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.

  • Marcus Morelli

    Principal Artist with The Australian Ballet

  • Mia Heathcote

    Soloist with The Australian Ballet

  • 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