OUR STUDENTS
We are proud of our students, who range from 3 to 25 years in age. At our prize giving each year we award those students who have excelled in their discipline, and reward classes who are punctual, well groomed and full of enthusiasm with our Class of the Year Award. We also acknowledge our Most Consciencious, Most Promising and Most Improved students with Achievement Awards.
Most Outstanding Senior Student
Chase Leathard
Chase started his dancing career at age 4. He is now 19 years old and is VCM Academy’s Open Class Specialist. This is Chase’s sixth time of receiving the most prestigious award in the studio of Most Outstanding Overall. In 2019, Chase competed across New Zealand and was awarded a one year scholarship to the pre-professional programme of the Melbourne City Ballet at the Alana Haines Australasian Ballet Awards in Wellington. He also received a PACANZ Young Performer of the Year Nomination where he later competed down in Palmerston North, making VCM Academy proud. In 2020 Chase completed Level 6 Contemporary with Distinction and was successful in attaining his third Solo Seal Diploma, Jazz.
Winner – 6th Year Running
Most Outstanding Junior Student
Rhianna Dadley
Rhianna started her dancing career at age 5, she is now 13. Rhianna is one of our most versatile junior students, she has obtained numerous Distinctions in Ballet and Jazz during her junior career and has received Outstanding for every Hip Hop syllabus. She has also added Contemporary to her repertoire. Rhianna has an incredible amount of passion and commitment for dance which has earned her this very prestigious award of VCM Academy’s Most Outstanding Junior Student. We are very proud of Rhianna and know she has a very bright and successful future in dance.
Class of the Year 2020
elementary American Jazz
Other Prestigious Awards from our 2020 Prizegiving
Most Outstanding
Recital Student
Olivia Puckey
Most Outstanding
Jazz Student
CHASE LEATHARD
Most Outstanding
Ballet Student
Olivia Puckey
Most Outstanding
Hip Hop Student
Tabitha Jelicich
Award for Dedication,
Passion, Spirit & Heart
JUNIOR
Ruby Dickenson
Award for Dedication,
Passion, Spirit & Heart
SENIOR
Charlize Withers
Most Consistent
Student
Kaitlyn Ziegler
Model
Pupil
Allegra De Silva
Most Promising
Student
Aaliyah Ratumaitavuki
Most Conscientious
Student Overall
Kendra Vito-Toleafoa
Most Improved
Jazz
Nadia Gapes
Most Improved
Ballet
Most Improved
Contemporary
Sakura Kirk-Johns
Most Improved
Hip Hop
Ella wolferstan
SOLO SEAL DIPLOMAS
This year VCM Academy successfully passed 2 Ballet Solo Seal Diplomas. VCM Academy is so proud of these students’ achievements and success in obtaining this most prestigious qualification.
Solo Seal Jazz
nikita jones
Solo Seal Jazz
chase leathard
Solo Seal Hip Hop
Alexis Jones
