Genée International Ballet Competition

Genée International Ballet Competition

Awarded for	Classical Ballet
Country	Worldwide
Presented by	Royal Academy of Dance
First awarded	1931
Official website	http://www.rad.org.uk/genee

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The Genée International Ballet Competition is a classical ballet competition. It is organised by the Royal Academy of Dance and named in memorial to Dame Adeline Genée, one of the founders of the Academy.^[1] First held in 1931, it is one of the oldest ballet competitions of its kind in the world.

Overview

The Competition originated quite humbly in 1931 as the ‘Adeline Genée Gold Medal’ and was introduced as an additional incentive for candidates who had passed the Solo Seal examination. The competition is open to candidates who have studied the Academy's syllabus, having completed the Advanced 2 examination with Distinction, and those who have been awarded the Solo Seal Award.

Felicity Garratt was the first recipient of ‘Adeline Genée Gold Medal’ award with a silver medal and then a bronze medal added in 1934 and 1956 respectively, and both gold and silver medals introduced for male dancers in 1938. The award continued to progress and develop into a competition format and remarkably it has taken place almost every year since 1931, even during the Second World War. In 2002, however Luke Rittner, Chief Executive, took the landmark decision to hold the competition outside London in order to embrace its international spirit, taking it to Australia where Sydney Opera House played host to a record number of candidates.

Following that success the Academy did not look back. A partnership with Birmingham Royal Ballet saw Birmingham host the Genée in 2003; Athens hosted a stunning event at the Herod Odeon Atticus under the auspices of the Cultural Olympiad Greece 2004 and the Genée has been welcomed by Hong Kong, Toronto, and, in 2009, Singapore hosted a unique and overwhelmingly successful event. November 2010 saw the return of the competition to London after five years on tour.

The competition consists of a semi-final and a final, with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals presented for both male and female sections. The Gold medal is awarded to a candidate only if they demonstrate exceptional technical skills, an innate response to music, outstanding performance qualities and charisma.^[2] Other awards were introduced periodically, including the Audience Choice Award and the Award for Theatricality.

The Royal Academy of Dance, in association with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the New Zealand School of Dance, presented the Genée in 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand, from 6–15 December 2012. In 2013, the Genée was hosted for the first time in Glasgow, Scotland, and in 2014 the competition was held in Antwerp, Belgium.

The 2015 competition was held in London, with the final taking place at Sadler's Wells Theatre, and the 2016 Genée will be held in Australia, at Sydney Opera House.

Winners

Year	Venue	Dancer	Age	Nationality	School	Medal
2015	London, England	Leroy Mokgatle	15	South African	Art of Motion	01 ! Gold
		Lania Atkins	15	Australian	The Dance Spot	02 ! Silver
		Makensie Henson	15	Australian	Prudence Bowen Atelier	03 ! Bronze
2014	Antwerp, Belgium	Vida Polakov	16	New Zealand	Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy	01 ! Gold
		Mikaela Johnson	15	Australian	The Conlan College of Classical Ballet	02 ! Silver
		Lucinda Strachan	17	British	English National Ballet School	02 ! Silver
		Rachel Hickey	17	British	Elmhurst School for Dance	03 ! Bronze
		Isabella Swietlicki	17	British	English National Ballet School	03 ! Bronze
		Weslley Vitalino Carvalho Da Silva	19	Brazilian	Academia de Ballet Elisa	03 ! Bronze
2013	Glasgow, Scotland
		Isabelle Brouwers	17	Germany	English National Ballet School	02 ! Silver
		Sasha Leong	15	Australian	Sydney Ballet School	02 ! Silver
		Natasha Watson	17	British	Ballet West	03 ! Bronze
		Rory Ferguson	17	Australian	Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy	03 ! Bronze
		John Rhys Halliwell	18	British	English National Ballet School	03 ! Bronze
2012	Wellington, New Zealand
		Montana Rubin	15	Australian	The Dance Spot	01 ! Gold
		Aurelian Child-de Brocas	15	New Zealand	Alegria Dance Studios	01 ! Gold
		Kaena Ahern	17	New Zealand	Mount Eden Ballet Academy	02 ! Silver
		Ariana Hond	16	New Zealand	Mount Eden Ballet Academy	02 ! Silver
		Harry Davis	17	Australian	Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School	02 ! Silver
2011	Cape Town, South Africa
		Mana Ogawa	17	Japanese	Kudo Ballet School	02 ! Silver
		Si Jia Miao	19	Chinese	Dance Division Tongji University	02 ! Silver
		Jin Hao Zhang	16	Chinese	Dance Division Tongji University	02 ! Silver
		Mlindi Kulashe	19	South African	Cape Junior Ballet School / English National Ballet School	03 ! Bronze
		Ashley Scott	17	South African	Cape Junior Ballet School	03 ! Bronze
2010	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England
		Sean Bates	18	British	Royal Ballet School	02 ! Silver
		Francesca Hayward	18	British	Royal Ballet School	02 ! Silver
		Orazio di Bella	19	Italian	Elmhurst School for Dance	03 ! Bronze
		Tierney Heap	17	British	Royal Ballet School & Centrepointe	03 ! Bronze
		Lachlan Monoghan	17	Australian	Royal Ballet School and The McDonald College	03 ! Bronze

References

↑ "Genee international ballet competition 2009 - IFACCA, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies". Ifacca.org. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
↑ Archived February 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Royal Academy of Dance

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