Denver Academy of Ballet

Congratulations to all of our dancers at ADC IBC Denver this past weekend. The talent and passion shown on stage is unstoppable! 🤩❤️‍🔥

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Senior Classical
2nd Caroline Lemme
8th Kadence McMillian
20th Vienna Ross

Senior Contemporary
3rd Caroline Lemme

Junior Classical
4th Sedona Blankstein-Otloski
7th Ramona Haraguchi
12th Sophia Magnatta
15th Vivian Heckwolf

Junior Contemporary
1st Sedona Blankstein-Otloski
4th Sophia Magnatta
15th Vivian Heckwolf
18th Ramona Haraguchi
21st Seton Stewart

Primary Classical
2nd Beckett Enos
7th Ryan Cooper
9th Clara Cooper

Primary Contemporary
3rd Beckett Enos
6th Ryan Cooper
9th Clara Cooper

Duet/Trio
3rd Fairy Doll pas de trios

When we see the kids perform their solos and group pieces on stage after months and months of hard work there is an enormous feeling of pride. We are just as nervous as they are because we want them to do their best and show what they can do. And everyone did that this weekend! They all did their best 🔥 Some got awards and some did not but they all grew from the process and and that is the biggest reward ✨✨✨

Senior Competitive Classical
4th Kadence McMillian
12th Caroline Lemme

Junior Competitive Classical
5th Sophia Magnatta
10th Vivian Heckwolf
13th Ramona Haraguchi

Junior Competitive Contemporary
8th Sedona Blankstein-Otloski
14th Sophia Magnatta

Primary Competitive Classical
3rd Clara Cooper
8th Beckett Enos
10th Ryan Cooper

Primary Competitive Contemporary
7th Ryan Cooper

Pre Comp Competitive Classical
1st Hayden Potts

Pre Comp Competitive Contemporary
2nd Hayden Potts

Primary Competitive Duo/Trio
5th Oceans & Pearls

Primary Competitive Duo/Trio
1st Skin
2nd Fairy Doll

Primary Intermediate Classical
7th Addyson Hirsch
8th Naomi Rosebush

Pre Comp Intermediate Duet
1st Charlotte Lincoln & Levi Kuykendall

Junior Competitive Ensemble
5th Heavenly Father
8th Abracadabra

Primary Competitive Ensemble
3rd Puppet Master

Joffrey Ballet Scholarship
Caroline Lemme

Joffrey Ballet Trainee Program Acceptance
Kadence McMillan

Ballet Hispanic SI 25% scholarship
Caroline Lemme

Ballet Hispanic SI 50% scholarship & Year Round Acceptance
Kadence McMillan

Orlando Ballet SI scholarship
Caroline Lemme
Vivian Heckwolf
Sedona Blankstein-Otloski
Sophia Magnatta

Ballet West SI scholarship
Beckett Enos
Ryan Cooper

Outstanding Coach
Denver Academy of Ballet

What a whirlwind of a few weeks for DAB! We arrived in Chicago on New Year’s Day and the kids put their best on stage over the weekend. A great kickoff to the competition season ✨✨✨

Junior Classical
5th Ramona Haraguchi
25th Ada Leher

Junior Contemporary
7th Ramona Haraguchi
25th Layla Fox

Primary Classical
4th Clara Cooper
5th Beckett Enos
7th Ryan Cooper
9th Evelyn Cooper

Primary Contemporary
3rd Ryan Cooper
5th Beckett Enos
8th Clara Cooper
9th Evelyn Cooper

A great weekend for Denver this past weekend 🩰
So proud of all of these kids!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sr Classical
4th Kyler Laman
15th Kadence McMillan

Sr Contemporary
2nd Kyler Laman
19th Kadence McMillan

Jr Classical
6th Caroline Lemme
11th Sedona Blankstein-Otloski
14th Sophia Magnatta

Jr Contemporary
3rd Caroline Lemme
5th Sedona Blankstein-Otloski

Primary Classical
5th Althea Haraguchi
11th Seton Stewart
12th Beckett Enos
15th Elizabeth Parker

Primary Contemporary
6th Layla Fox
7th Althea Haraguchi
9th Ryan Cooper
10th Evelyn Cooper

Duo/Trio
1st Mercy - Kyler Laman & Caroline Lemme

Wow!! What a weekend 💙 We have seen so much growth in our students as we prepared for competition and it was wonderful to see them show off their hard work and shine on stage✨✨✨

Legacy Award
Kyler Laman

Best Choreographer
Dominque Willis

Senior Competitive Classical
1st Kyler Laman
7th Kadence McMillan
11th Vienna Ross
14th Lily Smolarczyk

Senior Competitive Contemporary
3rd Kyler Laman

Junior Competitive Classical
5th Caroline Lemme
9th Sedona Blankstein-Otloski

Junior Competitive Contemporary
3rd Caroline Lemme
10th Sedona Blankstein-Otloski

Junior Intermediate Classical
4th Sophia Magnatta

Primary Competitive Classical
4th Beckett Enos
9th Clara Cooper

Primary Competitive Contemporary
4th Clara Cooper
6th Ryan Cooper
10th Beckett Enos

Primary Intermediate Classical
1st Layla Fox
5th Althea Haraguchi
7th Seton Stewart
9th Natalia Smith

Primary Intermediate Contemporary
1st Layla Fox
3rd Natalia Smith
5th Althea Haraguchi
7th Seton Stewart

Pre competitive Intermediate Classical
2nd Hayden Potts

Pre competitive Intermediate Contemporary
2nd Hayden Potts

Junior Competitive Duo/trio
2nd Mercy (Kyler Laman & Caroline Lemme)

Primary Intermediate Duo/trio
1st Fight Song (Beckett Enos, Elizabeth Parker & Abigail Woodman)

Junior Competative Ensamble
3rd Volare

Joffrey ballet intensive
100% scholarship
Kadence McMillan
50% scholarship
Vienna Ross
25% scholarship
Lily Smoloarczyk

Ballet Hispanico
100% scholarship Intensive + Choreo Lab
Kyler Laman
Summer Intensive scholarship
Caroline Lemme
Jr Summer Intensive scholarship
Layla Fox

Vitacca
Full Summer Instensive scholarship
Sedona Blankstein-Otlaski

Texas Ballet Theater summer
50% Summer Intensive scholarship
Caroline Lemme

Tulsa Ballet
100% Summer Intensive scholarship
Caroline Lemme

Rock School
Classical Summer Intensive
Full scholoarship + housing
Kyler Laman
Full scholarship
Beckett Enos
Partial scholarship
Sedona Blankstein-Otloski
Caroline Lemme
Contemporary Summer Intensive
Partial scholarship
Layla Fox

A big Congratulations to all 13 of our students that competed this past weekend Los Angelas. You all shined at the first competition of the season and we are very proud of you 🤩

Ensemble
1st Place - Vienna Ross & Lily Smolarczyk

Junior Classical
9th Place - Ramona Haraguchi

Primary Contemporary
8th Place - Layla Fox

Congratulations to all of our DAB students that competed this weekend ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Category II
2nd Place - Caroline Lemme
5th Place - Nouvelle Marshall
6-10th Place - Kadence McMillan
6-10th Place - Kyler Sandoval

Category III
6-10th Pace - Cadence Marshall

Category IV
6-10th Place - Camille Guillen
6-10th Place - Avery Lauritzen

*second photo is of Ms Chandra’s Florence Rustin medallion from 1995 💕

Thank you for an amazing weekend 💙
And thank you DAB students for rocking it this weekend! ⭐️ You all have grown so much preparing for this competition and we are all so very proud of you ❤️

Awards went to:

⭐️Avery Lauritzen - Full Scholarship + Room and Board to Royal Winnipeg Ballet School

⭐️Kyler Sandoval - Full Scholarship to Les Grands Ballet Canadiens

⭐️Nouvelle Marshall - 100% Scholarship Philadelphia Ballet School & 25% Scholarship Ballet Hispanica

⭐️ Avery Lauritzen - 5th Senior Classical

⭐️ Nouvelle Marshall - 3rd Junior Classical

⭐️ Caroline Lemme - 8th Junior Classical

⭐️ Kyler Sandoval - 9th Junior Classical

⭐️ Kyled Sandoval - 4th Junior Contemporary

⭐️ Nouvelle Marshall - 9th Junior Contemporary

⭐️ Sedona Blankstein-Otloski - 9th Primary Classical

⭐️ Ramona Haraguchi - 11th Primary Classical

⭐️ Skyla Edgar - 1st Pre Comp Classical

⭐️ Elizabeth Parker - 3rd Pre Comp Classical

⭐️ Skyla Edgar - 1st Pre Comp Contemporary

⭐️ Ramona Haraguchi & Daria Nicks - 1st Primary Duet

⭐️ Seton Stewart & Abigail Woodman - 1st Pre Comp Duet

DAB had an amazing weekend competing at ADC IBC Houston! ALL of our students were amazing and we are so proud of everyone for shining on stage ✨✨✨

Congratulations on awards to:

⭐️Avery Lauritzen - Senior Classical 3rd Place

⭐️Avery Lauritzen - Senior Contemporary top 25

⭐️Ellie McHale - Junior Classical 5th Place

⭐️Josie Ablin - Junior Classical top 25

⭐️Clara Griswold - Junior Classical top 25

⭐️Sedona Blankstein-Otloski Primary Classical top 10

⭐️Ramona Haraguchi Primary Classical top 10

⭐️Sedona Blankstein-Otloski - Primary Contemporary top 10

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Denver Academy of Ballet Company Auditions are this Friday, August 19th from 4:30-6pm at DAB studios. ⭐️