Over 15000 dancers from 39 counties worldwide auditioned for the 2023 Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) season. Only a few hundred made it to the YAGP International Finals in Tampa, Florida.
After a week of classes and competitions, viewed and judged by the directors of the world’s leading ballet schools and companies, we are ecstatic to announce that our full-time Perth Classical & Contemporary Coaching student RHETT DAVIES was awarded the BRONZE MEDAL in the Junior Male Division!
Rhett was the only Australian candidate to medal at this event.
A momentous achievement for this young man from Perth, Australia, to be acknowledged as one of the three best young men in the world!
In addition to his medal, Rhett received scholarship offers from the following prestigious schools:
Full-Year Scholarships to:
- American Ballet Theatre (ABT) JKO School, New York, Pre-Professional Division
- The San Fransisco Ballet School, USA
-Canada’s National Ballet School, Canada
-The Houston Ballet Academy, USA
Short-Term Scholarships to:
-The European School of Ballet, The Netherlands
-Tanz Academy Zurich, Switzerland
-Palucca University of Dance, Dresden, Germany
-Berlin State Ballet School, Germany
-Alberta Ballet School, Canada (+ full year acceptance)
Summer School Scholarships to:
-John Cranko School of the Stuttgart Ballet, Germany
-The Harid Conservatory, Florida, USA
Congratulations Rhett, we are so proud of you!
We are so proud of Rhett’s performance over the YAGP FINALS Tampa week and we can’t wait to see him on the world stage in years to come.
