Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education Students Sweep Regional Competition

Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education students represented Tulsa Ballet at the Youth America Grand Prix Regional Semi-Finals held in Houston, Texas November 5th – 7th, where top students from ballet schools throughout the region vied for medals, honors, and the chance to compete the YAGP Finals in New York this spring. The Pre-Professional students performed in the ensemble category and each student also performed a solo variation.

The Tulsa Ballet students are: Grace Chanslor (15), Joy Chen (17), Reagan Collins (16), Nikolas Gaifullin (15), Michaela Harrington (14), Brittan Jenkins (17), Bobbie Lynn Kandravi (15), Hana Lethen (16), Madison Pride (15), Calley Skalnik (15), and Rachel Wells (17). All students are currently in level 6 in TBCDE and train 6 days per week.

And the results are in:
1st place ensemble ~ Tulsa Ballet ensemble &
Bobbie Lynn Kandravi and Nikolas Gaifullin, pas de deux



2nd place Senior Classical ~ Calley Skalnik



Top 12 Senior Classical ~ Calley Skalnik, Madison Pride,
Nikolas Gaifullin
Top 12 Senior Contemporary ~ Nikolas Gaifullin
Top 12 Junior Classical ~ Michaela Harrington




Outstanding School ~ Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education

And the top prize of the competition…
Grand Prix ~ Nikolas Gaifullin

The first place ranking of the ensemble, along with an overall score of over 95 points, awarded all participating TBCDE students a bid to compete at the International Finals held in New York, March 17 – 22, 2011. These accolades were made possible through the highly qualified and skilled instruction and coaching of the TBCDE faculty: Liudmila Polonskaya, School Principal; Stephanie Murrish, CDE faculty; and Daniil Gaifullin, CDE faculty. The instructors spent countless hours setting choreography and coaching each dancer and will accompany them to New York.

Way to go team!!