AHA AWARDS PAST FINALISTS 1991 Opera House Wellington Judges: Gary Norman, Dorothea Ashbridge, Linda Anning SUPREME AWARDS 13-21yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Louise Lum 15yrs Lynne Harrison Wgtn NZ ‘Royal Ballet School’ ‘Birmingham Royal Ballet’ 1st Runner-up Andrew Bowman 13yrs Christine Bowman Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘Royal Danish Ballet Co’ - Principal 2nd Runner-up Karen Mackersy 16yrs Lynne Harrison Wgtn NZ ‘National Theatre Ballet School’ ‘Royal New Zealand Ballet Co’ Finalists Sophie Beaver 16yrs Christine Bowman Auck NZ ‘Monaco Ballet’ France Melissa Armstrong 15yrs National B.Theatre Melb Aust ‘Australian Ballet School’ Hayley Stevenson 16yrs Paula Hunt Wgtn NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal New Zealand Ballet Co’ Marc Cassidy 16yrs Ann Judson ChCh NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘The Australian Ballet Co’- Senior Artist Rachel Von Hartitzsch 13yrs Alison Pond Wgtn NZ Kirstin Hooper 13yrs Christine Bowman Auck NZ ‘Kirov Academy’ DC USA ‘Universal Ballet Co’ Korea - Soloist Bridget McCready 18yrs Joy McCready Kerry Isherwood 16yrs Sharon Wakefield ChCh NZ 1993 Opera House Wellington Judges: Gailene Stock, Ashley Killar, Jon Trimmer SUPREME AWARDS 13-21yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Cameron McMillan 16yrs Claire Patten ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘Rambert Dance Co’- Genee Bronze medal 1st Runner-up Kirstin Hooper 15yrs SABA Auck NZ ‘Kirov Academy’ DC USA ‘Universal Ballet Co’ Korea - Soloist 2nd Runner-up Julie Aldridge 17yrs Carole Spiers Auck NZ Finalists Gaylene Cummerfield 15yrs Lorraine Peters ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘Birmingham Royal Ballet’ Principal - Genee Bronze medal Shannon Dawson 19yrs Pam Husband Invercargill NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal New Zealand Ballet Co’ Soloist Nicole Gerber 15yrs Katie Haines Wgtn NZ Kimberley Godwin 13yrs Bronwyn Bennett Wgtn NZ Janaya Harrison 13yrs Alison Pond Wgtn NZ Jane Lucas 15yrs Patten Academy New Plymouth NZ Karen Mackersy 18yrs Ann Jenner – Melb Aust ‘Royal New Zealand Ballet Co’ Rowan Thorpe 17yrs 1999 VUW Theatre Wellington Judges: Anne Rowse, Harry Haythorne SUPREME AWARDS 13-21yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Kieran Gourley 18yrs Nigel Gailenne ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ 1st Runner-up Alison Brooker 16yrs Sonja Dean ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Hamburg Ballet Co’ 2nd Runner-up Alistair Weddell 19yrs Colleen Warren NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ Finalists Jessica Gambrill 16yrs Marie Walton-Mahon Aust ‘NZ School of Dance’ Ava Handley 13yrs Alison Pond Wgtn NZ Natalie Hana 13yrs MEBA Auck NZ Hannah Jensen 15yrs Jill George NZ Farley Johansson 20yrs ABA ‘NZ School of Dance’ Kristel McMeekin 14yrs MEBA Auck NZ Rosemary Martin 17yrs Rosemary Clark Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘Royal NZ Ballet Co’ Cassandra Wilson 15yrs Philippa Campbell Auck NZ ‘Royal NZ Ballet Co’ 2001 Te Whaea Dance & Drama Centre Wellington Judges: Peter Boyes, Janne Blanch, Sir Jon Trimmer SUPREME AWARDS 13-21yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Alison McWhinney 14yrs Ecole Sydney Aust ‘English National Ballet Sch’ ‘English National Ballet Co’- Genee Silver medal 1st Runner-up Craig Davidson 18yrs ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal Ballet of Flanders’ - Soloist 2nd Runner-up Olivia Bannerman 17yrs Southern Ballet ChCh NZ Finalists Brigid Costello 18yrs Sherilyn Kennedy IBA ChCh NZ Matysa Dalton 19yrs ‘NZ School of Dance’ Adriana Harper 15yrs Allan Barry Auck NZ ‘Royal NZ Ballet Co’ Michelle Knappstein 15yrs MEBA Auck NZ Anna Kouzminova 14yrs Andrea Pender Wgtn NZ Laura Litten 14yrs Jane Allyn/Ecole -Sydney Aust Rosemary Martin 19yrs Rosemary Clark Auck NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal NZ Ballet Co’ Charles Thompson 14yrs Tess Graeme - Kerikeri NZ 2003 St James Theatre Wellington Judges: Gary Harris, Michela Kirkaldie, Louise Hawke SUPREME AWARDS 13-21yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Christopher Rickert 19yrs QLD Dance Sch of Excellence/NZSD ‘Royal Danish Ballet Co’ 1st Runner-up Heidi-Jane Martin 13yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ 2nd Runner-up Karen Nanasca 13yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ Finalists: Rebecca Rich 15yrs Jane Allyn Ecole NSW Aust Sarah Williams 14yrs SCEGGS/Ross ‘School of American Ballet’ NY Ingrid Gow 15yrs Kuner/Pengelly Aust ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal NZ Ballet Co’ - ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ Holly Shiefield 14yrs MEBA Auck NZ Amanda McGuigan 15yrs McDonald/Pearson NSW Aust Yu Sudo 19yrs Kazuko Keneda Japan ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Singapore Dance Theatre’ Kalena Muir 16yrs Philippa Campbell Auck NZ Yu Hui 19yrs Zhejiang Atrs School China ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘QLD Ballet Co’-Soloist 2005 Michael Fowler Centre Wellington Judges: Joanne Michel, Peter Boyes, Gao Guoqing, Kerry-Anne Gilberd, Anne Anderson JUNIOR SCHOLARS 11-13yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Mimi Pierce 13yrs Kim Harvey Aust 1st Runner-up Hannah O’Neill 12yrs MEBA Auckland NZ ‘ABS & Paris Opera School’ Principal - Paris Opera Ballet Prix de Lausanne Switzerland 2009, YAGP New York 2010, Varna for professionals Bulgaria 2014, Benois de Danse Moscow Russia 2016 2nd Runner-up Joseph Chapman 12yrs McDonald College Sydney Aust Finalists Coco Mathieson 12yrs Paula Hunt Wgtn NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ Augsburg Ballet - The Australian Ballet 2016 Antonia McCauley 12yrs MEBA/SABA Auck NZ ‘Royal Ballet School’ ‘Bayensches Staatsballett’ Jason Yang-Westland 11yrs Philippa Campbell Auck NZ Anastazja Kramarz 11yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ Alana Nanasca 11yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ Emma White 12yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal NZ Ballet Co’ Chelsea Andrejic 13yrs Simone Conlan Aust ‘English National Ballet Sch’ Rhiannon Fairless 11yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘National Ballet of Canada’ SUPREME AWARDS 13-21yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Stephanie Morelli 13yrs MEBA Auck NZ 1st Runner-up Delia Mathews 15yrs DEC Tauranga NZ ‘Royal Ballet School’ Prix de Lausanne Winner Principal ‘Royal Birmingham Ballet’ 2nd Runner-up Karen Nanasca 15yrs MEBA Auckl NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ Finalists Eliose Renouf Fryer 14yrs Adrian Fryer Melb Aust ‘City Dance Centre’ ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ 2008 Rhys Humphries 14yrs ADPI QLD Aust Louisa Huthinson 15yrs MEBA Auck NZ Nicki Moffait 16yrs Simone Conlan Aust ‘Royal Ballet School’ ‘Royal Birmingham Ballet Co’- Genee Silver Medal Amy Fisher 16yrs Jane Allyn Ecole NSW Aust Rebecca Rodwell 16yrs Jane Allyn Ecole NSW Aust Paul Mathews 18yrs Philippa Campbell Auck NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal New Zealand Ballet Co’ Principal Gemma Pearce 18yrs Adrian Fryer Melb Aust ‘City Dance Centre’ ‘QLD Ballet Company’ 2007 Bruce Mason Centre Auckland Judges: Mark Annear, Kerry-Anne Gilberd, Nicola Searchfield,Carl Myers, Anita Hutchins JUNIOR SCHOLARS 11-13yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Alex Cambie 12yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘West Ballet Utah’ USA ‘West Ballet 11’ 1st Runner-up Pamela Sidhu 13yrs Liz Harvey Dance Auck NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ 2nd Runner-up Natalie Welch 11yrs MEBA Auck NZ Finalists Phebe Murison 11yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ Felix Sampson 12yrs Paula Hunt Wgtn NZ Tessa Hall 12yrs Claire Patten New Plymouth NZ ‘NZ School of Dance’ Olivia Paine 12yrs Ireland/Bowen NSW ‘Australian Ballet School’ Jordan Mullin 13yrs Robin Sinclair Dunedin NZ ‘Royal Ballet School’ ‘Royal Ballet Co’ Grace Cabauatan 13yrs Bennett/Chilton Dance Wgtn NZ Sara Ellis 13yrs Harris/Hunt Wgtn NZ Elliot William Bourke 13yrs Alegria Studios SUPREME AWARDS 13-21yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Pedro Cassiano 19yrs Lyceu Escola de Danca Brazil ‘NZ School of Dance’ 1st Runner-up Hannah O’Neill 12yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘ABS & Paris Opera School’ Principal - Paris Opera Ballet Prix de Lausanne Switzerland 2009, YAGP New York 2010, Varna for professionals Bulgaria 2014, Benois de Danse Moscow Russia 2016 2nd Runner-up Antonia McAuley 14yrs MEBA/SABA Auck NZ ‘Royal Ballet School’ ‘Bayensches Staatsballett’ Finalists Rhiannon Fairless 13yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ ‘National Ballet of Canada’ Alana Nanasca 13yrs MEBA Auck NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ Coco Mathieson 14yrs Paula Hunt Wgtn NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ Augsburg Ballet - The Australian Ballet 2016 Jill Ogai 14yrs Elayne Cherry Aust ‘Australian Ballet School’ Paul Russell 15yrs Alegria NSW Aust ‘Royal Ballet School’ Genee Gold Medal - ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ Jessica Wood 16yrs Alegria NSW Aust ‘Royal Ballet School’ ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ Sharni Spencer 17yrs M Walton-Mahon Aust ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘The Australian Ballet Co’ Rory Fairweather-Neylan 19yrs QLD Sch of Excellence ‘NZ School of Dance’ ‘Royal New Zealand Ballet Co’ 2009 Bruce Mason Centre Auckland Judges: Gailene Stock-Norman, Sir Jon trimmer, Mark Annear, Jacqui Trimmer, Nicola Searchfield JUNIOR SCHOLARS 11-13yrs Winner Age Tutor Full-time School Professional Company/Elite Award Ariana Hond 12yrs MEBA Auck NZ QLD Ballet ‘Genee’ Silver Medal Melbourne City Ballet 2015 1st Runner-up Georgina Martin 13yrs Amanda Bollinger QLD Aust ‘Royal Ballet School’ 2nd Runner-up Megan De Klerk 11yrs Northern Dance Kerikeri NZ ‘Australian Ballet School’ Finalists Riki Kudo 11yrs Philippa Campbell Auck NZ QLD Ballet Pre-professional Program Zoe Cara Bedford 12yrs Philippa Campbell/Joy Lowe Auck NZ Alegria