The students below are those who have graduated from the Academy or the aDvANCE Programme with Advanced 2 (ARAD) and/or have been accepted into Pre-Professional training.
2023 Graduates
Poppy Lawrence – ARAD – New Zealand School of Dance – Contemporary programme
Alicia Houston – ARAD – New Zealand School of Dance – Contemporary programme
Amalia Scherf – ARAD – Sydney Dance Company – Professional programme
2022 Graduates
Kaia Jiang – ARAD – New Zealand School of Dance -classical programme
Julien Feist – ARAD – New Zealand School of Dance – Classical programme
Te Atawhai Kaa – New New Zealand School of Dance – Contemporary programme
Ren Young – ARAD
2021 Graduates
Kaia Jiang – ARAD
Alice Richards – ARAD
Lilli Watts – Te Auaha – Commercial Dance
2020 Graduates
Lotti Kurusa – New Zealand School of Dance – Contemporary programme
Olivia Gordon – ARAD, The National Theatre Ballet School, Melbourne
Martha Maclean – Classical 121, Sydney
Roseanna Lewis – Te Auaha – Commercial Dance
Tessa Cockerton-Holmes – ARAD, New Zealand School of Dance – Classical
Jeanie Lyons – ARAD
Yaeka Hall – ARAD
2019 Graduates
Eve Condon – ARAD – New Zealand School of Dance – Classical
Georgia Adams – Te Auaha – Commercial Dance
Grace Nickel – Unitec – Contemporary Dance
Paige Mowbury – Te Auaha – Commercial Dance
2018 Graduates
Molly Wake – ARAD, Te Auaha – Commercial Dance
Other student successes;
2022
New Zealand School of Dance – scholars and/or associates programme – Te Atawhai Kaa, Enzo Estrada, Naomi Estrada, Rachel Craig and Rosie Buyck
Royal New Zealand Ballet mentor programme – Rachel Craig
DMI – ITP – Rosie Buyck
2021
New Zealand School of Dance – scholars and/or associates programme – Cleo Re, Rachel Craig and Rosie Buyck
2020
New Zealand School of Dance – scholars and/or associates programme – Cleo Re and Rachel Craig
DMI – ITP – Kaia Jiang, Olivia Gordon
Royal New Zealand Ballet mentor programme – Cleo Re
Royal New Zealand Ballet Sleeping Beauty – Rosie Buyck, Daniel Kusunoski and Amber Worrall
Primarily Dance – The Nutcracker – Olivia Gordon
PACANZ nomination – Olivia Gordon, Classical
2019
New Zealand School of Dance – scholars and/or associates programme – Gemma Kemp and Rachel Craig
DMI – ITP – Kaia Jiang, Olivia Gordon
PACANZ nomination – Gemma Kemp and Georgia Adams, Modern
2018
New Zealand School of Dance – scholars and/or associates programme – Gemma Kemp, Rachel Craig and Baxter Langford
DMI – ITP – Olivia Gordon
Royal New Zealand Ballet The Nutcracker – Rachel Craig, Gemma Kemp, Josie Bamber, Siam Hartley, Caterina Moreno, Elizabeth Fraser and Olivia Gordon
PACANZ nomination – Olivia Gordon and Gemma Kemp, Classical