BICD Prix 2025: Huge congratulations to our Fulltime student Tomihiko Arai (16) who was awarded 3rd place in the Intermediate section of the Brisbane International Contemporary Dance Prix this year! And we are so proud of all three of our dancers who came away with some incredible scholarship offers, and our 8 Junior dancers who had a wonderful week learning from the international guest teachers and performing yesterday.
Tomihiko Arai: π 1-week Short-Term with possible entry into the Bachelor of Dance at Palucca University of Dance Dresden Germany π Direct entry to 2nd stage audition at Rambert School London π 1-week Short-Term and $7000 scholarship upon entry into the Advanced Diploma program at WAAPA Perth π 1-week Short-Term with possible entry into the Bachelor of Dance at Zurich University π 1-week Secondment with the Pre-Professional Program of the Sydney Dance Company
Mahina Higo: π 1-week Short-Term with possible entry into the N4 year at Palucca University of Dance Dresden Germany π 1-week Short-Term or Summer School at Rambert School London π 1-week Short-Term at WAAPA Perth π 1-week Secondment with the Pre-Professional Program of the Sydney Dance Company π Direct entry into the Australasian Dance Collective Youth Ensemble
Imogen Stehlik: π 1-week Short-Term at the Tanzakademie Zurich π 1-week Short-Term at WAAPA Perth π Direct entry into the Australasian Dance Collective Youth Ensemble
We are so grateful to @grant.aris and @ameliawallercreative for pulling together to continue the inspiring work of the beautiful human Louise Deleur β€οΈ
Your performance was fantastic Tomi πππ Congratulations!! And good luck for tomorrow!
Congrats Tomi
BICD PRIX 2025: Our Intermediate competitors Imogen, Mahina and Tomihiko are having an amazing week of master classes, solo coaching and mentoring by some of the worlds leading contemporary teachers, choreographers and directors! And 8 of our 12-14 year old students are soaking it all in and getting out of their comfort zones in the junior Workshop as part of the Prix: Audrey, Rosie, Sophie, Stella, Ivy, Ada, Jessica and Vivienne. We are so proud of you all!! @bicd.prix #amandabollingerdanceacademy#abdaintermediates#abdaseniors#abdafulltimers#contemporarydance#contemporaryworkshop#proudteacher... See MoreSee Less
Wishing our three wonderful students Imogen Stehlik (15), Mahina Higo (15) and Tomihiko Arai (16) a huge Toi Toi Toi for the Brisbane International Contemporary Prix (BICD) which starts today! We look forward to seeing how this incredible week of classes, coaching, choreography and performing challenges and further develops these dancers π Photos by @stephanbollinger @bicd.prix #amandabollingerdanceacademy#abdaseniors#abdafulltimers#contemporarydance#toitoitoi... See MoreSee Less
Congratulations Jackson! We are incredibly proud of ABDA graduate Jackson Smith-Leishman, in his second year at the Paris Opera Ballet Junior Company, who has been cast in the main companyβs season of Giselle! What an exciting opportunity for such an amazing young dancer! @balletoperadeparisjunior #abdagraduate#balletmen#inspiringdancer#superproudteacher... See MoreSee Less
Registrations are now open for our 2026 Summer School, held at our beautiful studios on the Gold Coast from 12-17th January 2025!
Passionate ballet students from 5 years old are welcome to join our students in a 6-day intensive, with classes in Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Conditioning, Repertoire, Boys Class.
Places are limited, so reserve your spot today via the form on our website (link in bio).
We are very proud of our students who took up the amazing opportunity of taking classes at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne as part of their Interstate Training Program this year: π Ada Yang π Ellie Tiralongo π Ivy Perry π Jade Shi π Stella Jackson
Special Awards πππ We are so proud of our Eisteddfod Group dancers who shone brightly this year and were such fine representatives of our academy. We are honoured to have received the following Special Awards from the final two competitions of the year..
π GOLD COAST EISTEDDFOD: - Bryan Durham Memorial Award for the Classical Aggregate (for the 13th year in a row!) - Kay Horsey Award for Outstanding Performance (Open Lyrical) - City of GC Award for Runner-up Dance Studio 13/over (total points over all sections/genres)
π QUOTA BEENLEIGH EISTEDDFOD: - Most Outstanding Group 12 yrs - Most Outstanding Group Open Age
BICD Prix 2025:
Huge congratulations to our Fulltime student Tomihiko Arai (16) who was awarded 3rd place in the Intermediate section of the Brisbane International Contemporary Dance Prix this year!
And we are so proud of all three of our dancers who came away with some incredible scholarship offers, and our 8 Junior dancers who had a wonderful week learning from the international guest teachers and performing yesterday.
Tomihiko Arai:
π 1-week Short-Term with possible entry into the Bachelor of Dance at Palucca University of Dance Dresden Germany
π Direct entry to 2nd stage audition at Rambert School London
π 1-week Short-Term and $7000 scholarship upon entry into the Advanced Diploma program at WAAPA Perth
π 1-week Short-Term with possible entry into the Bachelor of Dance at Zurich University
π 1-week Secondment with the Pre-Professional Program of the Sydney Dance Company
Mahina Higo:
π 1-week Short-Term with possible entry into the N4 year at Palucca University of Dance Dresden Germany
π 1-week Short-Term or Summer School at Rambert School London
π 1-week Short-Term at WAAPA Perth
π 1-week Secondment with the Pre-Professional Program of the Sydney Dance Company
π Direct entry into the Australasian Dance Collective Youth Ensemble
Imogen Stehlik:
π 1-week Short-Term at the Tanzakademie Zurich
π 1-week Short-Term at WAAPA Perth
π Direct entry into the Australasian Dance Collective Youth Ensemble
We are so grateful to @grant.aris and @ameliawallercreative for pulling together to continue the inspiring work of the beautiful human Louise Deleur β€οΈ
@bicd.prix #amandabollingerdanceacademy #abdaintermediates #abdaseniors #abdafulltimers #amazingopportunities #contemporarydance #superproudteacher ... See MoreSee Less
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Amazing results, congratulations everyone xx
Congratulations! What wonderful opportunities π€©
Such a fun week!!! Congratulations! Phenomenal to watch those finalists yesterday!
Well done everyone ! Lots of exciting opportunities…
It was a fabulous week of dance! Congratulations to Tomi, Mahina and Imogen exciting times ahead!
Amazing! Congratulations to you all x
Congratulations to all Dancers. Fabulous experience and results. πππ
Amazing.Congratulations πππ
Fantastic effort everyone! π§‘
Such amazing results for very deserving dancers. You were all awesome π
Wow... Tomi...SO PROUD...great job.
Congratulations everyone πππ fabulous results β€οΈβ€οΈ
Huge congratulations! Wonderful opportunities xx
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BICD Prix 2025:
We are so proud of our Intermediate competitors Imogen, Mahina and Tomihiko who danced their set solos and own choreography so brilliantly today!
And massive congratulations to Tomihiko who has been selected as one of only 10 Finalists to dance again tomorrow!!
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Amazing Tomi! Congratulations ππ½
Go Tomi… U rock!
Your performance was fantastic Tomi πππ Congratulations!! And good luck for tomorrow!
Congrats Tomi
BICD PRIX 2025:
Our Intermediate competitors Imogen, Mahina and Tomihiko are having an amazing week of master classes, solo coaching and mentoring by some of the worlds leading contemporary teachers, choreographers and directors!
And 8 of our 12-14 year old students are soaking it all in and getting out of their comfort zones in the junior Workshop as part of the Prix: Audrey, Rosie, Sophie, Stella, Ivy, Ada, Jessica and Vivienne.
We are so proud of you all!!
@bicd.prix #amandabollingerdanceacademy #abdaintermediates #abdaseniors #abdafulltimers #contemporarydance #contemporaryworkshop #proudteacher ... See MoreSee Less
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Wishing our three wonderful students Imogen Stehlik (15), Mahina Higo (15) and Tomihiko Arai (16) a huge Toi Toi Toi for the Brisbane International Contemporary Prix (BICD) which starts today!
We look forward to seeing how this incredible week of classes, coaching, choreography and performing challenges and further develops these dancers π
Photos by @stephanbollinger
@bicd.prix #amandabollingerdanceacademy #abdaseniors #abdafulltimers #contemporarydance #toitoitoi ... See MoreSee Less
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Toi Toi Toi guys β€οΈπ
Alll the best immi. And dancers / look forward to hearing all about it
Wishing you all the best π₯°π₯°
All the best Imogen, Mahina & Tomi x
Toi Toi Toi
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Congratulations Jackson!
We are incredibly proud of ABDA graduate Jackson Smith-Leishman, in his second year at the Paris Opera Ballet Junior Company, who has been cast in the main companyβs season of Giselle!
What an exciting opportunity for such an amazing young dancer!
@balletoperadeparisjunior #abdagraduate #balletmen #inspiringdancer #superproudteacher ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations βοΈβοΈ
Congratulations πππ
Amazing huge congrats πβοΈ
Well deserved! Congratulations
Congratulations ππΌ
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Registrations are now open for our 2026 Summer School, held at our beautiful studios on the Gold Coast from 12-17th January 2025!
Passionate ballet students from 5 years old are welcome to join our students in a 6-day intensive, with classes in Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Conditioning, Repertoire, Boys Class.
Places are limited, so reserve your spot today via the form on our website (link in bio).
vaganova.com.au/summerschool/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations to our soloists who recently competed at the Starbound Entertainers Festival (#8):
π
Chloe Godden (8):
1st - Classical
1st - Demi-character
π
Arabella Delzoppo (8):
2nd - Classical
2nd - Demi-character
π
Heidi Kam (9):
1st - Classical
3rd - Demi-character
1st - Lyrical
3rd - Any Style (repertoire)
π
Catherine Chefanov (9):
3rd - Lyrical
π
Rio Kaneko (9):
HC - Classical
4th - Lyrical
π
Jessica Qin (13):
4th - Classical
2nd - Demi-character
π
Imogen Stehlik (15):
2nd - Classical
1st - Demi-character
1st - Lyrical
HC - Contemporary
1st - Any Style (Contemporary)
3rd - Classical Improvisation
4th - Contemporary Improvisation
π
We are very proud of you all!
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Congratulations xx
Congratulations
Well done, girls! Congratulations
Interstate Training π
We are very proud of our students who took up the amazing opportunity of taking classes at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne as part of their Interstate Training Program this year:
π Ada Yang
π Ellie Tiralongo
π Ivy Perry
π Jade Shi
π Stella Jackson
These gorgeous girls are amongst our 10 students who auditioned successfully for the ABS ITP this year, and we are very grateful to @theaustralianballetschool for providing such fantastic opportunities!
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Special Awards πππ
We are so proud of our Eisteddfod Group dancers who shone brightly this year and were such fine representatives of our academy.
We are honoured to have received the following Special Awards from the final two competitions of the year..
π GOLD COAST EISTEDDFOD:
- Bryan Durham Memorial Award for the Classical Aggregate (for the 13th year in a row!)
- Kay Horsey Award for Outstanding Performance (Open Lyrical)
- City of GC Award for Runner-up Dance Studio 13/over (total points over all sections/genres)
π QUOTA BEENLEIGH EISTEDDFOD:
- Most Outstanding Group 12 yrs
- Most Outstanding Group Open Age
Thank you so much to all our wonderful students, parents and teachers for all the hard work put into the groups this year, and thank you to @quotabeenleigh and @goldcoasteisteddfod for the recognition!
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Huge congratulations ππ»
Congratulations πππ
Congratulations 𧑠and THANK YOU Miss Amanda π§‘
Lovely! Congratulations πβ€οΈ
Well Done
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Congratulations to our new Level 3 & 4 students on reaching the exciting milestones of getting their first pair of Demi-Pointe/Pointe shoes!!
The real fun begins now, along with lots of hard work!
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I remember the day that I took Kim to get her first Demi’s