Courtney Macmillan
COURTNEY MACMILLAN wins McDonald's Ballet Scholarship
16yr old Courtney Macmillan, QLD Australia was 1st Runner-Up in the AHA Awards 2011 & has been named the outright winner of the AU$18,000 Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald's Ballet Scholarship.
Courtney, who will commence training at the Royal Ballet Upper School in September, studies with Suzanne Way at Professional Classical Ballet Coaching in Tweed Heads, NSW.
The adjudicators were Karen Donovan, former principal of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Wim Broeckx, artistic president of the Prix de Lausanne, and David McAllister, artistic director of the Australian Ballet, who joined the others in the final decision.
The McDonald's Ballet Scholarship is one of the highlights of the Sydney Eisteddfod and was held on Sunday July 31 at the Sydney Opera House.