Scholarships/awards of season 2020-2021
2023 ADC IBC FINALS
Senior Division Top 25 Norah Meekins
SCHOLARSHIPS
Norah Meekins
- Partial Tuition to BalletMet Trainee 23-24, Full Tuition for Summer Intensive & Company Rep Program
- Invitation to Ballet West Summer Intensive
- 25% Tuition to BBSI Partnering Workshop
- Partial to Cary Ballet Summer Intensive
- Full Tuition to Eglevsky Ballet Experience
- Partial Tuition to International Ballet Academy Intensive
- Invitation to Nashville Ballet Professional Division Year-Round Program
- Tuition for Richmond Ballet Intensive
- Summer Intensive acceptance to Washington School of Ballet with consideration for Full Year Elite Professional Training Division
Annie Castellanos
- Partial Tuition to Cary Ballet Young Dancer Initiative
- Partial Tuition to BalletMet Junior Summer Intensive
Gretchen Zerling
- Partial Tuition to Cary Ballet Young Dancer Initiative
- Partial Tuition to BalletMet Junior Summer Intensive
2024 ADC IBC FINALS
Primary Division Top 15 Faith Richardson
Junior Division Top 25 Scarlett Lavery
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scarlett Lavery
- Partial Tuition BalletMet Summer Intensive
Faith Richardson
- Partial Tuition BalletMet Junior Intensive
- Partial Tuition Rock School Intensive
- Direct Acceptance to Premier Coaching Intensive & Classical Variations at Ellison Ballet
Annie Castellanos
- Acceptance to Intermediate Summer Intensive at Ballet Idaho
Cora Peraino
- Partial Tuition BalletMet Junior Intensive
Gretchen Zerling
- Partial Tuition Rock School Intensive
2025 ADC IBC FINALS
Junior Division Top 25 Scarlett Lavery
SCHOLARSHIPS
Norah Meekins
- Acceptance to New Ballet San Jose Second/Studio Company
- Full Tuition to Ballet Rhode Island Trainee and Partial Tuition to Professional Training Program
- Partial to BalletMet Trainee
- Partial to Sarasota Ballet Trainee and Summer Intensive
- Acceptance to PBT Professional Training Program and Summer Intensive
- Full Tuition Art of Movement Summer Intensive
- Partial Tuition to BalletMet Summer Intensive
- Partial Tuition to BBSI Partnering Workshop Summer Intensive
- Full Tuition to Eglevsky Ballet Summer Intensive and Short Stay Ballet Experience
- Full Tuition to The Washington Ballet Summer Intensive
Annie Castellanos
- Partial Tuition to Ballet Rhode Island Summer Intensive
- Partial Tuition to BalletMet Summer Intensive
- Acceptance to International Ballet Academy Summer Intensive
- Acceptance to Orlando Ballet Summer Intensive
- Acceptance to Short Stay at Sarasota Ballet
Cora Peraino
- Acceptance to BalletMet Summer Intensive
Gretchen Zerling
- Partial Tuition to BalletMet Summer Intensive
- Acceptance to European School of Ballet Summer Intensive
- Partial Tuition to International Ballet Academy Summer Intensive
- Partial Tuition to Next Generation Summer Intensive
Tatiana Avci
- Acceptance to BalletMet Summer Intensive
- Acceptance to Orlando Ballet Summer Intensive
2023 YAGP CHICAGO
Senior Women Classical Top 12 Norah Meekins
Senior Women’s Classical Top 24 Arden Jungmann
Senior Women’s Contemporary Top 24 Arden Jungmann, Norah Meekins, Nyla Meekins Junior Women’s Classical Top 24 Sophia Cho
Pre-Competitive Classical 3rd Place Faith Richardson
Pre-Competitive Classical Top 12 Annie Castellanos, Cora Peraino
Pre-Competitive Classical Top 24 Gretchen Zerling, Tatiana Avci
Pre-Competitive Contemporary 1st Place Annie Castellanos
Pre-Competitive Contemporary Top 12 Cora Peraino, Faith Richardson
Large Ensemble 3rd Place
Outstanding Teacher Award – Faculty
2024 YAGP PITTSBURGH
Senior Women’s Classical Top 12 Arden Jungmann, Yulianna Kowalczyk
Senior Women’s Contemporary Top 12 Arden Jungmann
Junior Men & Women Classical Top 12 Scarlett Lavery
Junior Men & Women Classical Top 24 Tatiana Avci
Pre-Competitive Men & Women Classical 3rd Place Faith Richardson
Pre-Competitive Men & Women Classica Top 12 Cora Peraino, Gretchen Zerling Pre-Competitive Men & Women Contemporary 1st Place Faith Richardson
Pre-Competitive Men & Women Contemporary Top 12 Annie Castellanos, Cora Peraino Large Ensemble 1st Place
Outstanding School Award
2025 YAGP INDIANAPOLIS
Senior Men & Women Classical Top 12 Norah Meekins
Junior Men & Women Classical Top 12 Annie Castellanos, Bella Yi
Junior Men & Women Classical Top 24 Cora Peraiono, Gretchen Zerling, Tatiana Avci Junior Men & Women Contemporary Top 12 Faith Richardson
Junior Men & Women Contemporary Top 24 Anna Maria Krakowiak, Annie Castellanos, Faith Richardson. Pre-Competitive Men & Women Contemporary Top 12 Clara Khaled
Large Ensemble 2nd Place
2 Large Ensembles Top 12
Outstanding School Award
2023 WBAC DETROIT
Classical Group C 1st Place Cora Peraino
Classical Group D 1st Place Scarlett Lavery
Group D Potential Award Hugh Domenic Defer
Group C Contemporary 3rd Place Cora Peraino
Group D Contemporary 1st Place Scarlett Lavery
Group D Contemporary 3rd Place Sophia Cho
Best Teacher Award – Valentina Barsukova, Natalia Makina
Best School Award
Finals Invitation-Cora Peraino, Scarlett Lavery, Sophia Cho, Amelia Defer
2023 WBAC FINALS
Group D Classical 5th Place Scarlett Lavery
Group D Contemporary 1st Place Scarlett Lavery
Best School Award
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scarlett Lavery
- School of Canada National Ballet
2024 WBAC DETROIT
Group C Classical 1st Place Faith Richardson
Group C Classical 2nd Place Gretchen Zerling
Group C Classical 3rd Place Annie Castellanos
Group C Classical 10th Place Anna Yi
Group D Classical 1st Place Scarlett Lavery
Group D Classical 2nd Place Bella Yi
Group D Classical 6th Place Tatiana Avci
Group D Classical 10th Place Luciana Diaz
Group D Classical 3rd Place Hugh Domenic Defer
Group E Classical 1st Place Norah Meekins
Group E Classical 3rd Place Sophia Cho
Group E Classical 4th Place Leena Kraytem
Group E Classical 5th Place Mia Sky Blind
Group E Classical 6th Place Amelia Defer
Group C Contemporary 2nd Place Faith Richardson
Group C Contemporary 3rd Place Gretchen Zerling
Group C Contemporary 5th Place Anna Yi
Group D Contemporary 1st Place Scarlett Lavery
Group D Contemporary 3rd Place Tatiana Avci
Group D Contemporary 4th Place Bella Yi
Group D Contemporary POtential Award Luciana Diaz, Daphne Moser
Group E Contemporary 1st Place Norah Meekins
Group E Contemporary 2nd Place Mia Sky Blind
Group E Contemporary 5th Place Leena Kraytem
Group E Contemporary Potential Award Sophia Cho, Amelia Defer
Best Teacher Award Valentina Barsukova, Natalia Makina
Best Choreography Award Rebecca Grden
Best School Award
Finals Invitation-Faith Richardson, Gretchen Zerling, Annie Castellanos, Anna Yi, Scarlett Lavery, Bella Yi, Tatiana Avci, Luciana Diaz, Daphne Moser, Hugh Domenic Defer, Norah Meekins, Sophia Cho, Leena Kraytem, Mia Sky Blind, Amelia Defer, Lily Khaled
2024 WBAC FINALS
Group C Classical 3rd Place Faith Richardson
Group D Classical 2nd Place Scarlett Lavery
Group D Potential Award Bella Yi
Group D Boys Potential Award Hugh Domenic Defer
Group C Contemporary 3rd Place Faith Richardson
Group D Contemporary 3rd Place Scarlett Lavery
Best School Award
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scarlett Lavery
- Canada’s National Ballet School
- 75% Tuition The Rock School
Bella Yi
- 50% Tuition The Rock School
Faith Richardson
- 50% Tuition The Rock School
Scholarships/awards of season 2020-2021
YAGP CHICAGO
- Top 12 Pre Competitive Contemporary – Toscane Acket
- Top 12 Pre Competitive Classical – Adriana Oleksy, Ella Wells, Toscane Acket
- Top 12 Junior Contemporary – Norah Meekins
- Top 24 Junior Classical – Arden Jungmann, Olivia Raymond, Zoe Shemet
- Top 12 Junior Classical – Norah Meekins
- Top 12 Senior Contemporary – Katie Raymond
- Top 24 Senior Classical – Katie Raymond, Nyla Meekins, Savannah Yopp
- Top 12 Senior Classical – Carmen Rossi
- Top 12 Ensembles – A Conversation: Norah and Nyla Meekins duet, Phases, The Heaviness We Carry
- 2nd Place for all Ensembles
- Outstanding School Award
YAGP INDY
- Top 12 Ensembles – A Conversation: Norah and Nyla Meekins duet
- Top 24 Junior Classical – Yulianna Kowalczyk
- Top 12 Junior Classical – Zoe Shemet
- Top 12 Senior Contemporary – Abigail Jenkins, Nyla Meekins
- 2nd Place Senior Classical – Carmen Rossi
Invitation to YAGP Finals in Tampa for: A Conversation-Duet, Etched, The Heaviness We Carry, Waltz of the Flowers, Gayane, and Garment.
YAGP Finals In Tampa – “Garment “ top 12 groups competition (choreography Ivan Poroshin)
ADC IBC
- Abigail Jenkins
International Ballet Academy – SI Partial Scholarship
Ballet West – SI Acceptance
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre – SI Partial Scholarship - Norah Meekins
Atlanta Ballet Boys Ballet SI and Ladies Workshop – Acceptance
Tulsa Ballet – SI Partial Scholarship
Cary Ballet – SI Acceptance
Ballet West – SI Acceptance - Nyla Meekins
Cary Ballet – SI Acceptance
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre – SI Partial Scholarship - Marisa Rakoski
Tulsa Ballet – SI Acceptance - Carmen Rossi
Ballet West – SI Acceptance - Zoe Shemet
Cary Ballet – SI Acceptance
Ballet West – SI Acceptance
Previous scholarships/awards
- Mrs. Valentina got “Outstanding Teacher Award” at YAGP in 2003, 2005 and 2014 years.
- She got “Best Choreographer ” award in YAGP 2002.
- “Best Studio” award in 2006 ( She prepared Juliana’s Ballet Company to YAGP that time ) .
- “Best Teacher Award ” at WBAC competition in 2016.
- Student of Mrs. Valentina – Maria Beck got 3 Rd place in NYC YAGP Finals in Pre-Competitive category.
- Maria Beck – top 10 in Junior Category in NYC YAGP Finals , Full Scholarship to Kirov Ballet Academy in Washington D.C.
Students Awards on YAGP
YAGP 2016 (Indiana)
Top 12 in Seniors Classical Category:
- Jessica Raymond
- Mackenzie Bartlett
Top 12 in Seniors Contemporary Category:
- Gabrielle Girard
Top 24 in Seniors Classical Category:
- Gabrielle Girard
- 3 Ensembles got in 2 place and was invited to NYC YAGP Finals.
YAGP 2016 (Toronto)
Top 12 Seniors Classical:
- Jessica Raymond
Top 24 Seniors Classical:
- Alyssa Strasser
- Izabella Bonito
Top 12 in Pre-Competitive Classical and Contemporary:
- Emily Fry
- Margaret Martin
- Elizabeth George
- 2 Ensembles got in 3 place and was invited to NYC YAGP Finals.
Scholarships:
- Bolshoi Academy Summer Intensive – Jessica Raymond , Erin Lutman , Sonya Park , Mikayla Anderson.
- Ballet West – Arianna Nava , Erin Lutman
Ballet Met – Cody Rowan, Jessica Raymond. - Boston Conservatory – Lily Massie
- Complexion Ballet Summer Intensive – Rachel Hatton, Elizabeth George
- Kirov Academy ( year round program ) – Sarah Sellers
- Bolshoi Academy in Moscow (year round program) – Mackenzie Bartlett, Gabrielle Girard.
- Belorussian Ballet School (Year round program) – Riley McGuire
- Boston Ballet School (year round program) – Bridget Miller