New York, New Jersey, Connecticut CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES AND EXEMPLARY STAGE MANNERS RISING HIGH AT LIBC 2009 ! Divided in five categories according to age and levels, 50 students from seven various dance schools, presented solo performances following a prescribed classical repertoire. TOP AWARDS Pre-Professional Division age: 16, 17, 18 Aina Tadokoro - Gold Medal - Lumière Ballet, NY Mariel Vicente - Silver Medal - Dance Dimensions Studio, CT Nikki Kimura - Bronze Medal - Lumière Ballet, NY Clare Tonks - Honorary Mention - Lynch School of Ballet, NY Senior Division A age: 13,14,15 Isabelle Hay - Gold Medal - Lynch School of Ballet, NY Alyssa Brogan - Silver Medal - Lynch School of Ballet, NY Paul Giarratano - Bronze Medal - American Studio for the Performing Arts, NY Senior Division B age: 13, 14, 15 Elise Deeg - Gold Medal - Lynch School of Ballet, NY Ginamarie Carrero-Sagona - Silver Medal - Lynch School of Ballet, NY Michaela Macauley - Bronze Medal - Lumière Ballet, NY Junior Division age: 11-12 Nana Tadoko - Gold Medal - Lumière Ballet, NY Fern Pasternak - Silver Medal - Lumière Ballet, NY Tatiana Ferraro - Bronze Medal - Lumière Ballet, NY Introductory Division age: 9-10 Alexandra Smith - Gold Medal - Lynch School of Ballet, NY Caroline Tonks - Silver Medal - Lynch School of Ballet, NY Brooke Bavaro - Bronze Medal - Lynch School of Ballet, NY The Panel of Jury Harriet Clark Faculty of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theater Marilyn D’Honau Dance faculty at the Collaborative Arts Project 21 with New York University Rosanna Seravalli Tenure professor at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College and on the ballet faculty for the American Ballet Theater Summer Program. All photos by Alex M. Wolff
Videos of LIBC 2009 by Andrew Merelis Productions John and Lillian Maguire Theater, SUNY College at Old Westbury, NYOctober 24 - 25, 2009
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