SENIOR AGE DIVISION
GRAND PRIX Not awarded
SPECIAL COMMENDATION FROM THE JUDGES Jennie Wolk Cindy Soto’s Dance Center
SPECIAL COMMENDATION FROM THE JUDGES Sharon Kung Susan Hayward School of Dance artistic
CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY – MEN & WOMEN
1st Place Not awarded
2nd Place (tie) Shannon Lee West Arizona Ballet School
2nd Place (tie) Elizabeth Chasteler Southland Ballet Academy
3rd Place Ruth Stainer Southland Ballet Academy
CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY – MEN & WOMEN
1st Place Shannon Lee West Arizona Ballet School
2nd Place Megan Kurashige Academy Of Ballet
3rd Place Kate Highstrete Huntington Academy of Dance
TOP 12 – MEN & WOMEN
Shannon Lee West Arizona Ballet School
Megan Kurashige Academy Of Ballet
Kate Highstrete Huntington Academy of Dance
Meghan Van Winkle Southland Ballet Academy
Laura Schmitz Ellen Schipper School of Classical Ballet
Elizabeth Chasteler Southland Ballet Academy
Ruth Stainer Southland Ballet Academy
Tara Kaleta Adams and Yen Li Chen Ballet Academy
Julia Olsen-Rodriguez School of International Ballet
Samantha DeBritton Orange County Dance Center
Kendra Kahrer Westside School of Ballet
Stephanie Orza
JUNIOR AGE DIVISION
YOUTH GRAND PRIX Not awarded
SPECIAL COMMENDATION FROM THE JUDGES Tara Ghassemich Orange County Dance Center
FOR TECHNICAL ABILITY
CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY – MEN & WOMEN
1st Place Jeanette Humphries
2nd Place (tie) Jade Payette
2nd Place (tie) Catherine Hamer
3rd Place (tie) Samantha Chang
3rd Place (tie) Quenby Hersh
CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY – MEN & WOMEN
1st Place Victor Kasatsky
2nd Place (tie) Da Venche Burks
2nd Place (tie) Laura Schierhorn
3rd Place Shirley Winters
MEN
Victor Kasatsky Saddleback Dance Center JR
Sean Phillip Orza San Francisco Ballet School
Sean Omandam The Dance Studio of Fresno
John Karim The Dance Studio of Fresno
Reid Colton Idyllwild Art Academy
TOP 12 – MEN & WOMEN
Isha Cecere Saddleback Dance Center
Jade Payette Southland Ballet Academy
Samantha Chang Ballet Pacifica
Quenby Hersh Southland Ballet Academy
Jeanette Humphries School of International Ballet
Leia Weil The Dance Studio of Fresno
Jayde Doyle MK Studio of Ballet
Mary Braun Southland Ballet Academy
Jennifer Stahl Classical Ballet Academy
Catherine Hamer Saddleback Dance Center
Sarah Ross Ballet Pacifica
Jennifer Danzi Ballet Pacifica
PRE-COMPETITIVE AGE DIVISION
HOPE AWARD Sarah Poss
MEN & WOMEN
1st Place (tie) Mallory Clark
1st Place (tie) Natalie Nguyen
2nd Place Melanie Shimano
3rd Place (tie) Nina Pearlman
3rd Place (tie) Monica Steiner
ENSEMBLES
PAS DE DEUX
1st Place School of International Ballet Pas de Deux, “Giselle”, Act III
2nd Place (tie) The Dance Studio of Fresno Variation from “Coppelia”
2nd Place (tie) Theatrics Dance Academy Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
3rd Place Orange County Dance Center Pas de Deux from “Paquita”
ENSEMBLES
1st Place Golden State Ballet Company Volare
2nd Place (tie) School of International Ballet Nine Twenty Special
2nd Place (tie) Theatrics Dance Academy Strike Up the Band
3rd Place Cindy Soto’s Dance Center Velvet Pants
SPECIAL AWARDS
OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD
Salwa Rizkalla/M. Petipa
Da Venche Burks
Shirley Winters
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL AWARD
Ballet Pacifica