1st Place Female: CAROLINE BETANCOURT, AGE 17

Teacher: Mariana Alvarez, Miami Conservatory of Ballet & New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL.

$500 Cash; Ballet Austin Scholarship; Invitation to perform at 12th Int. Ballet Festival of Miami.

Best Male: BRIAN RUIZ, AGE 17

Teacher: Vladimir Issaev, Issaev School of Classical Ballet, Miami, FL.

$250 Cash; Nashville Ballet Scholarship; Invitation to perform at 12th Int. Ballet Festival of Miami.

2nd Place Female: KAITLYN POTTS, AGE 16

Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring. MD.

$300 Cash; Nevada Ballet Theatre Scholarship; Invitation to perform at 12th Int Ballet Festival of Miami.

3rd Place: Female: ELIZABETH MATEER, Age 16

Teacher: Magaly Suarez, The Art of Classical Ballet, Pompano Beach, FL.

$200 Cash; The School of Colorado Ballet Scholarship

Teacher of Excellence: MARIANA ALVAREZ

Miami Conservatory of Ballet, Miami.

Recognition Award: ANAIS BLAKE, AGE 19

Teacher: Magaly Suarez, The Art of Classical Ballet, Pompano Beach, FL.

Traineeships to BalletMet Columbus, OH & Jeune Ballet du Quebec, Canada

Recognition Award: TOMMY BETTIN, AGE 19

Teacher: Magaly Suarez, The Art of Classical Ballet, Pompano Beach, FL.

Traineeships to Nashville Ballet II & Jeune Ballet du Quebec, Canada.

Traineeship also awarded by:

Nevada Ballet Theatre to JOSHUA McLAMB, AGE 19

Orlando Ballet School, Orlando, FL.

Jeune Ballet du Quebec to JACQUELINE THONG, AGE 19

City Ballet Ipoh, Ipoh, Malaysia.

Jeune Ballet du Quebec to NATALIA PORTO, AGE 19

Ghidotti Academy of Dance, San Paulo, Brazil.

Ballet Austin to BRITTANY STRICKLAND, AGE 17

Ravich Ballet, Aventura, FL.

Scholarships also awarded

American Ballet Theatre to GORKY FLORES. AGE 17

Issaev School of Classical Ballet, Miami, FL

BalletMet Columbus & Milwaukee Ballet School to KATE KADOW, AGE 16

The Art of Classical Ballet, Pompano Beach.

1st Place Female: ANGELA CORDOBA, AGE 15

Teacher: Monica Maria Pacheco, Bellarte Escuela de Danza, Bogota, Columbia, South America

$500 Cash; Scholarships to Milwaukee Ballet School and Ecole Superieur de Ballet Contemporain, Quebec, Canada; Invitation to perform 12th Int. Ballet Festival of Miami.

2nd PLACE – LEAH BURGE, AGE 15

Teacher: Magaly Suarez – The Art of Classical Ballet, Pompano Beach, FL.

$300 Cash; Scholarship to School of Washington Ballet and Invitation to perform at12th Int. Ballet Festival of Miami..

3rd PLACE – JULIANA SAENZ, AGE 14

Teacher: Magaly Suarez -The Art of Classical Ballet, Pompano Beach, FL.

Awards: $200 Cash; Scholarship to Atlanta Ballet.

Teacher of Excellence: MONICA PACHECO

Bellarte Escuela de Danza, Bogata, Columbia, South America.

Recognition Award: BRITTANY ROSS, AGE 14

Teacher: Pasha Kamalov, First State Ballet Theatre, Wilmington, DE.

Award: Scholarship to The School of Washington Ballet D.C.

Recognition Award: SIMON WEXLER, AGE 14

Teachers: V. Jouloukhadze, P. Slocki, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Wash D.C &
Liza Mata, Coastal Dance Center, Murrells Inlet.

Scholarships to North Carolina School of the Arts –Summer & Virginia School of the Arts –Fall/Spring 2007-08.

Scholarships also awarded:

Joffrey Ballet School, NY to EMILY ORILLAC, AGE 13

Academia de Danzas Steps, Panama, Panama.

Ecole Superieure de Ballet Contemporain, Quebec to ISABEL GARCIA DE PEREDES, AGE 15

Academia de Danzas Steps, Panama, Panama.

Ballet Austin Academy to SELA DOUGHERTY, AGE 13

Space Coast Ballet Academy, Melbourne, FL.

Interlochen Arts Academy & Nevada Ballet Theatre to ALEXIS LUCENA, AGE 13

Seiskaya Ballet, St. James, NY.

Interlochen Arts Camp to DAWN GIERLING, AGE 13

Independent, Melbourne, FL

1st Place Female: GABRIELA CASTELLANOS CIAM, AGE 12

Teacher: Monica Maria Pacheco, Bellarte Escuela de Danza, Bogota, Columbia, South America.

$150 Cash; Invitation to perform at 12th Int. Ballet Festival of Miami.

2nd PLACE – MIA LAMB, AGE 12

Teachers: Pasha and Kristina Kambalov, First State Ballet Theatre, Wilmington, DE.

$100 Cash; Scholarship to Joffrey Ballet School, NY.

3rd PLACE - ANA LORENA BOYD, AGE 11

Teacher: Cristina Quijano, Pointe Centro de Danzas, Panama, Panama.

$50 Cash

Teacher of Excellence: CRISTINA QUIJANO

Pointe Centro de Danzas, Panama, Panama

Recognition Award: CLARISSA PASCUAL, AGE 12

Teacher: Maria Eugenia Lorenzo, Independent, Miami Lakes, FL.

Invitation to perform at 12th Int. Ballet Festival of Miami.

Recognition Award: MICHAEL RYAN, AGE 11

Teacher: Peter Stark, Orlando Ballet School, Orlando, FL.

Interlochen Arts Camp Scholarship to TORI CULLO, AGE 11

Dancensations Dance Center, Alexandra, VA.