2016
Catherine Ulissey – Teaches classical ballet at Harvard University and Wellesley College, former principal dancer with the Eliot Feld Ballet Company NY, distinguished performing career on Broadway.
Jhe Russell - 1999 Gold Medal recipient of the Erik Bruhn award. Performed with Boston Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Bejart Ballet (Switzerland)
2015
Clarence McDorman trained at the Ruth Page Foundation and danced with Lyric Opera Ballet (Chicago), Ballet Hawaii, Nevada Ballet and received his MA in Dance Education from NYU and certified by American Ballet Theatre
Sara Barney – 2015 graduate of London Contemporary Dance School
2014
Michael Fothergill trained in Ames, Iowa, continuing as a scholarship recipient with Milwaukee Ballet School, Boston Ballet School, The School of American Ballet, and within ABT.
Catherine Garratt Fothergill
2013
Carlos Molina former Soloist American Ballet Theatre, former Principal Boston Ballet
Autumn Proctor MFA Tisch School of the Arts, member of the Von Howard Project
2012
Tai Jimenez former Principal Boston Ballet, former member of Dance Theatre of Harlem
Brian McGuiness formerly with Lar Lubovich, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, BFA Julliard
2011
Sam Chester Carolina Ballet Theatre
Francesca Genovese Carolina Ballet Theatre
Jan Woodward Director of Dance Fine Arts Center Greenville, SC
2010
Hernan Husto Artistic Director Carolina Ballet Theatre, Principal NC Dance Theatre
Matthew McKinney Eugene Ballet/Ballet Idaho, Charleston Ballet, Ballet Spartanburg
Jan Woodward Director of Dance Fine Arts Center Greenville, SC
2009
Pavel Gurevich Principal Boston Ballet, Principal Milwaukee Ballet, honors graduate Belarus State Ballet Theatre
Jessica Kreyer Soloist Jose Mateo, formerly with Milwaukee Ballet, trained at the Ruth Page Foundation
2008
Christopher B. Fairbank formerly with Columbia City Ballet, director Fairbank Dance Theatre
Catherine Ulissey Ballet Instructor Harvard University formerly with Eliot Feld, danced on Broadway
Previous years include Eric Jeffers