SCHOOL AWARDS

YAGP Outstanding School 2026  
YAGP Outstanding School 2025  
YAGP Outstanding School 2024  
YAGP Outstanding School 2023  
YAGP Outstanding School 2022  
JEWELS FESTIVAL: Best School 2021  
YAGP Outstanding School 2020  
YAGP Outstanding School 2018  
WBAC Top School Award 2017  
WBAC Top School Award 2016  

FACULTY AWARDS

SPERA BEST FACULTY: 2023  
SPERA BEST FACULTY: 2022  
SPERA BEST FACULTY: 2021  
YAGP Outstanding Teacher 2017  
WBAC Outstanding Teacher 2016  

 

CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS

YAGP Outstanding Choreographer 2025
YAGP Outstanding Choreographer 2024  
YAGP Outstanding Choreographer 2023  
SPERA BEST CHOREOGRAPHER: 2023  
YAGP Outstanding Choreographer 2022  
SPERA Best Choreographer: 2022  
SPERA Best Choreographer: 2021  
YAGP Outstanding Choreographer 2019  
YAGP Outstanding Choreographer 2018  
WBAC Top Choreographer Award 2017  
ADCIBC Outstanding Choreographer 2017  
WBAC Outstanding Choreographer 2016  

STUDENT AWARDS

Youth Grand Prix

2026 YAGP — Owen Simmons  
2025 YAGP — Owen Simmons  

Hope Award

2024 YAGP Finals - Owen Simmons  
2024 YAGP - Owen Simmons  
2021 Jewels Festival - Owen Simmons  

 

Grand Prix Award

2024 YAGP - Everly Nedza  
2023 ADCIBC Primary Grand Prix - Owen Simmons  
2018 YAGP - Victoria Wardell  

INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION WORLD FINALS AWARDS

2025 ADCIBC Outstanding International Dancer - Natalie Simmons  
2024 ADCIBC Outstanding International Dancer - Everly Nedza  
2022 GDO Best Soloist - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2021 SPERA - Best Artistic Expression from Sonia Santiago, Stuttgart Ballet: Owen Simmons  
2021 SPERA - Best Artistic Expression from Oliver Matz, Zurich Ballet: Sophia Fleming  
2018 ADCIBC Outstanding International Dancer - Victoria Wardell  
2017 ADCIBC Outstanding International Dancer - Sophia Zonni  

INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION WORLD FINALS TOP AWARDS

1st Place

2026 YAGP Finals — 1st Place — Ave Maria — Large Contemporary Ensemble  
2026 YAGP Finals — 1st Place — Hypnosis — Small Contemporary Ensemble  
2023: GDO 1st Place- Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2023 GDO 1st Place- Lila Page  
2023 GDO 1st Place- Natalie Simmons  
2023 GDO 1st Place- Owen Simmons  
2023 GDO 1st Place- Owen Simmons  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Owen Simmons  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Sara Li  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Sophia Fleming  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2021 SPERA - 1st Place Owen Simmons  
2021 SPERA - 1st Place Katia Marjeram  
2021 SPERA - 1st Place Sophia Fleming  
2017 WBAC 1st Place- Skylar Bainard  
2017 WBAC 1st Place- Skylar Bainard  
2016 WBAC - 1st Place - Anna Turkington  

2nd Place

2026 YAGP Finals — 2nd Place — C’est la Vie — Contemporary Pas de Deux  
2023 YAGP 2nd Place Ensemble  
2023 GDO - 2nd Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2023 GDO - 2nd Place - Katelyn Sauve  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Natalie Simmons  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Natalie Simmons  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Kadence d’Haene  
2021 SPERA - 2nd Place Katia Marjeram  
2017 WBAC 2nd Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2017 WBAC 2nd Place - Pascale English  
2017 WBAC 2nd Place - Chava Dewey  
2016 WBAC - 2nd Place - Anna Turkington - Contemporary  
2016 WBAC - 2nd Place - Chloe Gauthier - Classical  

3rd Place

2024 YAGP 3rd Place Ensemble  
2023 YAGP 3rd Place - Owen Simmons  
2023 GDO 3rd Place - Everly Nedza  
2023 GDO 3rd Place - Katelyn Sauve  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Kadence d’Haene  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Bethany Wong  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Jocelyn Jean Wong  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Sydney Parish  
2016 WBAC - 3rd Place - Sophia Zonni- Contemporary  
2016 WBAC - 3rd Place - Sara Tang- Contemporary  
2016 WBAC - 3rd Place - Lauren Draper- Contemporary  
2016 WBAC - 3rd Place - Jasmin Foroughi- Contemporary  

TOP AWARDS

2026 YAGP Finals — Top 6 — Kai Hanser — Contemporary  
2022 YAGP Top 6 - Owen Simmons  

2026 YAGP Finals — Ensemble Choreography Credits

Tyler Angell — Ave Maria, Hypnosis and C’est la Vie  
Alysa Pires — Minuet  

YAGP Final Round Competitors

2026 Owen Simmons — Junior Men  
2025 Owen Simmons — Junior Men  
2024 Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2024 Everly Nedza  
2018 Victoria Wardell  
2024 PDL Pre-Selection Natalie Simmons  

INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION QUALIFYING MEDALISTS

1st Place

2026 YAGP — 1st Place — Nikolas Parperides — Classical (Men), Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 1st Place — Nikolas Parperides — Contemporary (Men), Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 1st Place — Jocelyn Jean Wong — Contemporary, Junior Division  
2026 YAGP — 1st Place — Kai Hanser — Contemporary, Pre-Competitive Division  
2025 YAGP — 1st Place — Zoe Kolliniatis — Contemporary  
2024 YAGP - 1st Place - Classical - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2024 YAGP - 1st Place - Classical - Finna Gao  
2024 YAGP - 1st Place - Contemporary - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2024 YAGP - 1st Place - Everly Nedza - Contemporary  
2024 YAGP - 1st Place - Natalie Simmons - Contemporary  
2023 YAGP- 1st Place - Classical - Natalie Simmons  
2023 YAGP- 1st Place - Classical - Owen Simmons  
2023 YAGP - 1st Place Contemporary Owen Simmons  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Jocelyn Jean Wong - Classical  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Owen Simmons - Classical  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Amara Young - Classical  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Natalie Simmons - Classical  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Everly Nedza - Classical  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram - Classical  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Ana Wu - Contemporary Ballet  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Jocelyn Jean Wong - Contemporary  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Owen Simmons - Contemporary  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Katelyn Sauve - Contemporary  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Lila Page - Contemporary  
2023 GDO - 1st Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Owen Simmons - Classical  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram - Classical  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Sophia Fleming - Classical  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Sophia Fleming - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Sophia Fleming - Contemporary Ballet  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram - Contemporary Ballet  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Owen Simmons - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Ariana Sarmiento - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 1st Place - Kadence D’Haene - Contemporary  
2022 YAGP - 1st Place - Owen Simmons - Contemporary  
2021 DOA - 1st Place - Owen Simmons - Classical  
2021 DOA - 1st Place - Owen Simmons - Contemporary  
2021 Jewels Festival - 1st Place Classical Owen Simmons  
2021 Owen Simmons, Classical - Jewels Festival NYC  
2021 Sophia Fleming, Contemporary - Jewels Festival NYC  
2021 Owen Simmons, Classical - Global Dance Open - Canada  
2021 Sophia Fleming, Classical - Global Dance Open - Canada  
2021 Natalie Simmons, Classical - Global Dance Open - Canada  
2021 Sophia Fleming, Contemporary - Global Dance Open - Canada  
2021 Katia Marjeram, Contemporary - Global Dance Open - Canada  
2020 YAGP - 1st Place - Lila Page - Classical  
2018 YAGP - 1st Place - Skylar Bainard - Contemporary  
2017 YAGP - 1st Place - Josh St. John - Classical  
2016 YAGP - 1st Place - Sophia Zonni - Classical  
2016 YAGP - 1st Place - Sophia Zonni - Contemporary  

2nd Place

2026 YAGP — 2nd Place — Colette Tier — Classical, Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 2nd Place — Colette Tier — Contemporary, Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 2nd Place — Ariana Sarmiento — Contemporary, Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 2nd Place — Finna Gao — Classical, Junior Division  
2026 YAGP — 2nd Place — Braelyn Smith — Contemporary, Junior Division  
2026 YAGP — 2nd Place — Finna Gao — Contemporary, Junior Division  
2026 YAGP — 2nd Place — Kai Hanser — Classical, Pre-Competitive Division  
2025 YAGP — 2nd Place — Ella Feng — Classical  
2025 YAGP — 2nd Place — Finna Gao — Contemporary  
2025 YAGP — 2nd Place — Juliette Jimenez-Gardner — Contemporary  
2025 YAGP — 2nd Place — Scarlett Pauletto — Contemporary  
2024 YAGP - 2nd Place - Classical - Jocelyn Jean Wong  
2024 YAGP - 2nd Place - Contemporary - Bethany Wong  
2023 YAGP - 2nd Place Classical - Kaylee Koronas  
2023 YAGP - 2nd Place Contemporary - Kaylee Koronas  
2023 YAGP - 2nd Place Contemporary - Amara Young  
2023 GDO - 2nd Place- Kaylee Koronas - Classical  
2023 GDO - 2nd Place - Lila Page - Classical  
2023 GDO - 2nd Place- Bethany Wong - Contemporary  
2023 GDO - 2nd Place- Ana Wu - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place- Kadence d’Haene - Classical  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Lisa Hao - Classical  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Bethany Wong - Classical  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Bethany Wong - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place - Jocelyn Jean Wong - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 2nd Place- Lisa Hao - Contemporary  
2021 DOA - 2nd Place - Katia Marjeram - Contemporary  
2021 VKIBC - 2nd Place- Bethany Wong  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Katia Marjeram - Classical  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Jocelyn Wong - Classical  
2021 Global Dance Open- Canada - Bethany Wong - Classical  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Owen Simmons - Contemporary  
2021 Global Dance Open- Canada - Veronica Brown - Classical  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Kadence d’Haene - Contemporary  
2020 YAGP - 2nd Place - Isabel Igama - Classical  
2020 YAGP - 2nd Place - Bethany Wong - Classical  
2019 YAGP - 2nd Place - Clea Calvin - Contemporary  
2019 YAGP - 2nd Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram - Classical  
2017 YAGP - 2nd Place - Josh St. John - Contemporary  
2017 YAGP - 2nd Place - Anna Turkington - Classical  
2017 YAGP - 2nd Place - Anna Turkington - Contemporary  
2017 YAGP - 2nd Place - Chloe Gauthier - Classical  
2015 YAGP - 2nd Place - Kira Wilkerson - Contemporary  

3rd Place

2026 YAGP — 3rd Place — Natalie Simmons — Classical, Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 3rd Place — Chasina Yau — Contemporary, Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 3rd Place — Natalie Simmons — Contemporary, Senior Division  
2026 YAGP — 3rd Place — Braelyn Smith — Classical, Junior Division  
2026 YAGP — 3rd Place — Jocelyn Jean Wong — Classical, Junior Division  
2026 YAGP — 3rd Place — Zoe Kolliniatis — Contemporary, Junior Division  
2025 YAGP — 3rd Place — Ella Feng — Contemporary  
2025 YAGP — 3rd Place — Danica Deschamps — Contemporary  
2024 YAGP - 3rd Place - Classical - Bethany Wong  
2023 YAGP - 3rd Place Classical - Anne-Sophie Marjeram  
2023 YAGP - 3rd Place Contemporary - Lila Page  
2023 GDO - 3rd Place - Sophie Drolet - Classical  
2023 GDO - 3rd Place - Ariana Sarmiento - Classical  
2023 GDO - 3rd Place - Ellen Congleton - Classical  
2023 GDO - 3rd Place - Ana Wu - Classical  
2023 GDO - 3rd Place- Zoe Kolliniatis - Contemporary  
2023 GDO - 3rd Place - Natalie Simmons - Contemporary  
2023 GDO - 3rd Place - Ellen Congleton - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Katelyn Algire - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Jocelyn Jean Wong - Classical  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Natalie Simmons - Classical  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Natalie Simmons - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Sophie Drolet - Contemporary  
2022 GDO - 3rd Place - Anne-Sophie Marjeram - Contemporary  
2021 VKIBC - 3rd Place - Bethany Wong  
2021 YAGP - 3rd Place Katia Marjeram - Classical  
2021 YAGP - 3rd Place Katia Marjeram - Contemporary  
2021 YAGP - 3rd Place - Natalie Simmons - Classical  
2021 YAGP - 3rd Place - Natalie Simmons - Contemporary  
2021 Jewels Festival NYC - Natalie Simmons - Classical  
2021 Jewels Festival NYC - Sophia Fleming - Classical  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Sophie Drolet - Classical  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Ariana Sarmiento - Classical  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Natalie Simmons - Contemporary  
2021 Global Dance Open, Canada - Everly Nedza - Contemporary  
2019 YAGP - Chava Dewey - Contemporary  
2019 YAGP - Chava Dewey - Classical  
2018 YAGP - Anne-Sophie Marjeram - Classical  
2018 YAGP - Pascale English - Classical  
2016 YAGP - 3rd Place - Sara Tang - Contemporary  

YAGP QUALIFYING ENSEMBLE AWARDS

2026 — 1st Place

Ave Maria — Large Ensemble  
C’Est La Vie — Pas de Deux  
Collapse — Small Ensemble  
Hypnosis — Duet/Trio  

2026 — 3rd Place

Mercy — Pas de Deux  
Minuet — Pas de Deux  

2025 — 1st Place

Contact — Small Ensemble  
Swallows — Ensemble  

2025 — 2nd Place

Dress Me Up — Small Ensemble  
Swallows — Large Ensemble  

2025 — 3rd Place

Miss Scarlett — Large Ensemble  

2026 YAGP FINALS — SCHOLARSHIPS, ACCEPTANCES & INVITATIONS

SCB students received 89 scholarships, acceptances and invitations from the following schools, programs and events:  

Alberta Ballet School ×6  
Académie Princesse Grace  
ABT JKO  
Ballett Dortmund  
Berlin State Ballet School  
Boston Ballet School  
Boston Dance Theater Trainee Program  
Colorado Ballet Academy ×6  
Elmhurst Ballet School  
Harid Conservatory  
International Contemporary Youth Ensemble ×2  
International Contemporary Masters — Connecticut  
International Contemporary Masters — New York  
John Cranko School ×2  
Joffrey Ballet School NY ×8  
K-Ballet Academy ×2  
Legacy Masters ×4  
Margaret Barbieri Conservatory  
Nashville Ballet School ×7  
Nashville Contemporary Ballet Program ×2  
Next Generation Ballet ×5  
Oklahoma City Ballet ×10  
Oslo National Academy of the Arts  
Pittsburgh Ballet  
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School  
Rock School for Dance ×2  
Sarasota Ballet School ×6  
San Francisco Ballet School ×2  
Tulsa Ballet ×2  
UNCSA ×3  
Vaganova International Program  
YAGP Job Fair — Nashville  
YAGP Ravenna Festival ×4