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Congratulations to the following Georgia Dance Theatre
current and former members for their scholarship awards!
Every Season students are accepted to and provided
scholarships to top professional dance and arts schools throughout the
country.
Listed below are GDT scholarship recipients:
2009-10 Dance Season
Congratulations to our newest members of Georgia Dance Theatre
Professional Company
Jennifer Ritorto
Rachel Truitt
Becky Simmons
Jenna Sagraves
Brianne Wesolowski, Jenny Reynolds, Nichole O'Brien
Claire McIlwraith - $18,000 dance scholarship to
Birmingham Southern College &
Full Scholarship to GAD Summer Intensive
Emi Murata - Partial Scholarship to GAD Summer Intensive
Meredith Rogers - Partial Scholarship to GAD Summer Intensive
& Scholarship to North Carolina Dance Theatre
Courtney Lauria - dance scholarship to Brenau Univeristy
Lauren Horvat - scholarship to North Carolina Dance Theatre
Lauren VanKouwenberg - Atlanta Ballet Pre-professional Program
& invitation for full time resident student at
North Carolina Dance Theatre
Caroline Vining - Atlanta Ballet Pre-professional Program
Arthur Anderson - Atlanta Ballet Pre-professional Program
Mary Grace Phillips - scholarship to Richmond Ballet
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2008-09 Dance Season
Emily Franz - invitation with scholarship to The Rock/Pennsylvania Ballet
for the 2008-09 season
Full Scholarship to GAD Summer Intensive 2009
Claire McIlwraith - invitation as a resident student with $20,000 scholarship to
Walnut Hill for the
2008-09 season
Accepted to Lines Ballet of California
Catherine Vining awarded a $126,000 dance scholarship from
Walnut Hill as a full time 3 year resident student
Amy Wheble - promoted to Dance Educator at Georgia Academy of Dance
& the Performing Arts
Full Scholarship to GAD Summer Intensive 2009
Arthur Anderson - Atlanta Ballet full scholarship recipient
Laura VanKouwenberg - Scholarship to Ballet Met
Caroline Vining - Scholarship to North Carolina Dance Theatre
Additional acceptances into professional summer programs for 2009
season:
Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, American Ballet Theatre,
Alvin Ailey, Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet
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2007-08 Dance
Season
Meghan Morales awarded a $23,000 dance scholarship from Birmingham Southern College & $1000 scholarship from the
Endowment Committee of the Cultural Arts of Fayette County
Amanda Smith - awarded a full dance scholarship from Belhaven College
Brianne Wesolowski - professional contract with Milwaukee Ballet
Additional Student Awards, Scholarships and
Achievements in the Arts
throughout the last 20 years of dance excellence at Georgia Academy of
Dance
& the Performing Arts
Professional Dance Careers
American Youth Grand Prix Gold Medalist
Multiple scholarships from the Endowment Committee of the
Cultural Arts of Fayette County
Rotary Club Scholarship
Choreographers for Stage, Video & Theatre
Dance Educators
Actors/Directors
Arts Promoters
Grant Writers
Talent Manager
Governor's Honors Programs
Prestigious professional companies where Georgia
Dance Theatre & Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts students
receive acceptances and/or scholarships to:
Atlanta Ballet
Boston Ballet
American Ballet Theatre
School of American Ballet Theatre
Rock School
Alvin Ailey
Houston Ballet
Austin Ballet
Milwaukee Ballet
Lines Ballet of California
Ballet West
North Carolina School of the Arts
College Dance Scholarships received for Georgia
Dance Theatre &
Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts students:
Belhaven College
Brenau College
University of Georgia
Birmingham Southern
Southern Methodist University
Emory University
Vanderbilt University
Auburn University
Brigham Young University
Congratulations to the following
Georgia Dance Theatre current members and alumni for their achievements
as
professional artists!
Gray Davis American Ballet Theatre Company member
American Youth Grand Prix Gold Medalist
Josh Reynolds Atlanta Ballet Company member
Tiffany Lanius - Founder/Director of Dance South of Tennessee
Artistic Director of Encore Dance Project
Nichole OBrien Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company member
Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts Hip Hop Director
&
Marketing Assistant
Jenny Reynolds Professional Apprentice Contract from Lines Ballet
Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company member
Jennifer McDonnell Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company member
Mary Grace Phillips - Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Belhaven College
Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company member
Georgia Dance Theatre Grant Writer & Marketing Assistant
Kathryn Van Meter - Professional Actor, Director and Choreographer
Brianne Wesolowski Professional Apprentice Contract from Milwaukee Ballet
Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company member
Karen Parker - Charleston Ballet Theatre and Georgia Dance Theatre
Professional Company
Julie Strauch - Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company
Georgia Dance Theatre Board Member
Melony Tribble -Ballet Mississippi
Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company
Mary Donaldson
Louisville Ballet
Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company
Lindsey Davis - Choreographer, Theatre Director
Megan Davis - Professional Dancer with Disney World
Rachel Breault Hovey - Volta Dance Theatre & Pilates Instructor
For additional information on Georgia Dance Theatre Alumni click
here
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