Congratulations to Victoria Young (3rd Year) who in Spring 2016 won a Ballet Scholarship to the Perm State Ballet Academy in Russia, starting in August 2016. Victoria currently dances with the Monica Loughman Elite Ballet company and appeared on The Late Late Show with her dancing colleagues on Friday, 20th May.
Well done to Victoria Young (3rd Year) who in Spring 2016 won a Ballet Scholarship to the Perm State Ballet Academy in Russia, starting in August 2016. Currently Victoria is with the Monica Loughman Elite Ballet company. Victoria and three of her other dancing colleagues from the Monica Loughman Elite Ballet company performed live on The Late Late Show on Friday, 20th May 2016.
Victoria started ballet when she was three years old and at present practices three hours per day, five days a week. To date Victoria has danced in 'The Nutcracker' in The Gate (2012), 'Romeo and Juliet' (2013), 'Les Sylphides' (2014) and 'Giselle' in the Convention Centre (2015), as well as a solo part as Princess Florina in 'Sleeping Beauty' (2016).
Listen to Monica Loughman speak so highly about her four students and then enjoy watching them dance so beautifully when they appeared on The Late Late Show! Read a feature article published about the dancers in the Irish Independent on 21st May 2016.
See also Awards and Achievements page.
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[Image: Keith Dixon Photography/Monica Loughman Elite Ballet]
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