ALICE SHIRREFFS

16 Years Old 

Student of

MOUNT EDEN BALLET ACADEMY

 Auckland New Zealand

AHA Awards Supreme Semi-Finalist 2017

Scholarship to

QUEENSLAND BALLET

Winner of the

John Logan Campbell Ballet Award Auckland 2017 

Alice writes….

I would like to thank the Alana Haines Awards and the Queensland Ballet for this incredible opportunity to attend 2 week full-time tuition.  I was truly honoured to receive this scholarship.  I thoroughly enjoyed my two weeks at Queensland Ballet.  I loved learning new styles of dancing and I enjoyed all the teaching methods and I loved meeting new people.  Miss Elana was a true inspiration. 

 Even in the short time that I was there I felt that my dancing had improved greatly and returning to my grade work in Auckland I believe my technique had improved.  I loved being able to experience a full-time dance academy and I loved learning the Vaganova technique.  I am so grateful for this amazing opportunity and I will always remember my time at Queensland Ballet.