ACHIEVEMENTS
STUDENT AWARDS
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Chloe Pace | English National Ballet School
JMAB alumna Chloe Pace has recently traveled Europe attending the final auditions for prestigious ballet schools. We are excited to announce that Chloe has been accepted in the English National Ballet School and will begin her 1st Year in September. The Staff and Students at JMAB wish Chloe the very best with this next chapter! Chloe has recently been training at Classical Coaching Australia in Brisbane.
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Marcus Morelli
Principal Artist with The Australian Ballet
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Mia Heathcote
Soloist with The Australian Ballet
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Abigail Oliveiro
Principal Artist with Ballet Manila
CLASSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Marcus Morelli | Principal Artist with The Australian Ballet | 2015 Telstra People's Choice Award Winner | 2019 Telstra's People's Choice Award Ballet Dancer Winner $5,000 Prize
Mia Heathcote | Soloist with The Australian Ballet | ABS Graduate 2013 | 2014 joined the Queensland Ballet Company | 2018 Queensland Ballet Company Soloist, cast in a lead role Tatiana, in Melbourne season of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ | 2019 Promoted to Senior Soloist with Queensland Ballet
Abigail Oliveiro | Principal Artist with Ballet Manila | 2013 Joined the Ballet Manila Company | 2018 Promoted to Principal Artist with Ballet Manila
Vanessa Morelli | First Company Artist with Queensland Ballet
Emmanuelle Fairweather | West Australian Ballet, Corps de Ballet | 2020 Accepted into The Australian Ballet School - Full Scholarship | 2017 Kathleen Gorham Vocational Overall Most Promising Award: Runner Up and Scholarship for a week of training at the Australian Ballet School | 2018 Audrey Nicholls Grades 6-8 Overall Most Promising Award
Charlie Dashwood | West Australian Ballet, Corps de Ballet | 2020 Accepted into The Australian Ballet School | 2017 Audrey Nicholls Grades 6-8 Overall Most Promising Award and Scholarship for a week of training at the Australian Ballet School | 2018 Runner-up ABS Scholarships | 2018 YAGP Melbourne, received a Scholarship to attend Dutch National Short-term Intensive | Winner of 2018 AICD Classical Intermediate Award | 2019 Kathleen Gorham Vocational Overall Most Promising Student Award and The Martin Rubinstein Most Potential Award | 2019 Sydney Ballet Scholarship Finalist, performing at the Sydney Opera House and Winner of the Performance Award, Prize $1,000
Isabella Wagar | The Bayerisches Staatsballett Company, Corps de Ballet | Dutch National Ballet Traineeship, Amsterdam | 2016 Youth American Grand prix Finalist | 2016 Advanced One $7,000 Bursary Finalist | 2017 Prix de Lausanne Candidate - Offered a position at Dutch National Ballet School as a Trainee, Amsterdam | 2019 Accepted into the Bayerisches Staatsballet Junior Company, Germany
Kristy Corea | Melbourne Ballet Company | 2008 Prix de Lausanne Finalist | 2008 ABS Graduate | 2009-2012 Joined The Australian Ballet Company Corps de Ballet
Paloma Hendry - Hodsdon | Artist of the Singapore Ballet | The Queensland Ballet Academy | 'Wiggles’ Christmas Tour and ‘Paloma the Mermaid’ on Wiggles TV |
LilySophia Dashwood | The Royal Ballet School | 2022 Prix de Lausanne Candidate | 2018 RAD Audrey Nicholls Grade Awards, received a Scholarship for a week of training at the Australian Ballet School | 2018 Winner of the Sydney Wenkart Junior Ballet Championship | 2019 YAGP Finalist | 2019 Winner of the AICD Classical Junior Award | 2020 YAGP Asia Pacific - Winner of the Youth Grand Prix Award and Scholarship offers to attend Princess Grace Academy Monaco, San Fransisco Ballet School & Summer School, Ballet School of Basel Theatre, John Crank School Stuttgart and European School of Ballet | 2021 YAGP Winner | 2022 Ballet Teachers Workshop Mabel Pride: 1st Place | 2023 Accepted into The Royal Ballet School London
Noah Cosgriff | Prix de Lausanne Candidate 2024 | 2023 The Australian Ballet School | 2022 Runner Up in the Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship Finals - receiving the opportunity to attend classes and observe rehearsals with The Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Houston Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy
Matisse Lewis | John Cranko Schule Stuttgart | 2018 Prix de Lausanne Candidate - Offered a scholarship to John Cranko Schule Stuttgart | Finalist in the 2017 AICD Ballet Scholarship Awards, awarded 3rd place | 2018 Ballet Teachers Workshop Scholarship Awards Mabel Pride 1st Place + Frances Naylor Award (overall winner of Mabel Pryde and Paul Hammond sections) | 2018 Sydney Ballet Scholarship Finalist performing at The Sydney Opera House and winning 1st in the female candidates section and 2nd overall winning a total prize of $12,000 |
Emily Bray | 2014 RAD Kathleen Gorham Scholarships, awarded The Martin Rubinstein Most Potential Award and 2 weeks training at the Royal New Zealand Ballet School | 2014 + 2015 Ballet Teachers Workshop Section D 1st Place | 2016 Ballet Teachers Workshop Mabel Pryde 1st Place + Frances Naylor Award (overall winner of Mabel Pryde and Paul Hammond sections) | 2015 Alaina Haines Awards Supreme A Finalist, receiving 2nd Place | 2016 Prix de Lausanne Candidate - Offers to 11 Schools and Houston Ballet II Junior Company. School offers include English National Ballet School, The American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, John Cranko Schule Stuttgart, Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower and Scholarships to The Royal Ballet School and The Australian Ballet School | 2016 Accepted offer from The Royal Ballet School London
May Bourke | 2018 YAGP & Dutch National Summer Intensive Scholarship offer
Tully Cook | 2018 YAGP Scholarship offers to Bolshoi Ballet School New York & Dutch National Ballet School Summer Intensive | 2019 Kathleen Gorham Vocational Awards - Winner of one week Scholarship to the Australian Ballet School | 2020 offered a position at the Queensland Ballet Academy | 2020 Accepted into the Australian Ballet School
Emma Dowling | 2016 Kathleen Gorham Memorial Awards Senior Overall Winner, receiving a one week training scholarship to the New Zealand Ballet School | 2017 AICD Ballet Scholarship Awards Finalist and awarded the Encouragement Award | 2017 Australian Ballet Company 'Alice In Wonderland' cast as Flowers / Extras | 2018 Accepted into the Australian Ballet School
Ethan Dwyer | 2022 Accepted into the Australian Ballet School
Jess Hamilton | RAD Solo Seal | 2012 RAD Geneé Award Finalist | 2012 VCAA Season of Excellence, VCE Top Class Dance & Top Acts Performer | 2013 Accepted into Queensland Ballet Company Professional Year
Benjamin Harris | 2020 Australian Ballet School offer | 2020 Accepted into The Queensland Ballet Academy | 2022 Victorian State Ballet as a corps de ballet member | 2024 Soloist at Victorian State Ballet.
Kiara Keiser | Australian Ballet School | Professional Jazz / Contemporary / Lyrical Teacher
Matthew Kennedy | 2019 Audrey Nicholls Grades 6-8 Overall Most Promising Student Award
Madeleine Kingston - Yates | Accepted into five European Ballet Schools including Mannheim and Dresden in Germany, Zurich in Switzerland, Vienna in Austria and Den Haag in the Netherlands | Awarded a partial Scholarship to Ajkun Ballet Company NY | European Pre-Professional School of Ballet
Missy Krilic | 2018 ABS Scholarship Finalist | Accepted into the Queensland Ballet Academy
Abbey Lavery | 2017 Alaina Haines Ballet Scholarship Awards Supreme B Finalist & recipient of a Summer School Scholarship to Rosella Hightower, France
Ellen Lekhtman | 2021 Accepted into The Australian Ballet School
Zoe McFarlane | 2018 Finalist ABS scholarships | Accepted into the Queensland Ballet Academy
Sarah Rose | 2017 The Australian Ballet Company 'Alice in Wonderland' Flower / Extra | 2018 Accepted into Washington School of Ballet, USA | 2021 The Washington Ballet, Trainee | 2022 Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year
Tina Pyrcz | Passed the RAD Solo Seal | 2016 VCAA Season of Excellence Top Class dance performer | 2017 Asian Grand Prix Finalist | 2017 World Ballet Competition Canada Qualifier in Japan | 2017 Premier's Award for VCE VET Dance
Thomas Smithers | 2017 Cast as a hedgehog in The Australian Ballet Company’s production of 'Alice in Wonderland' | 2018 Queensland Ballet’s production ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as The Changeling
Hannah Wise | VCE VET Dance, Season of Excellence Top Class Dance 2021 | Accepted into the Joffrey Academy in Chicago and recently graduated
THEATRICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Performing Arts
Maddy Cain | 2017 VCAA Season of Excellence VCE Top Class Dance Performer | Full-Time Patrick School of the Arts Performing Arts Program
Devon Campbell | NIDA Graduate, Diploma of Music Theatre | VCA Graduate
Nikki Croker | 'West Side Story' World Tour role of Teresita / Dance Captain | The Marvelous Mrs Maisel - Amazo Prime Principal Dancer | 'Dirty Dancing' European Tour (Swing) | Disney Cruise Line | 'Mama Mia' (Ensemble) | 'Kiss Me Kate (Ensemble) / Dance Captain | Broadway Dance Lab's Spring Cycle (Swing) / Dance Captain
Lili Forsyth | Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS), Performing Arts
Joshua Gordon | 2023 Mary Poppins The Musical - Australia | 2016 VCE Perfect Study Score 50 | VCAA Season of Excellence VCE Top Class Dance Performer | 2016 Victoria Premier's VCE Award | 2019 Accepted into Victoria College of the Arts (VCA) Musical Theatre | 2022 The Who’s Tommy by The Victorian Opera
Colleen Grace | La Bouche Showgirls | Universal Studios Beijing, Beauxbatons Dancer in the Harry Potter World
Molly Haringsma | Transit Dance | Brigitta Dance Projects (Contemporary Dance Company) | Brent Street
Kelsey Holden | 2014 VCE Perfect Study Score 50 | 2015 VCAA Season of Excellence, VCE Top Class Dance Performer | 2015 Accepted into Patrick Studios Australia Performing Arts Program | 2015 VCE Premier's Award recipient
Emma Huibers | SCIMM Dance Pre-Professional
Caitlin Irving | 2018 VCAA Season of Excellence VCE Dance Top Class Performer | 2019 JMAB Contemporary & Hip-Hop Teacher | SCIMM Youth Dance Company | Boss Generation Dance Company
Erin Jankelowitz | Federation University Performing Arts | Disney Cultural Exchange Program
Ariel Kaplan | Cast in Channel 10’s TV Series 'Neighbours' as Imogen Willis | Cast in the musicals 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat', Molly in 'Annie’, Gretel in 'The Sound of Music', Young Cosette in 'Les Misérables' and Nala in 'The Lion King' | Cast in TV series 'The Saddle Club' as Lisa Atwood
Dena Kaplan | Australian Ballet School | Cast in the TV series 'Dance Academy' as Abigail | Ballet soloist in 'Carousel' the Musical | Cast in Disney's 2004 production of 'The Lion King' the Musical | TV roles in 'City Homicide' & 'Flight of The Conchord' | 'In Her Skin' Film role with Rebecca Gibney | JMAB Guest Teacher
Rebekah Kennedy | Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year
Skye Ladell | 2018 Accepted into the Diploma of Dance Elite Program at Brent Street Studios, Sydney
Anna Mallows |2023-2024 Grease The Musical - Australian Tour, John Frost, Crossroads Live, Dance Captain / Swing | 2017 VCAA Season of Excellence Top Class VET Dance Performer VCE Dance Study Score 49 | 2016 | VCAA Season of Excellence VCE Top Class Dance Performer | 2018 Accepted into VCA Foundation Program | 2019 Accepted into Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Bachelor Fine Arts Musical Theatre Degree | 2022 The Who’s Tommy, The Victorian Opera, Ensemble | 2022-2023 Hairspray The Musical - Australian Tour, John Frost, Crossroads Live, Ensemble - Lou Ann
Kassie Martin | NIDA Musical Theatre Graduate | Understudied Marta and Brigitta in 'The Sound of Music' (GFO) | Boots The Monkey in the Australian Tour of 'Dora The Explorer' | Swing for Electra in 'Cats' | Russian Swing in Michael Edgley's 'The Great Moscow Circus' | Cast as Stephanie in 'Lazy Town' as part of 'Giggle & Hoot and Friends' Australia Tour | 2012 'Wicked' Australia and Asia Tour as Swing / Dance Captain | 2018 'Charlie & The Chocolate Factory'
Gabrielle Morelli | Full-Time Musical Theatre Course at 'ShowFit'
Thomas New | 2008 'Mame' - The Production Company | 2010 'The King & I' | WAPPA Graduate | 2019 'Chicago'
Chloe Perdresat | Transit Dance Full-Time Contemporary Program
Gabriela Planck | Accepted into Sydney Dance Company, Pre-Professional Year
Lucia Schwerdt | 2018 production of ‘School of Rock’ by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Ride Like A Girl - Rachel Griffith Film
Holly Stuart | Royal Caribbean International Cruise Performer | Accepted into the Dance Force Full-time course
Ruby Thornton Mackay | Accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Dance) course
Emma Rumian | Transit Dance Full-Time Contemporary Program
Jade Waaldyk | Ministry Of Dance Theatrical Program
RAD Vocational Exams JMAB Dux
2023 Paige Gill
2022 Sophia Miki-Flavell & LilySophia Dashwood
2021 Paige Gill
2020 LilySophia Dashwood
2019 LilySophia Dashwood (Intermediate) 95%
2018 Emmanuelle Fairweather (Advanced Foundation) 95%
Isabelle Cream & LilySophia Dashwood (Intermediate Foundation) 95%
2017 Emanuelle Fairweather (Intermediate) 96%
2016 Emmanuelle Fairweather (Intermediate Foundation) 95%
2015 Tina Prycz
2014 Emily Bray (Advanced 1) 98%
2013 Danielle Whitford
2012 Tina Prcyz (Intermediate Foundation) 99%
2011 Emily Bray
2010 Kelsey Holden & Allison Rimanic
RAD Grade Exams JMAB Dux
2023 Stella Bateman & Thomas Smithers
2022 Paige Gill
2021 Sophia Miki-Flavell
2020 LilySophia Dashwood
2019 Helen Chan (Grade 8) 99%
& LilySophia Dashwood (Grade 7) 95%
2018 LilySophia Dashwood (Grade 6) 100%
2017 LilySophia D (Grade 5) 98%
2016 Zoe Muscat (Primary) 96%
2015 Emmanuelle Fairweather (Grade 5) 94%
2014 Jessica Peterson (Grade 8) 100%
2013 Emily Bray (Grade 8) & Jessica Peterson (Grade 7) 100%
2012 Jessica Poberezovska (Primary) 99%
2011 Emily Bray
2010 Jade Waaldyk