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As we all know, Alex Wong suffered a lacerated Achilles tendon while rehearsing for what would have been, an amazing Bollywood number on So You Think You Can Dance, earlier this month. Alex has been a member of the Vancouver Ballet Society for years, and we were saddened to watch as Alex was eliminated from the competition. We know he has the talent, the drive and a fabulous personality it takes to win SYTYCD. Alex’s Mum Karen, a former VBS Board Member, assures us that Alex has been in high spirits throughout the ordeal. Even the doctors and patients in the hospital were asking for autographs & pictures with him! Everyone at the Ballet Society wishes Alex a safe recovery!
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Nicole Ciapponi,
Newest Member of San Franciso Ballet
Nicole Ciapponi, a Vancouver Ballet Society Member, has accepted a Corps de Ballet position with the San Francisco Ballet and at the age of 16 is currently the youngest member of the company. Nicole started dancing at the age of 5 with Heather McBride at her dance studio in Surrey, BC and was also a part of the Royal City Youth Ballet Company from 2004 to 2006. She then spent a year in the Goh Ballet Professional Half Day Program starting in September 2007 before being accepted into the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Professional Division in the fall of 2008 at the age of 15. She was accepted into the San Francisco Ballet Trainee Program in the fall of 2009 and in January 2010, she was offered a position in the Company.
Nicole passed all of her RAD exams with distinction and at the age of 14, she received her Solo Seal. Nicole attended The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Pacific Northwest Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet summer schools on full scholarships and was also a two time B.C. Provincial Ballet winner. She also attended the Vancouver Ballet Society Spring Seminars in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and was a two time winner of the Evelyn Hart Scholarship.
In the summer of 2008, Nicole attended the Adeline Genee International Ballet Competition and at the age of 14, was the youngest competitor at the competition. She won both a Silver Medal and the Sandra Fair and Ivan Fecan Award for Theatricality. In the spring of 2009, she placed in the top twelve at the Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York and was also one of the few selected to perform at the Miami International Ballet Festival Gala in the fall of 2009.
Nicole is looking forward to performing with the Company this summer when it travels to Denmark to perform in August. She is very proud to have been chosen to be part of such a highly accomplished company and is looking forward to performing with the company for years to come. |
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