Top Mark
This award is presented to the highest mark achieved in each genre and level. To qualify, the mark must fall between 90 and 100. More than one candidate may be eligible if multiple candidates achieve the same highest mark.
Recipients of the Top Mark Award receive an examination scholarship to sit the next examination grade in that genre (free of charge), a certificate of recognition, and a Top Mark Award badge. If the recipient does not use the scholarship to sit an examination in the following year, the examination scholarship is automatically forfeited.
Solo Seal
Taylor Waters – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Grace Thomas – Dance Wanaka (Wanaka, NZ)
Noah Duff – Top Jazz Ballet (Bunbury, WA)
Advanced Jazz 2
MacKenzie Waters – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Advanced Jazz 1
Ava Cash – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Indie Wiltshire – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Taylor Haworth – Dance Direction QLD (Brisbane, QLD)
Intermediate Jazz 3
Kaylin Lorenzen – Talbot Dance Academy (Warkworth, NZ)
Aspen Griffen – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Intermediate Jazz 2
Ayla Wild – Phoenix Performing Arts (Papamoa, NZ)
Kieran Fish – Studio 246 (Auckland, NZ)
Freddie Porter – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Intermediate Jazz 1
Brooke Mcmahon – Talbot Dance Academy (Warkworth, NZ)
Elementary Jazz 3
Natalia D’Angelo – Deanne Fordham School of Dance (Melbourne, VIC)
Aishani Jasmin Kumar – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Elementary Jazz 2
Thitaree Amornariyakool – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Haizea Verginory-Cueva – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Paige Bramley – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Elementary Jazz 1
Nia Thomas – Devonport School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Junior Jazz 3
Ava Cait Williams – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Rawisara Towanasutr – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Junior Jazz 2
Madison Scott – Dance Central (Taupō, NZ)
Junior Jazz 1
Imogen Wastney – Move With Me – Dance Prep School (Hamilton, NZ)
Primary Jazz 2
Piper Aramaera Kitty Keates – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Primary Jazz 1
Pippa Poomkaew – Bodindecha School of Dance Art (Bangkok, Thailand)
Preschool Jazz
U Jin Triyasakda – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Fan Ching Ying – Dancing Kat Center (NT, Hong Kong)
Shek Yuen Ching – Dancing Kat Center (NT, Hong Kong)
Top Tier
This award is presented to the next two highest results after the Top Mark Award recipient. To qualify, marks must fall between 90 and 99.5. In some cases, multiple students may receive the same mark and be awarded accordingly.
Recipients of the Top Tier Award receive a certificate of recognition and a Top Tier Award badge.
Solo Seal
Jessica Webb – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Annabelle Gasparich – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Bella Fairbairn – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Millie Dilks – Dance Collective (Auckland, NZ)
Advanced Jazz 2
Noah Duff – Top Jazz Ballet (Bunbury, WA)
Kallani Waghorn – Jenna McKenzie School of Dance (Christchurch, NZ)
Advanced Jazz 1
Ella Colligan – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Jaimie Webb – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Hannah Everitt – Dance Direction QLD (Brisbane, QLD)
Teia Donnelly – Betty Bentley Dance Academy, Port Kennedy (Perth, WA)
Stella Elsmore – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Peyton Waters – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Intermediate Jazz 3
Isabella Black – Dance Collective (Auckland, NZ)
Coco Veber-Nichols – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Lucy Wellington – Dance Wanaka (Wanaka, NZ)
Intermediate Jazz 2
Emily Waugh – Danceworks Studios (Palmerston North, NZ)
Katie Chen – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Serena Zhang-Gavin – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Isabel Hawes – Aurora Dance Studio (Christchurch, NZ)
Intermediate Jazz 1
Addison Quiding – Studio 246 (Auckland, NZ)
Skye Dalziel – Waitakere City School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Anyamanee Sirihongsuwan – SaroMove Dance & Fitness (Bangkok, Thailand)
Yourong Deng – Studio 246 (Auckland, NZ)
Emilia D’Angelo – Deanne Fordham School of Dance (Melbourne, VIC)
Ruby Wilson – Anna Lee School of Dance (Christchurch, NZ)
Eden Whelan – TM Dance World (Christchurch, NZ)
Sarah Codd – Danceworks Studios (Palmerston North, NZ)
Elementary Jazz 3
Livia Te – Studio 246 (Auckland, NZ)
Seeto Carmela Tsz Yan – Academy Of Dance Hong Kong (NT, Hong Kong)
Audrey Ng – Studio 246 (Auckland, NZ)
Lucia Bluebell Davison – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Margaret Atkinson – Ponsonby School of Dance (Auckland, NZ)
Elementary Jazz 2
Grace Ngahina Te Aotonga – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Chloe Chen – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Carys Elizabeth Valerie Lawes – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Katelyn Williams – Great South Dance Academy, Point Chevalier (Auckland, NZ)
Eleanor Prudence Trinder – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Elementary Jazz 1
Tessa Guo – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Peyton Sydney Dingle – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Junior Jazz 3
Minami Ueno – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Ploynapas Asawapiwat – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Isabella Suamili – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Scarlett Glass – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Nora Gray – DANZA (Auckland, NZ)
Audrey Tiller – Alana’s Dance Studio (Adelaide, SA)
Vivian Shin – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Augustina Gabrielle Rose Warren – Dance24Seven (Auckland, NZ)
Junior Jazz 2
Thanwarat Sorat – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Prim Sungpragul – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, Thailand)
Olivia Dron – AWDA Rhythm ‘n’ Steps (Auckland, NZ)
Junior Jazz 1
Rylah Jones – Move With Me, Dance Prep School (Hamilton, NZ)
Kaia-rae Unahi – Jazz Time (Invercargill, NZ)
Prashansa Dinu Perera – Move With Me, Dance Prep School (Hamilton, NZ)
Praopat Angkanawaranon – Club Talent Dance Studio (Nonthaburi, Thailand)
Primary Jazz 2
Cleo Jane Archer – Academy of Dance Taranaki (Taranaki, NZ)
Ailis Myers-Booth – Academy of Dance Taranaki (Taranaki, NZ)
Alfred Zinzan Peacocke – Academy of Dance Taranaki (Taranaki, NZ)
Primary Jazz 1
Elsie Paul – Dance Central
Sophie Price – Move With Me, Dance Prep School (Hamilton, NZ)
Elise Barlow – Move With Me, Dance Prep School (Hamilton, NZ)
Alivia Clegg – Betty Bentley Dance Academy, Port Kennedy (Perth, WA)
Elly Polstra – Kelly School of Dance (Gore, NZ)
Edith Crellin – Move With Me, Dance Prep School (Hamilton, NZ)
Preschool Jazz
Gail Patarasuwankul – Chezza Dance Studio (Bangkok, NZ)
Maia Jade Burgess – Academy of Dance Taranaki, Hawera (Taranaki, NZ)
Au Yeung Yu Kiu – Dancing Kat Center (NT, Hong Kong)
Chan Chin Tung – Dancing Kat Center (NT, Hong Kong)
