ECC Wins Outstanding School Honors in Dallas and so much more...
TULSA Regionals
Amazing weekend in Tulsa! Congratulations to now TWO TIME YAGP HOPE AWARD WINNER Aubri Parker! Also a huge round of applause to Zander Magolnick for winning FIRST PLACE JR MENS WINNER! Blown away and so supremely humbled and proud of these two. They danced so beautifully and we could not be more in awe of their talent, dedication, discipline, and artistry! We are so blessed to call them Elite Classical Coaching company members!
HOUSTON Regionals
CONGRATULATIONS to ECC ballerina, 12 year old Skylin Helms who placed Top 12 Jr Contemporary (already placed Top 12 in Classical in Dallas) and was invited to the NY Finals based on her wonderful performance! Congrats are also in order for 9 year old Adeline Dunlap who was invited to participate in the NY Finals Intensive. Adeline placed Top 12 Classical in Dallas and is on the wait list to perform her solo in the Finals!
DENVER Regionals
CONGRATULATIONS to ECC ballerina Marissa Kordish for placing Top 24 Contemporary and being awarded THIRD Place in the JUNIOR CLASSICAL division at YAGP Denver!
DALLAS Regionals
What a whirlwind of a weekend!! Amazing results for ECC at YAGP! In our second year of existence we were awarded OUTSTANDING SCHOOL 2019!!!!
PRE COMPETITIVE
1st place Classical-Aubri (11 yo)
3rd place Contemporary-Aubri (11yo)
Top 12-Adeline (9yo)
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JUNIORS
Youth Grand Prix Award-Ava (14yo)
2nd place Men’s Classical-Zander (13yo)
3rd place Classical-Graceanna (13yo)
Top 12-Skylin and Marissa (12yo)
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SENIORS
3rd place Contemporary-Savannah (15yo)
Top 12 Classical-Savannah (15yo) and Katie (16yo)
ENSEMBLES 1st place All Pas de Deux - Coppelia PDD Aubri and Zander - Corsaire PDD Savannah and Kade
2nd place All Ensembles - Mirlitons Pas de Trois (Aubri, Zander, Graceanna) - Ocean and Pearls Duet (Adeline and Sophie) - Shades Pas de trois (Ava, Skylin, Marissa) - Odalisques Pas de Trois (Ava, Katie, Savannah)
SPECIAL AWARDS Outstanding School Award
Most students were also offered scholarships to Colorado Ballet Academy, Ballet West and/or Bolshoi and we want to thank these directors so much for your interest in our students! What an honor!
Huge thanks to Jason Ambrose, Allan Kinzie and Brian Stevens for assisting in preparing these lovely students; we are so grateful for your sharing of your wisdom and experience and for supporting us and joining our ECC family! Thank you to other guest faculty including @marcelua, Natalya Lushina Zeiger, @rhythmicribbonoftexas @mgifford1970 and our amazing seamstresses/costume designers @paulahester and @momma.joy25 and @etoile_brillante_tiaras . Thank you to all the families of these dancers for sacrificing so much to help them follow their dreams-thank you for trusting me! #dreambigpraybigger Last but certainly not least thank you to @legacydancecenter who provides the most beautiful studio space for us to work and grow in. It’s truly a blessing to be able to rent such an incredible facility and their generosity and support is second to none-we are so grateful!!!!! Thank you @yagp for such an incredible opportunity and for recognizing our hard work! #yagpoutstandingschool#yagp2019#yagpfinals2019#ECCballerinas#ECC#grishkonyc309#grishkogem#youthgrandprixaward#newyork