Awards

2024

Ramon Moreno School of Ballet is named 2024 BEST BALLET SCHOOL in Palo Alto by DistinguishedTeaching.com and QualityBusinessAwards.com


Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), San Francisco

Large Ensemble
πŸ…3rd Place: β€œFor Tomorrow”, choreographed by Brennan Wall
(Katie Luong, Emma Regan, Claire Yu, Olivia Kwok, Medha Chandrasekar, Allyson Chan, Saria Lum, Chloe Chen)

Pre-Competitive Classical
πŸ₯‡1st Place: Theodore Yaghmour (10)
πŸ…Top 12: Caileigh Wong (11)
πŸ…Top 12: Charlotte Ranisavljevic (10)
πŸ…Top 12: Olivia Smith (11)

Pre-Competitive Contemporary
πŸ…Top 12: Natalie Law (11)
πŸ…Top 12: Olivia Smith (11)
πŸ…Top 12: Theodore Yaghmour (10)

Junior Classical:
πŸ…Top 12: Chloe Chen (12)
πŸ…Top 24: Jetta Yu (12)

Senior Classical:
πŸ…Top 12: Claire Yu (15)

Scholarship Awards:
πŸ…Chloe Chen (12)
πŸ…Olivia Smith (11)
πŸ…Theodore Yaghmour (10)

Invitation to YAGP Finals in New York

πŸ…Caileigh Wong (11)
πŸ…Theodore Yaghmour (10)

California Dance Classics (CDC)

⭐✨11-13 CLASSICAL BALLET DUO/TRIO
πŸ₯‰Bronze Award - β€œTarantella”: Jetta Yu, Caileigh Wong, Theodore Yaghmour

⭐✨11-13 CLASSICAL BALLET ENSEMBLE
πŸ₯‰Bronze Award - β€œGraduation Ball”: Caileigh Wong, Jetta Yu, Olivia Smith, Sarah Ye, Theodore Yaghmour

⭐✨15-16 CLASSICAL SOLO
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Claire Yu (15) @claireiyu

⭐✨15-16 CONTEMPORARY SOLO
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Katie Luong (16) @luong.katie

⭐✨13-14 CLASSICAL SOLO
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Allyson Chan (13) @ally.sonchan_

⭐✨13-14 CONTEMPORARY SOLO
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Allyson Chan (13)

⭐✨11-12 CLASSICAL SOLO
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Chloe Chen (12) @_balletchloe_
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Jetta Yu (12)

⭐✨11-12 NEO-CLASSICAL SOLO
πŸ₯‡Gold Award - Caileigh Wong (11) @caileigh_dance
πŸ₯ˆSilver Award - Olivia Smith (11)

⭐✨11-12 CONTEMPORARY SOLO
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Chloe Chen (12)

⭐✨9-10 CLASSICAL SOLO
πŸ₯‡Gold Award & Double Barre from @vita_barre Theodore Yaghmour (10)
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Chanel Cheng (10)
πŸ…Honorable Mention - Charlotte Ranisavljevic (10)

⭐✨9-10 CONTEMPORARY SOLO
πŸ…Special Honorable Mention - Theodore Yaghmour (10)

⭐✨8 & Younger CLASSICAL SOLO
πŸ₯‰Bronze Award - Sarah Oda (8) @sarashmallow_cutie

⭐✨Scholarship Awards Finalists
πŸ…Chloe Chen
πŸ…Claire Yu
πŸ…Jetta Yu
πŸ…Olivia Smith
πŸ…Theodore Yaghmour

American Dance Competition International Ballet Competition (ADC IBC), San Francisco

Primary Classical Ballet
πŸ…4th Place - Theodore Yaghmour (10)
πŸ…5th Place - Olivia Smith (11)
πŸ…Top 10 - Caileigh Wong (11)

Primary Contemporary Dance
πŸ…7th - Theodore Yaghmour (10)

Junior Classical Ballet
πŸ…7th - Chloe Chen (12)
πŸ…Top 15 - Allyson Chan (13)

Junior Contemporary Dance
πŸ…7th - Allyson Chan (13)

Senior Classical Ballet
πŸ…Top 15 - Emma Regan (15)
πŸ…Top 20 - Olivia Fritsch (15)
πŸ…Top 20 - Claire Yu (15)

Senior Contemporary Dance
πŸ…Top 15 - Claire Yu (15)

Duet | Trio
πŸ…1st Place - TARANTELLA (Jetta Yu, Olivia Smith, Theodore Yaghmour) (11)
πŸ…2nd Place - POLKA (Caileigh Wong, Jetta Yu, Theodore Yaghmour) (11)

LARGE ENSEMBLE
πŸ…4th Place - Graduation Ball (Caileigh Wong, Jetta Yu, Olivia Smith, Sarah Ye, Theodore Yaghmour)


Scholarship Award:
πŸ…Theodore Yaghmour (10)



Invitation to ADC IBC FINALS in St. Petersburg, Florida

Soloists:
πŸ…Theodore Yaghmour (10)
πŸ…Olivia Smith (11)
πŸ…Caileigh Wong (11)
πŸ…Chloe Chen (12)
πŸ…Allyson Chan (13)
πŸ…Emma Regan (15)

Ensembles:

Duet | Trio
πŸ…TARANTELLA (Jetta Yu, Olivia Smith, Theodore Yaghmour)
πŸ…POLKA (Caileigh Wong, Jetta Yu, Theodore Yaghmour)

Large Ensemble
πŸ…GRADUATION BALL (Caileigh Wong, Jetta Yu, Olivia Smith, Sarah Ye, Theodore Yaghmour)
πŸ…FOR TOMORROW (Katie Luong, Emma Regan, Claire Yu, Olivia Kwok, Medha Chandrasekar, Allyson Chan, Saria Lum, Chloe Chen)

ADC IBC FINALS in St. Petersburg, Florida

Junior Category
πŸ…TOP 25 - Chloe Chen (12)

Scholarship Awards:
πŸ…Theodore Yaghmour (10)
πŸ…Olivia Smith (11)
πŸ…Chloe Chen (12)
πŸ…Emma Regan (15)

NYCDA (Santa Clara, CA)

Senior Category:
πŸ…Platinum Award: Katie Luong (16)
πŸ…Top 25 Soloist: Katie Luong (16)

Junior Category:
πŸ…Overall Finalist: Natalie Law (11)
πŸ…Runner-Up, Qualified for Nationals Competition, National Workshop Full Scholarship: Chloe Chen (12)


Radix (Santa Clara, CA)

Junior Category:
πŸ…Platinum Award: Natalie Law (11)
πŸ…Ballet Scholarship Award: Natalie Law (11)


2023

Ramon Moreno School of Ballet is named 2023 BEST BALLET SCHOOL in Palo Alto by DistinguishedTeaching.com.


Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), San Francisco

LARGE ENSEMBLES (March)
πŸ…Top 6 - β€œMother Earth”
Abigail Pravinata @abeeabbyy
Allyson Chan @ally.sonchan_
Chloe Chen @_balletchloe_
Emma Regan @emmiko_k.r
Iris Tsai @iristsai_
Katie Luong @luong.katie
Medha Chandrasekar @moimedhaa
Saria Lum @saria_avril

SMALL ENSEMBLES (March)
πŸ₯‡1st Place & Cash Prize - β€œPolka”
Caileigh Wong @caileigh_dance
Jetta Yu
Theodore

πŸ…Top 6 - ”2x1”
Abigail Pravinata @abeeabbyy
Claire Yu

JUNIOR DIVISION (AGE 12-14)
πŸ…Top 12 Classical (January) - Allyson Chan @ally.sonchan_
πŸ…Top 12 Contemporary (March) - Allyson Chan


PRE-COMPETITIVE DIVISION (AGE 9-11)
πŸ₯‡1st Place Classical (January) - Chloe Chen @_balletchloe_
πŸ₯ˆ2nd Place Classical (March) - Theodore
πŸ₯‰3rd Place Contemporary (March) - Chloe Chen
πŸ…Top 12 Classical (January) - Olivia Smith
πŸ…Top 12 Classical (March) - Caileigh Wong @caileigh_dance
πŸ…Top 12 Classical (March) - Jetta Yu
πŸ…Top 12 Contemporary (January) - Chloe Chen
πŸ…Top 12 Contemporary (March) - Caileigh Wong

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), Invitation to Finals in Tampa, FL
πŸŽ‰Theodore
πŸŽ‰Chloe Chen

California Dance Classics (CDC)

  • 8 & Younger Classical Solo

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Lily Sanata

  • 9-10 Contemporary Solo

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Caileigh Wong

  • 9-10 Classical Solo

    πŸ†Special Honorable Mention - Theodore

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Olivia Smith

  • 11-12 Neo-Classical Solo

    πŸ†Bronze Award - Kai Cortez

  • 11-12 Contemporary Solo

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Allyson Chan

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Chloe Chen

  • 11-12 Classical Solo

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Chloe Chen

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Allyson Chan

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Kai Cortez

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Jetta Yu

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Saria Lum

  • 13-14 Neo-Classical Solo

    πŸ†Silver Award - Emma Regan

    πŸ†Bronze Award - Kristen Lou

  • 13-14 Classical Solo

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Emma Regan

  • 13-14 Contemporary Solo

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Abigail Pravinata

  • 15 & Older  Contemporary Solo

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Katie Luong

    πŸ†Honorable Mention - Kiko Funaki

  • 12 & Younger Classical Duo/Trio

    πŸ†Gold Award + INVITATION TO PERFORM IN GALA: Caileigh Wong, Jetta Yu, Theodore

  • 11-13 Contemporary Ensemble

    πŸ†Gold Award + INVITATION TO PERFORM IN GALA: Abigail Pravinata, Allyson Chan, Chloe Chen, Emma Regan, Iris Tsai, Katie Luong, Medha Chandrasekar, Saria Lum

  • 14 & Older Contemporary Duo/Trio

    πŸ†Bronze Award - Abigail Pravinata, Claire Yu

  • πŸ†Scholarship Award Finalists who will be in the running to receive Scholarship Award from CDC’s Parterning Institutions: 

    ⭐Allyson Chan, ⭐Chloe Chen, ⭐Kai Cortez

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), San Francisco (January)
All 3 dancers who competed were awarded!

PRE-COMPETITIVE DIVISION (AGE 9-11)

  • 1st Place Classical: πŸ† Chloe Chen + Invitation to YAGP Finals in Florida

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Olivia Smith + Bolshoi Ballet 2023 Summer Intensive in the US Scholarship

  • Top 12 Contemporary: πŸ† Chloe Chen

JUNIOR DIVISION (AGE 12-14)

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Allyson Chan

American Dance Competition International Ballet Competition (ADC IBC), San Francisco

  • πŸ† 1st Place in Classical (Primary Division): Chloe Chen

  • πŸ† 1st Place in Contemporary (Primary Division): Chloe Chen

  • Invitation to Finals in St. Petersburg, Florida: Chloe Chen

  • Scholarship Award: Chloe Chen

American Dance Competition International Ballet Competition (ADC IBC) Finals, St. Petersburg, Florida

  • Top 15 πŸ† (Primary Division): Chloe Chen

ICON DANCE AWARDS

  • ⭐Katie Luong: Summer Intensive Acceptance to Complexions Contemporary Ballet

  • ⭐Kristen Lou: Summer Intensive Acceptance to ConservatΓ³rio Internacional de Ballet Annarella Sanche, Portugal

Scholarships

  • San Francisco Ballet, Summer Intensive, Half Scholarship

  • City Ballet of San Francisco, Summer Intensive, Full Scholarship

  • City Ballet of San Francisco, Summer Intensive, Half Scholarship

  • Boston Ballet, Summer Intensive, Full Scholarship

  • Oklahoma City Ballet School, Summer Intensive, Full Scholarship

  • The Rock School for Dance, Summer Intensive, Full 2-wk Scholarship

  • Bolshoi Ballet, 2023 Summer Intensive in the US, Partial Tuition Scholarship

  • Ellison Ballet: Summer Intensive, Partial Tuition Scholarship

  • Milwaukee Ballet, Summer Intensive, Acceptance

  • Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Summer Intensive, Acceptance

  • ConservatΓ³rio Internacional de Ballet e DanΓ§a Annarella Sanchez, Portugal, Summer Intensive, Acceptance

  • The International Ballet School, Stockholm, Sweden. Summer Intensive, Acceptance


2022

California Dance Classics (CDC)

  • Caileigh Wong: πŸ† Special Honorable Mention (Top 4) (9-10 yrs)

  • Chloe Chen: πŸ† Gold/1st Place in Classical, πŸ† Silver/2nd Place in Contemporary (9-10yrs)

  • Allyson Chan: πŸ† Honorable Mention in Classical, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Contemporary (11-12yrs)

  • Saria Lum: πŸ† Special Honorable Mention in Neo-Classical (Top 4) (11-12yrs)

  • Kai Cortez: πŸ† Honorable Mention in Classical (11-12yrs)

  • Abigail Pravinata: πŸ† Silver/2nd Place in Neo-Classical (11-12yrs)

  • Claire Yu: πŸ† Honorable Mention in Classical, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Contemporary (13-14yrs) + Scholarship from The Sarasota Ballet School

  • Rebecca Wu: πŸ† Honorable Mention in Classical (15-16yrs) + Scholarship from The Sarasota Ballet School

Ensembles

  • Classical Ensemble: πŸ† Silver/2nd Place: Paquita Pas de Trois (Hayden Tieu, Madison Woo, Audrey Fan)

  • Neoclassical Ensemble: πŸ† Gold/1st Place: Exodus (Medha Chandrasekar, Abigail Pravinata, Claire Yu)

  • Contemporary Duet: πŸ† Gold/1st Place: Soul (Abigail Pravinata, Claire Yu)

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP)

PRE-COMPETITIVE

  • 2nd Place Classical: πŸ† Kai Cortez

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Caileigh Wong, πŸ† Chloe Chen

  • Top 6 Contemporary: πŸ† Allyson Chan

SENIOR DIVISION

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Rebecca Wu

INVITATION TO YAGP FINALS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, April 2022

  • ⭐ Kai Cortez (Graduation Ball Variation)

  • ⭐ Claire Yu & Abigail Pravinata (Duet, β€˜Soul’)

ICON Dance Awards

Youth

  • 1st Place Classical: πŸ† Saria Lum

  • 2nd Place Classical: πŸ† Caileigh Wong

  • 3rd Place Classical: πŸ† Chloe Chen

  • Top 10 Overall: πŸ† Allyson Chan, πŸ†Saria Lum, πŸ†Caileigh Wong, πŸ†Chloe Chen

Junior

  • Top 10 Overall: πŸ† Abigail Pravinata

Senior

  • Top 10 Overall: πŸ† Rebecca Wu

Dance Open America (DOA)

  • Abigail Pravinata: πŸ† Diamond in Contemporary Solo

  • πŸ† 1st Place & Best Contemporary Duo: Soul (Abigail Pravinata, Claire Yu)

  • πŸ† 2nd Place + CuBallet Summer Intensive Scholarship: Exodus (Medha Chandrasekar, Abigail Pravinata, Claire Yu)

World Ballet Competition (WBC) Finals in Orlando, FL

  • πŸ† Chloe Chen: Top 8 + Full Summer Intensive Scholarship & Short Stay at Utah Dance Institute

  • πŸ† Kai Cortez: Finalist


2021

California Dance Classics (CDC)

  • Chloe Chen, πŸ† Honorable Mention, Classical (9-10 yrs)

  • Kai Cortez, πŸ† Silver/2nd Place in Classical, πŸ† Bronze/3rd Place in Contemporary (9-10 yrs)

  • Abigail Pravinata, πŸ† Gold/1st Place in Neo-Classical, (11-12 yrs)

  • Claire Yu, πŸ† Bronze/3rd Place in Neo-Classical (11-12 yrs)

  • Josie Yang, πŸ† Honorable mention, Contemporary (13-14 yrs)

  • Kiko Cortez, πŸ† Gold/1st Place in Classical, πŸ†Gold/1st Place in Neo-classical (13-14 yrs)

  • Caroline Ongchin, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Classical (15-16 yrs)

Ensembles

  • Classical duo/trio: πŸ† Gold/1st Place: Medha Chandrasekar, Abigail Pravinata, Claire Yu (11-13 yrs)

  • Classical duo/trio: πŸ† Silver/2nd Place: (Manu and Two Girls) - Claire Yu, Saria Lum, Chloe Chen

  • Contemporary duo/trio: πŸ† Silver/2nd Place: (Twofold) - Josie Yang and Audrey Fan (14+ yrs)

  • Contemporary Ensemble: πŸ† Special Honorable Mention: (Radial) - Hayden Tieu, Madison, Audrey Fan, Josie Yang, Sonia Dwivedi, Shiyoo Kim, Iris Tsai, Charlotte, Maddie Woo

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP)

PRE-COMPETITIVE

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Chloe Chen, πŸ† Kai Cortez

  • Top 12 Contemporary: πŸ† Abigail Pravinata

JUNIOR DIVISION

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Kiko Cortez, πŸ† Rebecca Wu

ENSEMBLE

  • Top 12 Classical Ensemble: πŸ† Josie Yang and Audrey Fan

INVITATION TO YAGP FINALS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA

  • ⭐ Ensemble: Josie Yang & Audrey Fan (Twofold)

World Ballet Competition (WBC)

INVITATION TO WBC FINALS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, June 2021

  • ⭐ Kiko Cortez: Finalist

  • πŸ† Kai Cortez: Bronze Medal + Scholarship


2020

California Dance Classics (CDC)

  • Anneli Chow, πŸ† Gold/1st Place in Neo-Classical. πŸ† Special Honorable Mention in Classical (15-16 yrs)

  • Caroline Ongchin, πŸ† Honorable Mention, Classical (15-16 yrs)

  • Arely Sun, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Classical, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Contemporary (15-16 yrs)

  • Kiko Cortez, πŸ† Special Honorable Mention in Classical, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Contemporary (13-14 yrs)

  • Josie Yang, πŸ† Gold/1st Place in Neo-Classical, πŸ† Bronze/3rd Place in Classical, πŸ† Bronze/3rd Place in Contemporary (11-12 yrs)

  • Kai Cortez, πŸ† Honorable Mention, Classical (9-10 yrs)

  • Abigail Pravinata, πŸ† Honorable Mention, Classical (9-10 yrs)

  • Caroline Yang, πŸ† Special Honorable Mention, Classical (8 yrs and under)

  • Jetta Analina Yu, πŸ† Honorable Mention, Classical (8 yrs and under)

Ensembles

  • Classical Ballet Duo/Trio: πŸ† Silver/2nd Place, Sarah Grupenhoff & Jolie Zhou (11-13 yrs)

  • Classical Ballet Ensemble: πŸ† (Morning Journals), Silver Award (11-13 yrs)

  • Contemporary Ensemble: πŸ† (Whispers), Gold Award (11-13 yrs)

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP)

PRE-COMPETITIVE

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Kai Cortez

JUNIOR DIVISION

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Kiko Cortez

  • Top 24 Classical: πŸ† Josie Yang

SENIOR DIVISION

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Arely Sun

ENSEMBLE

  • Top 6: πŸ† Whispers

Dance Open America (DOA)

  • πŸ† Kai Cortez: 2nd place junior male classical and full scholarship

  • πŸ† Abigail Pravinata: Top 15 contemporary

  • πŸ† Kiko Cortez :2nd place teen classical and best female classical dancer technique

  • πŸ† Josephine Yang: Top 15 in teen classical and contemporary

  • πŸ† Arely Sun: Top 15 in classical and contemporary.


2019

California Dance Classics (CDC)

  • Lucy Qian, πŸ† Bronze/3rd Place in Classical (13-14 yrs)

  • Anneli Chow, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Classical (13-14 yrs)

  • Kiko Cortez, πŸ† Bronze/3rd Place in Classical, πŸ† Gold/1st Place in Neo-Classical (11-12 yrs)

  • Josie Yang, πŸ† Special Honorable Mention in Classical, πŸ† Silver/2nd Place in Neo-Classical (11-12 yrs)

  • Hailey Ryu, πŸ† Honorable Mention in Neo-Classical (11-12 yrs)

  • Kai Cortez, πŸ† Silver/2nd Place in Classical (8 yrs and under)

  • Classical Ensemble, πŸ† Bronze/3rd Place (Friends of Coppelia Act 3)

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP)

PRE-COMPETITIVE

  • 3rd Place Contemporary: πŸ† Josie Yang

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Josie Yang, πŸ† Hailey Ryu

JUNIOR DIVISION

  • Top 12 Classical: πŸ† Anneli Chow, πŸ† Kiko Cortez

  • Top 24 Classical: πŸ† Caroline Ongchin, πŸ† Lucy Qian