Alex Bailey
International dance
OPPORTUNITIES This year three of our very talented dancers, Olivia Blanchard, Alex Bailey and Jessy Berman, were offered ‘the dream’, after some initial disappointments.
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t the beginning of the year, Year 12 student Alex Bailey was accepted into a four-week Professional Division Summer Intensive Programme with the Alberta Ballet School in Canada. This is a highly prestigious and internationally recognised school, and an impressive achievement for any dancer. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Alex was unable to take up this opportunity. But the good news is she recently found out that she has been accepted into their full-time dance programme! As Canada has reopened boarders to international
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students, she will be off as soon as her visa comes through. Alex will continue her academic studies while getting firstclass dance training. Year 13 Dance Captain Jessy Berman has been accepted into the prestigious Brent Street Academy 2021 Performing Arts Programme. This academy has been leading the way for more than 35 years, creating Australia’s most employable and versatile performers. It has an impressive history of successful graduates across the entertainment
industry and Jessy can’t wait to start and make her mark in the world of dance. And here’s what Olivia Blanchard (Year 12) had to say about her awesome offer: “Back in February 2020, I attended an in-person audition in Auckland with the Artistic Director of the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary, London. I was subsequently offered a full-time place in the school’s three-year Bachelor of Arts (Hons) programme, receiving one of only 12 places available to international students following auditions in the USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
