About Us » Achievements

Former students of Ecole have, in the past three years, gained acceptance into the following Ballet Companies:

Australian Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Brno Ballet
English National Ballet
Graz Ballet
Leipzig Ballet
Miami City Ballet
Nashville Ballet
North Carolina Dance Theatre
Northern Ballet Theatre
Royal Ballet Covent Garden
Queensland Ballet
Washington Ballet
photo: Ecole graduates
Noah Gumbert (Australian Ballet)
and Amber Lewis (Washington Ballet)


Ecole students have recently performed roles in the following musical theatre productions:

Phantom of the Opera
Billy Elliot (title role)

Ecole graduates have, in the past three years, gained acceptance into the following schools:

Alberta Ballet School
Central School of Ballet, London
Ecole Superieure de Danse Cannes
Elmhurst School of Dance, Birmingham
Hong Kong Performing Arts Academy
Joffrey Ballet School
Mannheim Akademie des Tanzes
Milan Ballet School
Munich Ballet Academy
New Zealand School of Dance
Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Seattle
Palucca School, Dresden
QUT Brisbane
Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance
Royal Ballet School, London
School of American Ballet, New York
Vienna State Opera Ballet School
WAAPA , Perth
Zurich Tanz Akademie




Students from Ecole have achieved notable successes in a number of the major competitions in recent years:

Adeline Genee Competition London, Sydney and Toronto
-: finalists and medalists at all events
 City of Sydney MacDonalds Ballet Scholarships 
-Winner of Second Scholarship 2001 & 2007 -Finalists 2003, '04, '08


 Alana Haines Award Wellington New Zealand 
-Supreme Award Winner 2001 -Finalists 2001, 2003 & 2005.
 Lucie Saranova Cecchetti Memorial Award - Runner up 2005 Gold Medal - Gold Medal 2006
Enrico Cecchetti Gold Medal Award -Winner 2005 -Runner up 2006
 Marten Bequest Ballet Travelling Scholarship
- Winners 2005 & 2009
Lady Mollie Askin Travelling Scholarship -2008 Winner
 Tait Memorial Award -Winner 2010
 Higher School Certificate - Ecole has also enjoyed considerable success in the Higher School Certificate in Dance, with students coming first or second in NSW for two consecutive years. Several Ecole students have been invited to show their pieces at the Callback performances of exemplary work (please see the HSC Dance page)