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Beckenham Festival Results
Ballet 13 Years
1st Poppy
4th Jessamy (AED qualifying)
Ballet 12 Years
3rd Zara
Ballet 11 Years
1st Lucinda
Ballet 15 Years
1st Chloe
Character 14 Years
1st Neve
Ballet 14 Years
1st Lily
2nd Mila and Neve
3rd Amelie
Tudor Rose Festival Results
Tudor Rose Bursary
Neve was one of five chosen to dance in the bursary. Absolutely fantastic. Well done Neve.
Ballet 12 Years
1st Amelya
Ballet 8 Years
3rd Ella
Character 14 years
1st Neve
3rd Sophie
Lyrical Modern 14 Years
2nd Lily
3rd Neve
Ballet 14 Years
1st Lily
2nd Mila
3rd Neve
AED Qualifier Amelie
Contemporary 14 Years
2nd Neve
3rd Lily
Jazz Modern 14 Years
AED Qualifier Lily
Rambert Grades Contemporary Awards
Workshop Scholarship Neve
Rambert Theatre Tickets Lily
03/09/2023
AED 2023 Classical Young Dancer Winner
Lily has won the AED 2023 Classical Young Dancer competition. We are absolutely thrilled for her. Massive congratulations.
20/08/2023
Malvern Ballet Seminar Scholarship
Congratulations to Eva for being awarded a scholarship to next year's Malvern Ballet Seminar. This is great. Well done.
18/08/2023
Canada National Ballet Full-Time Place
Emilia has been offered a full-time place at Canada National Ballet. This is such a fantastic achievement and so well-deserved, but we will miss her greatly.
16/07/2023
AED UK Young Dancer 2023 Final 20
Congratulations to Emilia and Lily who both made it through to the Final 20 and will compete in September at the Clore Studio at the ROH.
Wishing you both the very best of luck.
18/06/2023
AED UK Young Dancer 2023 Final 50
Congratulations to Olivia, Emilia, Chloe, Imi, Lily and Neve for making it through to the Final 50.
Wishing you all the very best of luck.
03/06/2023
Tonbridge Dance Festival
Senior Bursary won by Poppy, with a special mention to Emilia and Eva. Absolutely brilliant.
Everyone danced beautifully in the bursaries.
Junior Classical Cup won by Louise
Senior Classical Cup won by Emilia
Senior Character Cup won by Imi
Senior Classical Duet Cup won by Emilia and Imi
30/05/2023
Tonbridge Dance Festival
Classical Duets 13 Years
Emilia and Imi 1st
Louise and Lacey 2nd
Sophie and Eva 3rd
29/05/2023
Tonbridge Dance Festival
Ballet 13 Years
Emilia 1st
Imi 2nd
Sophie 4th
All qualified for All Englands. Fantastic.
Contemporary 13 Years Imi 1st
Character 13 Years Imi 1st
Ballet 12 Years Poppy 1st, Eva 3rd
Really fantastic; really well done.
Lucy, Sophie and Jessamy all danced beautifully in Ballet 9 Years, Character 13 Years and Ballet 12 years respectively. Really well done.
08/05/2023
East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival
Huge congratulations firstly to Lily R who won the Festival Trophy (most promise in ballet and modern theatre styles), as well as the Bursary (and £500 to spend on training).
Chloe and Neve were also asked to dance in the Bursary, which is fantastic.
Huge congratulations also to the following:
Imi for winning the Jolene Kiddle Classics Cup (aggregate marks in ballet and character).
Zara for winning the Thomas George Cup (promise in ballet, under 12 years).
Neve for winning the Bridget Espinosa Cup (promise in ballet 14 years and older).
30/04/2023
East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival
Character 13 and 14 Years
1st Imi
Modern 13 and 14 years
Split into Two Sections
First Section
2nd Neve
Second Section
1st Lily
29/04/2023
East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival
Lyrical 13 and 14 years
1st Neve
3rd Lily
Classical Ballet 13 and 14 years
Split into two sections.
Section 1
1st Neve
2nd Chloe
3rd Olivia
Section 2
1st Lily
Joint 2nd Imi and Emilia
25/04/2023
Neve is offered a place on the John Cranko Summer School course. Fantastic. Well done Neve.
23/04/2023
East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival
Classical Ballet 9 and 10 years
1st Lacey
4th Lucy
22/04/2023
Summer is offered a place at the Central School of Ballet. Absolutely brilliant. Well done.
East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival
Contemporary or Modern Ballet 13 and 14 years
1st Lily
2nd Imi and Neve
Classical Ballet or Stylised Ballet 11 and 12 years
1st Zara
2nd Eva
3rd Maisie
09/04/2023
News from YAGP Finals
Fantastic news: Poppy has been awarded a scholarship to the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer School in America.
Absolutely brilliant.
01/04/2023
YAGP Finals
Poppy arrives in Florida to take part in the YAGP Finals in Florida. You are amazing, Poppy. Enjoy.
23/03/2023
Elmhurst
Lacey and Sienna have both been offered places at Elmhurst. Amazing. Well done and well-deserved.
21/03/2023
Rambert School Summer Course
Olivia has been offered a place on the Rambert Summer Course. Well done Olivia.
15/03/2023
Royal Ballet School Results, White Lodge
Sienna and Tilly have been offered Year 7 places at White Lodge, and Lacey has been offered a place on the waiting list.
They have all done brilliantly.
Every year that Nicola Tarry students have auditioned for Year 7 White Lodge places, at least one of them has got in.
09/03/2023
Taite has achieved a place on the Mark Bruce Company Associate programme.
Becca has been offered a 3-year BA Hons course at The School of Ballet Theatre UK.
Lily is acing it at Oslo National Academy of the Arts on her short-term scholarship.
The Hastings Festival was entered by only a few of our students and has seen the following excellent results:
Lucy 1st in 9 years ballet
Sienna 1st in both 10 years ballet and 10 years character
Tilly and Lacey 3rd in 10 years ballet.
Zara 1st in 11 years ballet.
Neve 1st in both 13 years ballet and 13 years modern, and 2nd in both 13 years character and 13 years lyrical.
We are so pleased for you all. Really well done.
19/02/2023
RTWDF Results
Classical Groups 14 Years and Under 1st
Classical Trios/Quartets 21 Years and Under (Classical Ballet) 1st
Classical Trios/Quartets 21 Years and Under (Contemporary Ballet) 1st
Ballet Bursary 17 qualified
Ballet Bursary awarded to Emilia
Classical Groups 21 years and Under 1st and 3rd
Cups:
Junior Ballet cup Sienna
Senior Ballet cup Chloe
Junior Classical duet cup Tilly and Sienna
Kent Youth Ballet cup Emilia
Most Promising Classical Dancer cup Sienna
Intermediate Classical Quartet cup Sophie, Poppy, Neve and Jessamy
Strength and Grace cup Emilia
Senior Classical Group cup Nicola Tarry Classical Ballet Training
Intermediate Classical Group cup Nicola Tarry Classical Ballet Training
17/02/2023
Sienna, Tilly and Lacey had their semi-final auditions for The Royal Ballet School (White Lodge). They are all through to the final auditions. Amazing. You are all fantastic.
Contemporary 13 Years
Emilia 2nd (joint)
Aurelia 2nd (joint)
Ballet (Classical) 15 Years
Alice 3rd
Summer 3rd
Also, beautiful dancing by Becca: really well done.
Contemporary 14 Years
Taite 2nd
Chloe 2nd
Performance Platform Results
Neve 3rd
Brilliant performances also by Imi, Zara and Maisie: really well done.
16/02/2023
RTWDF Results
Ballet (Classical) 14 Years
Chloe 1st
Taite 2nd
Classical Duets 21 Years and Under (Classical ballet)
Chloe and Summer 2nd
15/02/2023
RTWDF Results
Classical Trios/Quartets 14 Years and Under (Classical Ballet)
Neve, Poppy, Sophie and Jessamy 1st
Lacey, Louise and Sienna 3rd
Great dancing by our other quartets: Amelya, Erin, Lilly and Zara, and Katya, Lucy, Maisie and Tilly.
Well done everyone.
Classical Duets 14 Years and Under (Classical Ballet)
Neve and Poppy 1st
Emilia and Imi 2nd
Lacey and Louise 3rd
Lilly and Jessamy 3rd
Great dancing also by our other duets: Maisie and Zara, and Amelya and Erin.
Really well done.
Ballet (Classical) 13 Years
Emilia 1st
Imi 2nd
Neve 2nd
Also a really big well done to Sophie for her solo. Nicola was really pleased with it.
14/02/2023
RTWDF Results
Narrative Character 9 Years
Lucy 1st
Ballet (Classical) 9 Years
Lucy 2nd
Narrative Character 13 Years
Neve 1st
Imi 2nd
Sophie performed brilliantly as Fagan, and we are super-proud of her.
13/02/2023
Royal Ballet School Upper School
Elliott Martin (Nicola Tarry's son) gets into Royal Ballet School Upper School. Well done Elliott.
RTWDF Results
Ballet (Classical) 10 Years
The category was split in two:
In the first section:
Sienna 1st
Lacey 2nd
In the second section:
Tilly 1st
Erin 3rd
Classical Duets 10 Years and Under (Ballet)
Tilly and Sienna 1st
Ella and Lucy 3rd
Narrative Character 10 Years
Sienna 1st
12/02/2023
RTWDF Results
12 years Ballet (Classical):
Jessamy 2nd
Poppy 3rd
A big shout-out also to Ella, who danced beautifully in Ballet (Classical) 7 Years and was a fantastic Mrs Tiggywinkle in Narrative/Character 7 years. Well done.
11/02/2023
RTWDF Results
11 years Ballet (Classical):
Zara 1st
Louise and Lilly 2nd
Amelya 3rd
Maisie 4th
11 Years Narrative/Character:
Lilly 3rd
05/01/2023
YAGP Finals
Congratulations to Poppy for securing a place in the YAGP Finals in Florida in April 2023. You are a beautiful dancer and we are very proud of your achievements. Best of luck.
18/12/2022
YAGP and The Performance Platform
Firstly, a huge congratulations to all Nicola Tarry dancers who took part recently in YAGP and in The Performance Platform. We are proud of each and every one of you and commend you for the hard work you put in.
Poppy came in the top 12 in YAPG, which is brilliant: really well done.
Lily was awarded a scholarship to Oslo as a result of YAPG. Again, this is brilliant: really well done.
Sienna and Lacey came 2nd and 3rd respectively at The Performance Platform, as did Neve (2nd) and Imi (3rd). Maisie, Tilly and Zara are also all through to The Performance Platform finals. Again, brilliant and again really well done.
07/12/2022
The Royal Ballet School: Through to the Next Auditions
Congratulations to Lacey, Sienna and Tilly who are all through to the next round of auditions for The Royal Ballet School. Huge congratulations and very best of luck.
30/11/2022
The Royal Ballet: Part in Cinderella
Sienna has been offered a part in the Royal Ballet's production of Cinderella. Absolutely amazing. Well done Sienna.
26/11/2022
LCB and The Royal Ballet School Spring Intensive Places Offered
Fantastic news: Poppy and Lily have been offered places at LCB London 2023;
Zara, Maisie, Neve and Imi have been offered places with LCB's touring companies for 2023; and
Chloe has been offered a place on the Royal Ballet School UK Spring Intensive course 2023.
Really well done to all.
17/11/2022
Tring: Places Offered
Alice, Lacey, Sienna and Tilly are all offered places at Tring vocational dance-school. Massive congratulations
12/11/2022
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Part in The Nutcracker at The Royal Albert Hall
Sienna has been offered a part in Birmingham Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, at The Royal Albert Hall. So exciting. Well done Sienna.