Including ballet competition standout Alina Taratorin (photo by Oliver Endahl, courtesy Taratorin)
Congratulations to the 39 talented dancers just named 2020 YoungArts award winners! This year's group of awardees includes several familiar faces from the competition scene.
<p> <a href="https://www.youngarts.org/" target="_blank">YoungArts awards</a>—given annually to teenage students in the visual, literary, and performing arts, at three different levels (Finalist, Honorable Mention, and Merit)—are a <em>very</em> big deal. Winners are selected by panels of A-list professionals in their respective fields, and gain access to all kinds of support for their creative work. Awardees in the Finalist category receive up to $10,000 in prizes; are invited to participate in National YoungArts Week, which features all kinds of master classes and workshops, each January; and might be nominated to become U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts. </p>
<p> Here are the 2020 dance winners, including comp-circuit standouts <a href="https://www.dancespirit.com/why-you-should-know-standout-dancer-joziah-german-2614361628.html" target="_blank">Joziah German</a>, <a href="https://www.dancespirit.com/tag/alina-taratorin" target="_blank">Alina Taratorin</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sydney_rev/" target="_blank">Sydney Revennaugh</a>, and (repeat winner!) <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_rosiegranito_/" target="_blank">Rosie Granito</a>. You can find a <a href="https://www.youngarts.org/winners" target="_blank">complete list of awardees</a>—and information about <a href="https://www.youngarts.org/apply" target="_blank">when to apply</a> for next year's competition, an option you should <a href="https://www.dancespirit.com/youngarts-applications-open-now-heres-why-you-should-apply-2638700369.html" target="_blank">definitely consider</a>—at the <a href="https://www.youngarts.org/" target="_blank">YoungArts website</a>.</p>
FINALIST
<p>Tomoe Carr, Hip Hop <br>High Tech High School, Secaucus, NJ </p><p>Rush Carson, Choreography <br>New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL </p><p>Nicholas Khoa Dao, Modern/Contemporary <br>Willow Glen High School, San Jose, CA </p><p>Emanuel Dostine, Modern/Contemporary <br>Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy, Manistee, MI </p><p>Joziah German, Modern/Contemporary <br>Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX</p><p>Andre Imanishi, Tap <br>The Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology, New York, NY </p><p>Jacqueline Jankovsky, Modern/Contemporary <br>Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX </p><p>Nouhoum Koita, Modern/Contemporary <br>Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY </p><p>Claire Lucas, Modern/Contemporary <br>Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA </p><p>Aidan Lynch, Hip Hop <br>Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, TN </p><p>Lucas Marinetto, Tap <br>University of Nebraska High School, Lincoln, NE </p><p>Lindy Mesmer, Ballet <br>Laurel Springs School, Ojai, CA </p><p>Keara Nichols, Ballet<br>Cabrillo Point Academy, El Cajon, CA </p><p>Amelie Or, Tap <br>Oak Ridge High School, El Dorado Hills, CA </p><p>Tyrone Reese, Ballet <br>W. P. Davidson High School, Mobile, AL </p><p>Sydney Revennaugh, Modern/Contemporary <br>Marion High School, Marion, IN </p><p>Alina Taratorin, Ballet <br>Palo Alto Senior High School, Palo Alto, CA </p><p>Kailey Worontsoff, Modern/Contemporary <br>Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL</p>HONORABLE MENTION
<p>Maya Alvarez-Coyne, World Dance/Irish Step <br>Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA </p><p>Atticus Dobbie, Modern/Contemporary <br>Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY </p><p>Ashton Edwards, Ballet <br>Flint Southwestern Classical Academy, Flint, MI </p><p>Aydin Eyikan, Jazz <br>The Keystone School, Bloomsburg, PA </p><p>Brenan Gonzalez, Modern/Contemporary <br>Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL </p><p>Krupa Hegde, World Dance/Classical Indian <br>The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, Bowling Green, KY</p><p>Irene Kim, Modern/Contemporary <br>Crean Lutheran High School, Irvine, CA </p><p>Janiya Pearson, World Dance/African <br>Professional Performing Arts School, New York, NY </p><p>Arya Pratap, World Dance/Classical Indian <br>Saint Francis High School, Mountain View, CA</p>MERIT
<p>Deven Ayambem, Hip Hop <br>Downingtown STEM Academy, Downingtown, PA </p><p>Joseph Boswell, Ballet <br>James Madison High School, Norcross, GA </p><p>Victoria Chapa, World Dance/Mexican Folkloric <br>Valley View High School, Pharr, TX </p><p>Angelina Diaz, Choreography <br>Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Beach, FL </p><p>Jau'mair Garland, Modern/Contemporary <br>Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PA </p><p>Rosie Granito, Choreography <br>Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO </p><p>Shashank Iswara, World Dance/Classical Indian <br>Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, TX </p><p>Demetrius Lee, Modern/Contemporary <br>Cleveland School of the Arts, Cleveland, OH </p><p>Francesca Levita, Modern/Contemporary <br>Saint Charles North High School, Saint Charles, IL </p><p>Jeremiah Moorehead, Modern/Contemporary <br>Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL </p><p>Julian Sanchez, Modern/Contemporary <br>New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL </p><p>Nyoka Wotorson, Modern/Contemporary <br>Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY<span></span></p>
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