Orlando Metropolitan Ballet Academy had a very successful season this 2021.
Season started at YAGP Tampa, FL. In January at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts of Tampa, our coach Laura Torres prepared four of the pre-professional program students to compete in the Junior (ages 12-14) and Senior (ages 15 -17) categories.
The chosen students were Madison Taberham, Nicole Bustamante, Camila Moya and Michelle Cordero.
All of them competed in the classical and contemporary category as soloists, they also competed together in the ensemble category with a piece choreographed by Amyia Burrel and coached by Laura Torres called The strength my mother gave me.
Results of YAGP Tampa 2021
Madison Taberham placed top 24 in the classical senior category as soloist, she danced Flora from The awakening of Flora. Madison also received an invitation to the YAGP Finals, which is an only-by-invitation event that gathers about 120 dancers, from all the US and international semi-finals, in each age division. The YAGP Finalists are the top ballet students in the world, every year about 12,000 competitors go the different semi-finals in all over the world, only 600, of all the ages, make it to the Finals, about 150 are in each age division.
Also at the Tampa semi-final Orlando Met’s students won 3rd place in the ensemble category.
YAGP Boston Semi-Finals 2021
After a successful result in Tampa, Orlando Met’s faculty decided to attend the semi-final in Boston.
- Nicole Bustamante won 2nd Place in the Junior Division Classical Category and Top 12 in the Contemporary Category.
- Camila Moya won Top 24 also in the Junior Division of the Classical Category
- Madison Taberham won 1st Place of the Senior Division of the Classical Category and Top 12 in the Contemporary Category.
Nicole, Camila, and Madison competed in the ensemble category with a classical ensemble from La Bayadera, the beautiful Pas de Trois of the Kingdom of the Shades. They won Top 12 in the ensemble Category and received and invitation to YAGP Finals.
YAGP Boston Winners
YAGP Tampa Winners