Scholarships & Awards

Celebrating Our Student's & Alumni’s Success: Scholarships & Prestigious Awards

This page celebrates the accomplishments of our students and alumni, who over the years, have been the proud recipients of scholarships and awards from a variety of arts institutions.

2024

  • Lara Frame – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2023

  • Lara Frame – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Daria Kovalenko – Nesta Toumine Award/Society of Classical Ballet–Vaganova Method
  • Daria Kovalenko – Shevchenko Foundation

2022

  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – School of Alberta Ballet Professional Division
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – School of Alberta Ballet Professional Division

2021

  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – School of Alberta Ballet Professional Division
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – School of Alberta Ballet Professional Division

2020

  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – School of Alberta Ballet Professional Division
  • Rebecca Wolfe – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

 

Photo of solo dancer in white chiffon dress. She is standing on one leg on pointe with her other leg extended backwards bent arching upwards at the knee. One arm is curved overhead and the other arm is stretched sideways parallel to the floor.

2019

  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – School of Alberta Ballet Professional Division
  • Lucie Schmidt – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Denver Scott – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2018

  • Ellery Jackson – Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Summer Intensive Scholarship
  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – Nesta Toumine Award/Society of Classical Ballet–Vaganova Method
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – School of Alberta Ballet Summer Intensive Scholarship
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – Marijan Bayer Award/Society of Classical Ballet–Vaganova Method
  • Lucie Schmidt – Robert G. Jackson Award/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Lucie Schmidt – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Lucie Schmidt – Walker Wood Foundation Bursary/School of Toronto Dance Theatre
  • Denver Scott – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe – Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Artistic Achievement/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe (as actor) – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe (as puppeteer) – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe – Dean’s Scholarship for Theatre Performance/Humber College
  • Rebecca Wolfe – School of Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship/Humber College

Photo of solo modern dancer. She is standing on a bent leg. The other leg is extended backwards bent at the knee at head height. She is arching her back looking upwards. Her arms are outstretched with flexed wrists.

2017

  • Ellery Jackson – NS Arts Endowment Fund Scholarship/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – NS Arts Endowment Fund Scholarship/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Maggie Oates-Johnson – Robert G. Jackson Award/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Mollie Oates-Johnson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Lucie Schmidt – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Emma Van Zeumeren (as printmaker) – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe (as actor) – Nova ScotiaTalent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe (as actor) – Theatre Nova Scotia Award/Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2016

  • Ellery Jackson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Ellery Jackson – Robert G. Jackson Award/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Hilary Knee – Sharon Moore Solo Project Award/School of Toronto Dance Theatre
  • Vivian Macnab – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Lucie Schmidt – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2015

  • Hilary Knee – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe (as actor) – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Rebecca Wolfe (as actor) – ACTRA Maritimes Certificate of Achievement

Photo of a solo ballet dancer. She is standing on the diagonal on pointe on the leg closest to the viewer. The other leg is fully stretched behind her. The arm closest to the viewer is stretched out in front of her at head height. The other arm is stretched reaching diagonally backwards. Her back is twisted away from the viewer.

2014

  • Dominque D’Arnall – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Hilary Knee – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2013

  • Sarah Hopkin – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Hilary Knee – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2011

  • Sarah Hopkin – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Emma Kerson – Sharon Moore Solo Project Award/School of Toronto Dance Theatre
  • Ampai Thammachack – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2009

  • Hannah Mae Cruddas – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Hannah Mae Cruddas – Janice Fleming Award/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Sarah Hopkin – NSACPD Bursary/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Emma Kerson – Millennium Excellence Award/School of Toronto Dance Theatre

2008

  • Hannah Mae Cruddas – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Sarah Hopkin – NSACPD Bursary/Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Emma Kerson – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

Photo of a solo modern dancer. She is leapingin the air with her legs in a split. Her arms are stetched sideways with palms facing forwards and chest arching upwards.

2007

  • Lise Cormier (as actor) – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Hannah Mae Cruddas – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Hannah Mae Cruddas – Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts/Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2006

  • Lise Cormier (as actor) – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Hannah Mae Cruddas – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Sarah Hopkin – Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2005

  • Lise Cormier (as actor) – Nova Scotia Talent Trust
  • Lise Cormier (as actor) – Theatre Nova Scotia Award/Nova Scotia Talent Trust

2004

  • Hannah Mae Cruddas – Nesta Toumine Award/Society of Classical Ballet–Vaganova Method

Photo of a solo ballet dancer in the Nutcracker. She is standing on one leg on the ball of her foot. The other leg is extending diagonally forward. She is exitedly smiling and holding the nutcracker doll in front of her. Her chiffon skirt is whirling behind her.

Photos this page top to bottom: Lara Frame by Olga Chenudioglu, Lucie Schmidt by Cathy McKelvey, Mollie Oates-Johnson by Anastasia Wiebe, Hilary Knee by Cathy McKelvey, and Hannah-Mae Cruddas by Cathy McKelvey.
The Nutcracker photo courtesy of Symphony Nova Scotia.