RAD announces Diana de Vos Awards winners
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia has announced the winners of its annual ballet Awards Day in Western Australia, which only this year was named after local dance figure Diana de Vos-Beck. The inaugural Diana de Vos OAM MA FRAD Awards saw over 100 young dance students from across the state compete on November 25.
Diana de Vos-Beck is a former dancer with West Australian Ballet, a RAD Registered Teacher, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Dance and recipient of the RAD’s prestigious President’s Award. She was also awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2015 for service to the performing arts through dance.
Vos-Beck said, “My wish is that these awards will encourage all those young people who also love dance to engage and persevere in this activity in whatever direction their journeys take them.”
Vos-Beck was joined by fellow adjudicator Daryl Brandwood. They selected the 2018 Diana de Vos Awards winners, with results as follows:
GRADE 3
1st Place – Lily Philpott training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
Runner Up – Ella Teh training at Dance Classique
GRADE 4
1st Place – Kayla Santoso training at Dance Venture
Runner Up – Rhett Davies training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
GRADE 5
1st Place – Hayley Reynolds training at The West Australian School of Dance
Runner Up – Ashlee Tana training at Gail Meade Performing Arts Academy
GRADE 6
1st Place – Zoey Tham training at Dance Venture
Runner Up – Indiana McMeikan training at Dance Venture
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Jade Wheeler training at Dance Venture
INTERMEDIATE FOUNDATION
1st Place – Isabella Lockyer training at Samantha Jane School of Ballet
Runner Up – Charlie Travia training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
Adjudicator’s Scholarship Award – Bryn Davies training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Sasha King training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
INTERMEDIATE
1st Place – Isabella Smith training at The West Australian School of Dance
Runner Up – Alexis Mclean training at The West Australian School of Dance
Adjudicators Scholarship Award – Ella Ravat training at Samantha Jane School of Ballet
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Jiselle Hammond training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Isabella Triscari training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
ADVANCED FOUNDATION
1st Place – Felice Davies training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
Runner Up – Anna McRae training at Dance Classique
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Monet Hinscliff training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
ADVANCED 1
1st Place – Indiana Scott training at The West Australian School of Dance
Runner Up – Isobel Chamberlain training at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Justine Marcov training at The West Australian School of Dance
Adjudicator’s Artistic Award – Tina Xu training at John Curtin College of the Arts
ADVANCED 2
1st Place – Maddison Carr training at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Runner Up – Eliot Dunn training at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Madeleine Gill training at John Curtin College of the Arts
Adjudicator’s Encouragement Award – Indiana McCann training at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
OTHER AWARDS
Diana de Vos Overall Winner Junior (Scholarship to Summer Dance 19) – Kayla Santoso training at Dance Venture
Diana de Vos Overall Senior Winner (Scholarship to Summer Dance 19) – Indiana Scott training at The West Australian School of Dance
WA Regional Advisory Panel Award to a Male Vocational Dancer (Scholarship to Boys DANCE 19 SA) – Eliot Dunn training at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts