Help Hamish achieve his ballet dreams

My name is Hamish and I am a young kiwi aspiring to be a professional ballet dancer. I live in Christchurch and I train at Convergence Dance Studios under the care of Olivia Russell. I started dancing at 4 years of age and my passion and appreciation for ballet has continued to grow, the more I dance, the more I want to dance. To earn a place in a professional ballet company is highly competitive which will require me to be one of the best male dancers in the world. In 2023, at just 15 years of age, I achieved second placing in the senior division (male and female) at the South Island Ballet Award competition. I was also placed 3rd in the senior male section at the Sydney semi-finals of the Youth American Grand Prix, which qualifies me for the New York world finals in April. As a result of my YAGP international exposure I’ve been awarded a number of scholarships to summer intensive ballet classes at many of the best ballet schools in the world. The expert tuition and experience I would receive overseas, is pivotal to helping me achieve my professional ballet dancing dream. Whilst tuition is often included in the scholarship offer, travel and accommodation is not. I am from a large family and any funding assistance would be enormously helpful and much appreciated.