2019 Delaware Dance Festival Scholarships and Awards
The purpose of the Delaware Dance Festival is to celebrate & support dance in the region. Last year alone, the Delaware Dance Festival gave over $8000 directly to dancers to help expose them to the highest levels of instruction, and to stoke the passion of dance.
2018 Delaware Dance Festival Scholarships and Awards
Congratulations to the following dancers who were chosen during the 2018 Delaware Dance Festival Scholarship Audition.
Classes were taught by Rie Aoki, Elizabeth Tkaczynski, & Alexa DeBarr.
Artistry Award ($1,000 cash) – Nova Gaffney – School of First State Ballet Theatre
DDF Silver Anniversary Scholarship ($750 cash)- Jaqueline Taylor – School of First State Ballet Theatre
Specialty Awards ($500 cash)
- Ballet: Chloe Cowden – Delaware Dance Company
- Contemporary Jazz: Trinity Wolff – Dayton Dance Conservatory Company
- Musical Theatre: Juliana Warnock – Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy
DDF Memorial Scholarship in Honor of Miriam “Mom-Mom” Gibson ($500 cash) – Lezlie Gray – Delaware Dance Company
Inspiration Award ($400 cash)- Meoghan Swain – Sussex Dance Academy
Scholarships ($400 cash)
- Lauren Chua – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Natalie Ginsberg – Delaware Dance Company
- Joseph Hall-Conley – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Gretchen Kimmel – Berks Ballet Theatre
- Olivia Moyer – Berks Ballet Theatre
- Emily Saffos – School of First State Ballet Theatre
Scholarships ($300 cash)
- Stella Caldwell – Sussex Dance Academy
- Jillian Graff – Delaware Dance Company
- Sydney Jones – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Lindsey Melvin – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Leyna Obara – School of First State Ballet Theatre
Diamond Dance Company Ballet Scholarship ($300 cash)- Akerah Winder – Delaware Ballet
3D’s Scholarship ($250 cash)- Lorelei Obst – Berks Ballet Theatre
Lev Assouliak Award of Excellence in Ballet Scholarship ($200 cash)- Jaqueline Taylor – School of First State Ballet Theatre
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Page Scholarship ($200 cash)= Eli Latshaw – Youth Dance Ensemble
Tatiana Akinfieva-Smith Ballet Scholarship ($200 cash)- Madison Smith – Delaware Dance Company
Scholarships ($200 cash)
- Barbara Barrier – Delaware Dance Company
- Rylie Calvello – Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy
- Olivia Caraballo – Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy
- Megan Cox – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Kyleigh Dunlap – First State Dance Academy
- Kristin Greenly – First State Dance Academy
- Nina Gosa – Stage Lights Dance Studio
- Jordyn Jones – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Arianna Knowles – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Anna Lasher – Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy
- Julia Tegtmeier – Delaware Ballet
- Danielle Weber – Dayton Dance Conservatory Company
- Tyler Wright – Ballet Theatre of Dover
- Annie Wu – Delaware Dance Company
Student Registration Scholarship ($150 cash)- Lulu McDonough Berks Ballet Theatre
James Zynda Memorial Scholarship ($100 cash)
- Danny Caputo – School of First State Ballet
- Danny Johnson – School of First State Ballet
Tatyana May Scholarship ($100 cash)- Alayna DeBaca – Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy
Pennsylvania Regional Ballet (4 week scholarship)- Emma Moorman Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy
First State Ballet Theatre (3 week scholarship)- Isabella Wicks Providence Creek Ballet Theater
Burklyn Ballet Theatre ($500 scholarship)- Jillian Kerr Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy
Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy (4 week scholarship)- Blayke Cawby First State Dance Academy
Dance Conservatory (2 week scholarship)
- Alena Bartlett – Providence Creek Ballet Theater
- Leanne Ortega – School of First State Ballet Theatre
Academy of International Ballet (2 week scholarship)- Amelie Chase Delaware Dance Company
Delaware Dance Company (1 week scholarship)
- Lily Atwood – Providence Creek Ballet Theater
- Karina Bartlett – Providence Creek Ballet Theater
- Isabella Gibbs – Delaware Ballet
- Alexandra Passero – Providence Creek Ballet Theater
Susex Dance Academy (2 week scholarship)
- Caroline Anderson – School of First State Ballet Theatre
- Kylie Shelton – Youth Dance Ensemble
Vineland Regional Dance Company (1 week scholarship)
- Jordan Cianci – Providence Creek Ballet Theater
- Vienne Istvan – Delaware Dance Company
- Zoe Lasher – Tatiana Akinfieva Dance Academy