Venue: DPAC Theatre
Date: 16 July 2016 (Saturday) 8.30PM
Ticket price: MYR50
Our annual in-house pole
competition is back with the addition of aerial hoop and silk. Students were
asked to submit a video (not more than 2 minutes) to be assessed as to
whether they would be chosen to compete in the finals.
These were the finalists:-
Aerial Silk Solo
1. Charmaine
Ang
2. Mindy
Yong
3. Nessie
Tu
4. Tan
Yun Ru
Pole Solo
1. Lee
So Xi
2. Eileen
Woo
3. Wang
Wei Hua
4. AJ
Wong
5. Noah
Yap
6. Jax
Burditt
7. Teoh
Mei Yee
8. Alan
Lim
9. Fiona
Shak
10. Shernes
Tan
They were supposed to have Pole
Duo and Aerial Hoop but these 2 categories were taken off from the list as
there were not many students who submitted the videos for these 2 categories.
The name of the finalists was
announced in mid-June 2016 and they had 1 month to choreograph their new routine
and to get their costumes ready.
In preparation for the competition,
some of the students had extra lessons with Viva instructors and they trained
most of the days of the week. There are also time slot allocated for them to
practice during access time.
So on the day of the competition, we
started off with our emcee, Samantha Chan Geok Hui giving a brief
introduction of pole and aerial and the contestants’ journey to the finals.
Also, she introduced the judges Samantha Yee (Miko), Nana, V Lea and Reiko
Shalini Soo.
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| The beautiful emcee Samantha Chan Geok Hui |
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| The judges (L-R) - Samantha Yee (Miko), Reiko Shalini Soo, V Lea and Nana |
Sad to say I could only watch the
competition from the side of the stage and I must say that the students did put
up a brilliant job and having the guts to be on stage. It’s definitely the
first time for some of them!
Here are the contestants in action:
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| Shernes Tan |
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| Fiona May |
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| Jax |
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| Mei Yee |
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| Alan Lim with his Chinese pole act |
After the competition, we had some
performances lined up by Virginie Laurency on aerial hoop and the Aerial Master
group performed a 10 minute routine on silk, due silk, duo pole, synchronized
hoop and duo hoop, while waiting for the judges to tabulate the marks of the
contestants.
Here are the pictures of the
performances:-
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| Sun Wei on syncronised aerial hoop with the song from the soundtrack Terminator |
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| This is me on syncronised aerial hoop with the song from the soundtrack of Terminator |
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| Our last dance before our duo aerial hoop and syncronised pole |
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| Me and Squido on duo spinning hoop |
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| All of us as a TEAM |
After the performances, the emcee
announced the winners. The winners were:-
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| Winner for Aerial Silk Solo - Mindy Yong |
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| Best Dress Award - Alan Lim |
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| Pole Fitness (Men) Runner Up : Alan Lim |
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| Pole Fitness (Men) Champion and Audience Choice Award: Noah Yap |
Noah, a shy young innocent boy came
to our Aerial Master class few months ago and has fully matured in his
performances. How do I know? Well, we trained together.
When he practiced his pole routine
in front of me, I told him that you are going to be the WINNER. I was super
right about that.
His routine was all about a boy
hired by his employer to clean the premises. While cleaning, he imagined
himself dancing and doing a pole routine. Immediately when he performed his
routine, I knew what the story was all about, what he was trying to tell the
audience and that itself is unique and good enough to capture and captivate the
judges’ heart for the ultimate champion.
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| Pole Art Runner Up : Mei Yee |
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| Pole Art Champion : Fiona May |
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| Pole Fitness (Women ) Runner Up : Shernes Tan |
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| Pole Fitness (Women) Champion: Jax |
Congratulations to all WINNERS on a job well done. For those of you who did not win; always remember you are
already a WINNER by performing your routine on stage (that’s what I always tell
my ballet students). You have come so far in your journey, pain, sweat, stress and blood! Never give up as there will always be next year.
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| Good Bye and see you in next year's competition |
