ELLA GALLE Attending: Carolina Ballet
Additional Acceptances: Ballet West, Ballet Austin, Cincinnati Ballet, BalletMet, Texas Ballet Theater, Louisville Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, and Sacramento Ballet. ARYA GRACE Attending: Cincinnati Ballet 2023 Jane & Bill Millar Outstanding Progress Scholarship AMELIE HANSON Attending: Independent Study in Choreography with Robin Pettersen Acceptances: BalletMet, Texas Ballet Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, and Carolina Ballet. 2023 Midwest RAD Fest choreographic selection ZOE KAUFMAN Attending: Chautauqua Institution Additional Acceptances: Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (on scholarship). COLETTE MCLEOD Attending: Ballet West Additional Acceptances: BalletMet, Louisville Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Oklahoma City Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Nashville Ballet, and Kansas City Ballet (year-round). 2024 Harriett Lee Hicklen Memorial Scholarship for Dance recipient LOUIS MILLARD Attending: School of American Ballet (full scholarship) Additional Acceptances: Boston Ballet (full scholarship), Miami City Ballet (full scholarship), Pacific Northwest Ballet (full scholarship), and San Francisco Ballet. 2022, 2023, 2024 Harriett Lee Hicklen Memorial Scholarship for Dance recipient CLAIRE MILLER Attending: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Additional Acceptances: Boston Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Sarasota Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Charlotte Ballet. SCARLETT MILLER Attending: Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (on scholarship) AILINN MULLANEY Attending: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Additional Acceptances: Kansas City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, Kaatsbaan, Texas Ballet Theater, Milwaukee Ballet, BalletMet, Philadelphia Ballet, Ballet Austin, Nashville Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Chautauqua Institution. 2024 Harriett Lee Hicklen Memorial Scholarship for Dance recipient SIERRA SCHLEHUBER Attending: Miami City Ballet and Chautauqua Institution Additional Acceptances: Ballet West, LINES Ballet, and Ballet Austin. 2024 Midwest RAD Fest choreographic selection
SCHOOL OF BALLET
Founded 21 years ago by Artistic Director Heather Raue, the CTAC School of Ballet has been training young people in Northern Michigan for careers as professional dancers and artists. Each year our students receive acceptances, upon audition, to attend summer intensive programs at most of the leading national and international dance schools. Additionally, our program has landed talented students professional contracts, launched students into BFA and MFA programs and dance-related careers. This year has been exceptionally phenomenal for our students and alums with record-breaking acceptances and promotions at these leading dance programs and companies.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS PAYTON BECKERING Attending: Sacramento Ballet (on scholarship) Additional Acceptances: Miami City Ballet, Ballet West, artEmotion, LINES Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, BalletMet, Louisville Ballet (on scholarship), Tulsa Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Texas Ballet Theatre summer and professional training division, University of Hartford (on scholarship), Marymount University (on scholarship), Central Michigan University, and Western Michigan University. 2022, 2023 Harriett Lee Hicklen Memorial Scholarship for Dance recipient 2024 Midwest RAD Fest choreographic selection CHLOE BOS Attending: Oklahoma City Ballet Additional Acceptances: Louisville Ballet, BalletMet, School of Philadelphia Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Ballet Austin, Colorado Ballet, Sacramento Ballet and Nashville Ballet.
CALLIE CARLSON Attending: Ballet Chicago
Additional Acceptances: Boston Ballet, Princeton Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Tulsa Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, BalletMet, and Nashville Ballet. 2022, 2023 Harriett Lee Hicklen Memorial Scholarship for Dance recipient ELSIE DAWSON Attending: Pacific Northwest Ballet Additional Acceptances: School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Kaatsbaan, BalletMet, Cincinnati Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Colorado Ballet (summer and year- round), Milwaukee Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and Chautauqua Institution. 2022 Jane & Bill Millar Outstanding Progress Scholarship 2023, 2024 Harriett Lee Hicklen Memorial Scholarship for Dance recipient
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