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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

  • The Australian Ballet Company
  • Hamburg Ballet Company, Germany
  • Semperoper Ballet Company, Germany
  • English National Ballet Company, UK
  • The Queensland Ballet Company
  • Northern Ballet Company, Leeds, UK
  • English National Ballet School, UK
  • The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow
  • Hamburg Ballet School, Germany
  • The Australian Ballet School Full-Time Program + Full Scholarship one year
  • The Australian Ballet School Interstate/International Training Program
  • The Queensland Ballet, Junior Associate Program
  • The Queensland Ballet Pre-Professional Year
  • The Queensland Ballet Jette Parker Young Artist Program
  • The Queensland Ballet Senior Program
  • Royal Ballet School - Summer Intensive Tuition Scholarship & direct entry & invitation to final audition (White Lodge)
  • Youth America Grand Prix - Australian Finalists
  • Asian Grand Prix - Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, Australia and Asia Pacific
  • ​Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive + Full scholarship 
  • Houston Ballet School USA - Scholarship short term & Summer Intensive
  • Berlin Ballet School Germany - Scholarship short term
  • European School of Ballet, Netherlands - Summer Intensive
  • Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year
  • Queensland Dance School of Excellence
  • Ballet Theatre of Queensland
  • Royal Academy of Dance Advanced One Bursary Winner
  • Top 5 CD Scholarships 2024
  • Winner & Runner Up Australian Classical Grand Prix -Classical and Contemporary Sections, Australian Finals
  • QUT Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Dance Performance & Education                         
  • Brent Street Performing Arts Full-Time Program
  • Ev & Bow Full-time Dance Program
  • Conroy’s Full-Time Dance Program
  • Royal Academy of Dance – Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies
  • Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Dance
  • MDM Dancewear Ambassador
  • PW Dancewear Ambassador
  • Merge Dance Theatre
  • Cruise Ships/ Disneyland Contracts
  • Other Achievements: 
  • Students have performed with "The Paris Opera Ballet", in their production "La Bayadere.
  • Students have performed with "Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company", in production of "Don Quixote"
  • Students have performed with “The Australian Ballet” in their production of “Mahon”.
  • Students have performed with “Queensland Ballet” - including the role of “Alice” in “Alice in Wonderland”, "International Gala", "King Arthur", "Nutcracker” 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. “Coppelia”, “Romeo and Juliet” and "Vis a Vis", “La Sylphide” and"Cinderella".
  • Students performed with “American Ballet Theatre” in their production of “Swan Lake”.
  • Jacqueline Morland Awards Royal Academy of Dance – Winners, Runner-Ups, Finalists & Audience Vote, Scholarship Winners
  • Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge, Classical & Jazz Scholarship BPAC -Winners and Finalists
  • Students performed with “Harvest Rain Theatre Company” in their production of “Cats”, "Hairspray" and "The Wizard of Oz"
  • Students have received many ‘Special Awards’ from Eisteddfods: Most promising Classical Ballet Dancer- Redcliffe, Redlands, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Wynnum Eisteddfods. Classical Championship Winners, Many 1st placing in eisteddfods in Sydney and Brisbane. Groups Eisteddfod Awards for Classical and Jazz Aggregates, Brisbane Eisteddfod Group Awards. Christmas In Storyland.
  • Ms Kimberley Bennett-Woodger performed with: “The Bolshoi Ballet”, “Le Corsaire”, “The American Ballet Theatre, “Swan Lake” 



Congratulations to Bronte Mollison, The Australian Ballet, Company Artist - Corps de ballet 2026.

We now have TWO Ballerina's in The Australian Ballet. 

Bronte will join Amy Ronnfeldt


Read all about us in the November Issue of

DanceTrain Magazine 2025

DanceTrain Magazine
DanceTrain Magazine

Beautiful students

Georgie

Ballerina Jackie Radovanovic in a dance pose, named Top 12 Classical in Youth America Grand Prix.

Two girls featured for CD Scholarship Finalists 2025. Each has a ballet-themed portrait.

Ballet

Students

Great results

Dance Exams

Australian Ballet School

Comdance


KWDA Dance team champions 2024 posing with trophies. Dancers wear pink jackets, diverse settings, celebrating victory.

Congratulations graphic: Isla Getliffe, smiling, in a gold circle; text states she successfully auditioned for dance companies.
Congratulations graphic with a girl named Sophie Bures who successfully auditioned for Merge Dance Theatre.
Congratulations graphic. Maddie Thomas in a photo, text reads

Poster: Harli's dance awards. Photos of Harli and a group, plus four award graphics with her name and

Ballet dancer Jackie with award, and two smaller final/runner-up graphics.

Ballet dancers in pink leotards, Ballet Theatre of Queensland, congratulations for 2025 season - Snow White.

Annabelle, Ever, Jackie, Harli, Chloe, Mia, Piper and Katie


Ballet students' portraits: RAD exams, May 2024. Students in leotards or pink tops.

Royal Academy of Dance awards collage: Dancers in black shirts, holding certificates, posing for photos.

Congratulations graphic for Jackie Radovanovic, finalist for the CD Scholarship. Young dancer in black leotard, pink circle

Text congratulating KWDA alumni Amy Ronnfeldt and Abbey Haller. Two ballet dancers in performance poses.

Ballet exam photos: Gabby (Advanced Two), Stella, Kayleighanna, Toni (Intermediate) with teacher. August 2023.

Six young ballet dancers in pink leotards pose, announcing their audition success for a production.

Congratulations graphic for Jackie Radovanovic, Little Big Ballerina with BIG at QPAC. Includes photos of her.

Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge BPAC - 2023

BPAC dance competition winners posing with certificates.

Dance academy students in black leotards pose for a Royal Academy of Dance vocational exam.


Four ballet dancers in purple leotards, posing gracefully, text reads
Two girls in purple leotards sit on a white floor, legs extended, smiling.

Collage of ballet dancers. Includes photos of poses, exam results, and certificates from Royal Academy of Dance.

Ballet students in various poses and attire, including one with an instructor, at the KWDA studio.

JACQUELINE MORLAND AWARDS 2022 RESULTS


  • Ever Chaffey - Grade 5 - Winner Artistry Award and Runner-Up.
  • Bronte Mollison - Advanced 1 & 2 - Scholarship Winner Queensland Ballet and Encouragement Award.


Two ballet dancers with judges. One wears a leotard, the other a tutu. Award presentation in a dance studio.

Students in ballet attire, congratulatory message for Royal Academy of Dance exams.

AMY RONNFELDT - KWDA alumni (10 years) now The Australian Ballet School, Melbourne

PRIX DE LAUSANNE International Ballet Competition, Switzerland 2022

Finalist and Prize Winner - Jeune etoile (Young Star Scholarship)



Fabulous results for Bronte Mollison

Congratulations on your fantastic results at Sydney Eisteddfod 2021

Poster for

A ballet dancer in a tutu, on a poster. The poster congratulates Bronte Mollison on a gold medal and scholarship.
Four ballet dancers in black leotards and pink tights in various poses: Bronte Mollison, Trinity Dean, Eve Albion, and Gabriella Olivotto.

Student Achievements

  • The Australian Ballet Company
  • Hamburg Ballet Company, Germany
  • Semperoper Ballet Company, Germany
  • English National Ballet Company, UK
  • The Queensland Ballet Company
  • English National Ballet School, UK
  • The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow
  • Hamburg Ballet School, Germany
  • The Australian Ballet School Full-Time Program + Full Scholarship one year
  • The Australian Ballet School Interstate/International Training Program
  • The Queensland Ballet, Junior Associate Program
  • The Queensland Ballet Pre-Professional Year
  • The Queensland Ballet Jette Parker Young Artist Program
  • The Queensland Ballet Senior Program
  • Royal Ballet School - Summer Intensive Tuition Scholarship & direct entry & invitation to final audition (White Lodge)
  • Youth America Grand Prix - Australian Finalists
  • Asian Grand Prix - Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, Australia and Asia Pacific
  • ​Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive + Full scholarship 
  • Houston Ballet School USA - Scholarship short term & Summer Intensive
  • Berlin Ballet School Germany - Scholarship short term
  • European School of Ballet, Netherlands - Summer Intensive
  • Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year
  • Queensland Dance School of Excellence
  • Ballet Theatre of Queensland
  • Royal Academy of Dance Advanced One Bursary Winner
  • QUT Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Dance Performance & Education                                                 
  • Brent Street Preforming Arts Full-Time Program
  • Ev & Bow Full-time Dance Program
  • Conroy’s Full-Time Dance Program
  • Royal Academy of Dance – Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies
  • Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Dance
  • MDM Dancewear Ambassador
  • PW Dancewear Ambassador
  • Cruise Ships/ Disneyland Contracts
  • Other Achievements:  
  • Students have performed with "The Paris Opera Ballet", in their production "La Bayadere.
  • Students have performed with "Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company", in production of "Don Quixote"
  • Students have performed with “The Australian Ballet” in their production of “Mahon”.
  • Students have performed with “Queensland Ballet” - including the role of “Alice” in “Alice in Wonderland”, "International Gala", "King Arthur", "Nutcracker” 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. “Coppelia”, “Romeo and Juliet” and "Vis a Vis", “La Sylphide” and"Cinderella".
  • Students performed with “American Ballet Theatre” in their production of “Swan Lake”.
  • Jacqueline Morland Awards Royal Academy of Dance – Winners, Runner-Ups, Finalists & Audience Vote, Scholarship Winners
  • Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge, Classical & Jazz Scholarship BPAC -Winners and Finalists
  • Students performed with “Harvest Rain Theatre Company” in their production of “Cats”, "Hairspray" and "The Wizard of Oz"
  • Students have received many ‘Special Awards’ from Eisteddfods: Most promising Classical Ballet Dancer- Redcliffe, Redlands, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Wynnum Eisteddfods. Classical Championship Winners, Many 1st placing in eisteddfods in Sydney and Brisbane. Groups Eisteddfod Awards for Classical and Jazz Aggregates, Brisbane Eisteddfod Group Awards.  Christmas In Storyland.
  • Ms Kimberley Bennett-Woodger performed with: “The Bolshoi Ballet”, “Le Corsaire”,  “The American Ballet Theatre, “Swan Lake” 
Video Below - "Paquita" Classical Group -12 years & Under, 
Ipswich Eisteddfod - 1ST PLACE 2019
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