2nd place
Eugenia Trivioli, from Professione Danza Parma. Teacher: Lucia Giuffrida
3rd place
Riccardo Righini, from Professione Danza Parma. Teacher: Lucia Giuffrida
Vocational Commended
Some fine candidates entered this category and we would like to mention the following dancers who almost made the final.
- Josie Rebecca Bartlett (Grantham School of Dancing, Teacher: Michelle Baker)
- Isabel Hardy (Cork School of Dance, Teacher: Sinead Murphy)
- Emma McKune (Classical Ballet Centre Canberra, Teacher: Lorraine Bennett)
- Sadie Fishman (Pulse Dance Centre: Teacher: Melanie Dance)
- Eloise Knightly, Nina Jones (Janet Marsh
All Participating Schools
344 Dance School
All That Jazz Dance Academy
Arts of Dance Studio
Astrid Sherman Mentor Program
Aurora Rose Ballet School
Cantarina Music & Dance
Carly Elizabeth School of Dance
Central School of Dancing & Performing Arts
Centro de Dança do Porto
Classical Ballet Centre Canberra
Clonmel Dance Centre
Coast Academy of Dance
Corraine Collins Dance Studios
Dance Projection
Dancexpression
Dancing Time Academy of Ballet & Music
D'Arcy Stage School
Debbie Allen Dance School
East Sussex dance studios
Elite Dance
ElliTe Studios
Evolution Dance Company
Expressions Theatre Arts
Go Dance Studios
Grantham School of Dancing
Grayes Theatre Arts
House of Dance
Jamie Lee Dance Academy
Joanne Bond School of Classical Ballet
Judith Hockaday School of Dance and Drama
June Glennie School of Dance
Junior Master Performing Arts School
Kahli Lewis Dance Company
Katie Philpott School of Dance
Keira Hadley
Le Ballet School
Leanne Hughes Theatre School
Leonard Dance Academy
Lisa Maria British Ballet Arts
Louise Ryrie School
Mala Dance
My Stage Company
N B Dance Academy
Natalie Tough School of Dance
Norwich School of Dance
Perfect Performers School of Dance
Performing Arts Academy Wales
Power Academy of Dance
Professione Danza
Professione Danza Parma
Pulse Dance Centre
Ruby’s Ballet Academy
Rye Dance Centre
S.W.S
Sharpe Academy
Soul Music and Performing Arts Academy
Splitz Dance Academy
Steppin’ Out Academy of Performance
Studio Arabesque
Sue Merrett School of Dance
The Beverley School of Performing Arts
The Classical Ballet School
The Elite Academy of Dance
The Kirsty Farrow Dance Academy
Timestep Academy
Yolandi Olcker
