Success in the City!
ECC attended YAGP Finals in NYC and had amazing success! Ava Arbuckle, Aubri Parker, and independent student Gracie Watton who has now joined ECC attended the finals as soloists. Ava was chosen to move onto the Final Round, which is 30 Junior women that have scored the highest out of 150 dancers. She performed onstage at the Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, which is home to the New York City Ballet. It was an incredible experience and one very few students from Dallas have ever experienced. Even the top winners from Dallas regionals have not made the Final Round, so it is a particularly impressive feat. The experience was beyond a young ballerina's wildest dreams!
All ECC dancers performed beautifully and had a wonderful experience, taking classes from YAGP master teachers and judges including scholarship classes. Gracie Watton, was awarded a full scholarship to Orlando Ballet's summer intensive programs and Ava Arbuckle was awarded a scholarship to Academie Princess Grace in Monaco and presented an opportunity for scholarship at The Harid Conservatory.