Here Are the 2020 YoungArts Award Winners in Dance

November 26, 2019

Congratulations to the 39 talented dancers just named 2020 YoungArts award winners! This year’s group of awardees includes several familiar faces from the competition scene.

YoungArts awards—given annually to teenage students in the visual, literary, and performing arts, at three different levels (Finalist, Honorable Mention, and Merit)—are a very big deal. Winners are selected by panels of A-list professionals in their respective fields, and gain access to all kinds of support for their creative work. Awardees in the Finalist category receive up to $10,000 in prizes; are invited to participate in National YoungArts Week, which features all kinds of master classes and workshops, each January; and might be nominated to become U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

Here are the 2020 dance winners, including comp-circuit standouts Joziah German, Alina Taratorin, Sydney Revennaugh, and (repeat winner!) Rosie Granito. You can find a complete list of awardees—and information about when to apply for next year’s competition, an option you should definitely consider—at the YoungArts website.

FINALIST

Tomoe Carr, Hip Hop

High Tech High School, Secaucus, NJ

Rush Carson, Choreography

New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

Nicholas Khoa Dao, Modern/Contemporary

Willow Glen High School, San Jose, CA

Emanuel Dostine, Modern/Contemporary

Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy, Manistee, MI

Joziah German, Modern/Contemporary

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX

Andre Imanishi, Tap

The Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology, New York, NY

Jacqueline Jankovsky, Modern/Contemporary

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX

Nouhoum Koita, Modern/Contemporary

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY

Claire Lucas, Modern/Contemporary

Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA

Aidan Lynch, Hip Hop

Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, TN

Lucas Marinetto, Tap

University of Nebraska High School, Lincoln, NE

Lindy Mesmer, Ballet

Laurel Springs School, Ojai, CA

Keara Nichols, Ballet

Cabrillo Point Academy, El Cajon, CA

Amelie Or, Tap

Oak Ridge High School, El Dorado Hills, CA

Tyrone Reese, Ballet

W. P. Davidson High School, Mobile, AL

Sydney Revennaugh, Modern/Contemporary

Marion High School, Marion, IN

Alina Taratorin, Ballet

Palo Alto Senior High School, Palo Alto, CA

Kailey Worontsoff, Modern/Contemporary

Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

HONORABLE MENTION

Maya Alvarez-Coyne, World Dance/Irish Step

Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA

Atticus Dobbie, Modern/Contemporary

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY

Ashton Edwards, Ballet

Flint Southwestern Classical Academy, Flint, MI

Aydin Eyikan, Jazz

The Keystone School, Bloomsburg, PA

Brenan Gonzalez, Modern/Contemporary

Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Krupa Hegde, World Dance/Classical Indian

The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, Bowling Green, KY

Irene Kim, Modern/Contemporary

Crean Lutheran High School, Irvine, CA

Janiya Pearson, World Dance/African

Professional Performing Arts School, New York, NY

Arya Pratap, World Dance/Classical Indian

Saint Francis High School, Mountain View, CA

MERIT

Deven Ayambem, Hip Hop

Downingtown STEM Academy, Downingtown, PA

Joseph Boswell, Ballet

James Madison High School, Norcross, GA

Victoria Chapa, World Dance/Mexican Folkloric

Valley View High School, Pharr, TX

Angelina Diaz, Choreography

Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Beach, FL

Jau’mair Garland, Modern/Contemporary

Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Rosie Granito, Choreography

Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO

Shashank Iswara, World Dance/Classical Indian

Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, TX

Demetrius Lee, Modern/Contemporary

Cleveland School of the Arts, Cleveland, OH

Francesca Levita, Modern/Contemporary

Saint Charles North High School, Saint Charles, IL

Jeremiah Moorehead, Modern/Contemporary

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

Julian Sanchez, Modern/Contemporary

New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

Nyoka Wotorson, Modern/Contemporary

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY