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Mentor: Maria Sascha Khan 
From Montana, USA - Now dancing with Staatsballett Berlin
Shown with Wieslaw Dudek, Principal Dancer with Staatsballet Berlin

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The mission of Youth Arts in Action is to inspire, educate and sponsor outstanding young artists who have demonstrated an ability to pursue a professional career in the arts.   We focus on classical dance and the arts that support it, such as fine arts and music.


Congratulations to Youth Arts in Action
Award Winners!

Awards Presented at the
Fourth Annual Fairy Tea for the Arts:

McKenna Gadzia - Outstanding Young Artist Award for Classical Ballet - $500
Jennifer Bummer - Judith Younger Hertzens Memorial Scholarship - $500
Julian MacKay - Judith Younger Hertzens Memorial Scholarship - $500
James Schlender - Outstanding Young Musician Award - $500

Madison McCarthy - Outstanding Young Artist Award for Classical Ballet - $250
Madeline Miller - Rising Star Award - $200
Mary Shaw - Rising Star Award - $200
Sonja McClain - Inspiring Attitude Award - Full Master Class Awarded
Nancy Rich - Inspiring Attitude Award - Full Master Class Awarded
Mikaela Boston - Inspiring Attitude Award- Half Master Class Awarded
Taya DeFrance - Inspiring Attitude Award - Half Master Class Awarded
Eliese Rider - Inspiring Attitude Award - Half Master Class Awarded
Miriel Waldman -  Inspiring Attitude Award - Half Master Class Awarded

Boys Awards
Levi Boston - $25 Gift Certificate to Discount Dance
Graham Branch- $25 Gift Certificate to Discount Dance
Nicholas MacKay- $25 Gift Certificate to Discount Dance
Jack Schwem- $25 Gift Certificate to Discount Dance

2009 Fairy Queen

Willa Devlin

Youth Arts in Action awards scholarships to outstanding young artists who are
highly motivated and recognized for their potential for a career in the arts by
internationally known teachers.   This potential has also been acknowledged through recommendations, acceptance letters and scholarship offers from outside the state.  Preference for scholarships in classical ballet is given to those who have been
accepted by major institutions such as Royal Ballet School in London,
American Ballet Theatre NYC, San Francisco Ballet School,
Acadmie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace, and the Bolshoi Academy.
 
Professionals from music and dance are consulted for their award
recommendations.  Recently, these have included Principal Dancer
Wieslaw Dudek from Staatsballett Berlin and Russian ballerina and
Professor of Dance at the University of Utah, Regina Zarhina.
 

Les Danses de L’Amour
2010 - Staatsballett Berlin
Returns to Bozeman!

 

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Maria Sascha Khan and Wieslaw Dudek
of Staatsballett Berlin
perform at Les Danses de L'Amour in Bozeman

Youth Arts in Action presented "Les Danses de L'Amour” on February 11th
at the Emerson Cultural Center in Bozeman. The performance featured classical and contemporary dances of love with pas de deux and solos by an international cast from Staatsballett Berlin including a principal dancer from Poland, soloists and corps de ballet members from Majorca, Austria, Mexico, Estonia and Montana!  Dance critics rated Staatsballett Berlin as one of the top 5 ballet companies in the world.

The performers were very touched by the reception they received from the people of Montana.  The performance was mesmerizing, and the audience so appreciated the mastery of the dancers that they applauded both during and after each piece and gave a standing ovation at the end.  
 
A reception with the Staatsballett Berlin dancers followed the performance, leaving the dancers feeling truly overwhelemed with the outpouring of love and appreciation from people they had never met.  A special thanks to the Locati Family for their generous hosting of the Staatsballett Berlin dancers and also to Moonlight Basin for their hospitality, to the Devlin Family for hosting the young dancers and to everyone else who helped to give the performers a truly Montana experience.  


Dancers from around Montana enjoyed the opportunity to participate in the Staatsballett Berlin Dancer Workshops held in Bozeman and in Helena.  A special thanks to Tim Barnard and Barnard Construction Company for sponsoring these workshops for local dancers.  
 
 


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