O’Neal Students Audition for Dance Scholarships and College Programs
Four O’Neal students traveled to Daytona Beach May 5th-8th to participate in the Regional Dance American/Southeast Festival. Upwards of 600 dancers from fifteen ballet companies around the southeast attended. Juniors Maxwell Epstein and Reese Fisher, sophomore Rob Mays and eighth grade student Nik Epstein traveled down as performing members of the High Point Ballet (HPB) to participate in master classes, perform in adjudicated pieces in two dance concerts, and audition for scholarships.
As a special honor, Max Epstein, Mays, and Fisher were finalists for recognition as “Outstanding Soloists.” The trio performed with the High Point Ballet Thursday evening in the Emerging Choreographer’s Concert, and all four students performed Friday night with the HPB in the Festival Concert.
Following an audition, Max Epstein & Fisher were each awarded scholarships to attend the National Choreography Intensive in Dayton, Ohio this summer.
The high school dancers were observed over the weekend by recruiters and earned the following offers/recognition:
Mays was recruited to both U.S. International Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet.
Pending admission to the following institutions, recruitment results were as follows:
Fisher – Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL Dance BA program, Northwestern State University, LA Dance BA program & scholarship offer, U.S. International Ballet scholarship for a 6-week summer intensive program.
Max Epstein– Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL Dance BA program, Northwestern State University, LA Dance BA program, Brenau University, GA Dance BA program & scholarship offer as well as a scholarship for a summer intensive program; and UNC-Charlotte.
As an aside the Epsteins and Mays were also awarded scholarships this year from the Moore County Arts Council (Max Epstein & Rob Mays – classical ballet; Nik Epstein– musical theater).
The O’Neal School is very proud of the accomplishments of its students as they successfully pursue their passion.
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