Isobel Anderson Awards 2025

Monday 24 March 2025 – Sunday 6 April 2025

TBC

Booking Deadline:

Thursday 13 March 2025

Event Date:

Monday 24 March 2025 – Sunday 6 April 2025

Event Time:

TBC

Location:

Sydney (Australia)

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Who’s it for?

RAD ballet students from Intermediate Foundation to Advanced 1 who are from NSW. Students must have completed an eligible exam in 2024, to enter the Awards in 2025.

Fee:

$117.50 AUD

Contact:

lpike@rad.org.au

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Exclusive event Sponsor: Bloch

2025 Results

Intermediate Foundation Semi-Finalists

Class A

1. London Yeomans

5. Tae’ejah Skye Dorward

7. Olivia Chung Tian Lan

11. Olivia Lowry

16. Kelsey Pasfield

18. Alexis Goodwin

19. Abigail Fahey

26. Jada Mostyn

27. Jakob Kelly

30. Chloe Ng

33. Zoe Marx Badenhorst

34. Julia Ahou

36. Wahta Handy

38. Sophia Edwards-Alm

40. Millie Ziqi Tian

42. Matthew Mortimer

46. Charlotte Ava Grace Haswell

47. Natahlia Bogovac

48. Lacey Dotti

50. Ava Parry

53. Rebekah Barden

55. Grace O’Dowd

56. Watson Faulkner

Class B

59. Keira Dignam

61. Orli Dureau-McMillan

65. Suzanne Liu

71. Charlie English

77. Ellerie Duggan

78. Natalia Maryanka

80. Violet Palise

81. Megumi Ishii

85. Juah Kim

86. Aleks Karadjov

89. Isla Caddies

90. India Thrum

92. Scarlett Honan

94. Chloe Dyki

95. Macey Moore

96. Winton Chua

97. Addison Comanos

98. Chiara Ashton

101. Peaches Zhang

103. Mahli Meehan

104. Yilin Xu

106. Indigo Roese

113. Walter Burke

115. Imogen Stephens

Intermediate Semi-Finalists

Class A

119. Piper Hough

123. Ingrid Grow

124. Xanthe Wong

128. Alice Grove

129. Miri Nagata

132. Anneke Soulis

137. April Cusumano

138. Lalibela Gregory

141. Seona Moon

143. Ava Radojevic

145. Grace Kearney

146. Milania Franklin

148. Conor Curley

150. Livinia Hamilton

156. Raphael Leishman

157. Ady Lee

159. Sage Nicholson

160. Ava Harris

161. Nil Mangaloglu

165. Charlotte King

167. Anna Stephensen

Class B

170. Alice Gully

171. Hayley Chesser

173. Caitlin Lowndes

174. Emma Taylor

178. Willow Duncan

182. Elin Ng

183. Florence Hanks-Ruttyn

184. Kiera Sakaguchi

186. Allegra Ariola

188. Ava Berry

190. Jessica Price

191. Chloe Choi

192. Chelsy Diec

194. Myles Goodwin

196. Matilda Byrne

199. Ava Lingxi Meng

200. Sophia Boyd

201. Audrey Baker

202. Sasha Pupovac

206. Lily Tynan

207. Irene Kim

Advanced Foundation Semi-Finalists

Class A

208. Hebe (Xinyan) He

210. Sophie May Lukin

213. Fern Cleary

215. Charli O’Brien

219. Isla Crawford

222. Mackenzie Murphy

224. Summer Hurdwell

227. Maya Kingsmill

228. Alicia Dooley

231. Tamara Barry

234. Angela Ryan

235. Alexis Swancott

236. Emily Kennedy

237. Mia Cohen

238. Anais Pagella Guthrie

239. Maddison Gardner

240. Jazmyn Brackenreg

242. Ivy Maughan

243. Alicia Weir

246. Mia McCormack

251. Harriet Barnett

252. Eadie Jennings

254. Mimi Yashio

255. Milly Platt

Advanced 1 Semi-Finalists

Class A

257. Sarah Reedman

259. Kate Connelly

260. Sienna Myers

297. Annabelle Capper

265. Madeleine McGimpsey

266. Kaleeah Royan

267. Paityn McLennan

269. Madeleine Konstantakos

270. Samatha Cristovao

274. Helena Wilson

277. Abby Nickalls

278. Matilda Eardley

282. Isabella Day

285. Daisy-Mena Proud

286. Rachel Collings

287. Ava Micallef

288. India-Rose Macé

289. Isla Keenan

290. Oscar Taggart

294. Louis Alexiou

Finalists

Intermediate Foundation

Tae’ejah Skye Dorward

Olivia Chung Tian Lan

Kelsey Pasfield

Jakob Kelly

Julia Ahou

Wahta Handy

Natahlia Bogovac

Watson Faulkner

Orli Dureau-McMillan

Suzanne Liu

Charlie English

Imogen Stephens

Intermediate

Xanthe Wong

Anneke Soulis

Ava Radojevic

Grace Kearney

Milania Franklin

Raphael Leishman

Anna Stephensen

Elin Ng

Florence Hanks-Ruttyn

Allegra Ariola

Ava Lingxi Meng

Sasha Pupovac

Advanced Foundation

Hebe (Xinyan) He

Sophie May Lukin

Charli O’Brien

Mackenzie Murphy

Summer Hurdwell

Maya Kingsmill

Mia Cohen

Maddison Gardner

Ivy Maughan

Harriet Barnett

Eadie Jennings

Milly Platt

Advanced 1

Kate Connelly

Sienna Myers

Paityn McLennan

Madeleine Konstantakos

Isabella Day

Daisy-Mena Proud

Rachel Collings

Ava Micallef

India-Rose Macé

Isla Keenan

Oscar Taggart

Louis Alexiou

The Royal Academy of Dance is proud to present the Isobel Anderson Awards 2025.

The Royal Academy of Dance invites eligible students to participate in the Isobel Anderson Awards 2025, a prestigious event honouring the legacy of RAD Fellow and ballet pioneer, Isobel Anderson.

This event is designed to:

Build confidence in performance settings.
Provide additional performance opportunities.
Prepare candidates for international dance competitions.

Students will gain valuable experience performing in graded and open classes, working with peers and guest teachers, and showcasing their talent. Prior to submitting an entry, all candidates, parents and teachers should ensure they have read the event flyer, including the conditions for entry, in full. You will be required to confirm you have read, understand, and agree to abide by these conditions prior to submitting your entry.

Preliminary Classes: 24-27 March 2025
Venue: RAD Australia, 20 Farrell Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Tentative Schedule (subject to change):

Intermediate Foundation Preliminaries: Monday 24 March
Intermediate Preliminaries: Tuesday 25 March
Advanced Foundation Preliminaries: Wednesday 26 March
Advanced 1 Preliminaries: Thursday 27 March

Semi-finals Classes: Friday 28 March 2025

Venue: RAD Australia, 20 Farrell Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Schedule: TBA after the closing date

Commissioned Choreography Workshop: Sunday 30 March 2025 (Finalists only)

Venue: RAD Australia, 20 Farrell Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

Schedule: TBA after the semi-finals

Finals: Sunday 6 April 2025

Venue: Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre, City Road & Cleveland Street Chippendale NSW 2008

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Medical information:
Please complete our medical form prior to attending this event.

Booking deadline: Thursday 13 March 2025 11.59pm AEDT

Adjudicator:

Melissa McCabe

Born in Sydney, Melissa trained at the Tanya Pearson classical coaching academy before being accepted into The Australian Ballet School. Receiving regular accolades during her time at the ABS, Melissa was later offered a position in The Australian Ballet upon her graduation. Recognising the need to gain experience abroad, Mel headed west to West Australian Ballet, before accepting a position with Alberta Ballet Company in Canada. Since returning to West Australian Ballet in 2012 Mel has performed Principal and Soloist roles in a variety of productions, as well as choreographing for the company and individuals. Mel’s stand out roles include Olga in John Crankos Onegin, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Myrtle in David Nixon’s The Great Gatsby, for which she was nominated for a Helpmann Award, & Lucy in Krzysztof Pastors award winning Dracula. Mel featured in Dance Australia as ‘The Most Outstanding Dancer Award’ and Dancer to watch for her role as Myrtle and Lucy. Melissa was also a Bloch Artiste and works closely with the brand recently doing a photoshoot in Sydney with her baby daughter. Mel retired at the end of 2021 and is loving staying connected to the ballet/dance world with coaching, teaching, adjudicating and choreographing for events.

Class Teacher:

Mitchell Rayner

Mitchell began formal dance lessons in Newcastle at the age of 13 studying classical, jazz, contemporary and character dance, before taking up full-time dance studies with Tessa Maunder OAM. He joined The Australian Ballet School in 2005 where after 3 years of study he obtained an Advanced Diploma of Dance. In 2008 Mitchell secured a contract with The Australian Ballet, where he danced for eight years. Following retirement from The Australian Ballet in 2016 he chose to share his professional experience with others through teaching and mentoring. He attained the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Professional Dancers’ Postgraduate Teaching Certificate and is a registered RAD teacher. Mitchell has taught for Sydney Dance Company, The Australian Ballet, The Royal Academy of Dance, Ballet Without Borders, Brent Street, Pymble Ladies’ College and Tanya Pearson Academy. In addition to teaching, he has also recently launched his own clothing brand, Live In The Movement.

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We are grateful to the following Sponsors for their support in delivering our 2025 Student Activities Programme

Gold Sponsor: BLOCH

Silver Sponsor: Energetiks

Bronze Sponsor: Capezio

Isobel Anderson Awards 2025