AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Celebrating Excellence, Dedication & Artistic Growth

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At NY Dance Artistry, we are proud to celebrate the achievements of our students on both national and international stages.

Through dedication, discipline, artistic expression, and a passion for dance, our students continue to earn recognition at prestigious ballet competitions around the world.

Each award represents not only outstanding performance, but also the hard work, perseverance, and commitment of our dancers and teachers.

We are honored to share their accomplishments.

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2026

JEWEL FESTIVAL 2026

Classical Ballet

• Miori Endo – 1st Place

• Anna Minegishi – 2nd Place

• Hideki Mori – 1st Place

• Kaho Okada – 5th Place

Contemporary

• Miori Endo – 1st Place

• Sofia Tang – 1st Place

• Rina Shikanai – 1st Place

• Elaine Huang – 2nd Place

YAGP NEW YORK

• Hideki Mori – 1st Place

YAGP HOUSTON FINAL

• Hideki Mori – Finalist

 

2025

JEWEL FESTIVAL 2025

Classical Ballet

• Miko Ikezawa – 2nd Place (Category A)

• Sofia Tang – 2nd Place (Category B)

• Kaho Okada – 3rd Place (Category B)

• Kaho Okada – Top 5 (Category C)

• Miori Endo – Top 5 (Category A)

Contemporary

• Miori Endo – 3rd Place (Category A)

• Kaho Okada – Top 5 (Category B)

• Sofia Tang – Top 5 (Category B)

Duo / Ensemble

• Kaho & Sofia – Top 5, Contemporary ("Universe")

• Miori & Miko – Top 5, Classical ("Napoli")

YAGP FINAL

• Hideki Mori – Finalist

 

2024

JEWEL FESTIVAL 2024

• Miko Ikezawa – 2nd Place

• Miori Endo – 3rd Place

• Duo Ensemble – 2nd Place

• Anna Keh – 3rd Place

 

2022

YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX (YAGP)

• Maria Nakai – Top 12, Junior Classical

 

2021

YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX (YAGP)

• Maria Nakai – 2nd Place, Classical Variation

• Tsumugi Tomioka – 3rd Place, Classical Variation

• Maria Nakai – Top 6, Contemporary

• Tsumugi Tomioka – Top 6, Contemporary

• Maria Nakai & Tsumugi Tomioka – Invited to YAGP 2021 Finals

JEWEL FESTIVAL 2021

School & Teacher Awards

• Hariyama Ballet – 1st Place, Best School

• Mami Hariyama – 2nd Place, Best Teacher

Student Awards

• Annika Zuri – 3rd Place, Spain

• Kanon Kubota – 2nd Place, Coppelia

• Ami Tobiya – 2nd Place, Fairy

• Hinata Ohno – 3rd Place, Paquita

• Sae Matsuo – 3rd Place, Fairy

• Eri Marmur – 3rd Place, Jewel

• Sophie Amiri Goodman – 2nd Place, Swan Lake

• Sanoka Toyama – 2nd Place, Cupid

• Maria Nakai – 2nd Place, Chinese

• Maria Nakai – 1st Place, Spirit of the Earth

• Tsumugi Tomioka – 3rd Place, Winter Sprite

Special Awards

• Maria Nakai – Judge Award

• Tsumugi Tomioka – Judge Award

• Kanon Kubota – Cutest Award

 

2020

JEWEL FESTIVAL 2020

• Tsumugi Tomioka – 2nd Place, Classical Ballet & Audience Choice Award

• June Morishige – 2nd Place, Classical Ballet

• Lea-Miyu Foulloy – 1st Place, Contemporary

YAGP NEW YORK

• Tsumugi Tomioka – Top 12

 

2019

INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL – COMPETITION IN JAPAN

• Lisa Kamiya – 1st Place, Classical Variation

• Reina Nakamura – 1st Place, Contemporary Division

• June Morishige – 4th Place, Contemporary

• Hinata Ohno – 7th Place, Classical Variation

• Reina Nakamura – 8th Place, Senior Classical

• June Morishige, Amili Goodman & May Inui – Encouragement Award

YAGP NEW YORK

• Lisa Kamiya – 2nd Place, Pre-Competitive

• Lea-Miyu Foulloy – Top 12, Pre-Competitive

• June Morishige – Top 12, Junior Contemporary

JEWEL FESTIVAL 2019

• Lisa Kamiya – 1st Place, Pre-Competitive

• Lisa Kamiya – Best Artistry, Pre-Competitive

• May Inui – Best Musically, Young Junior

• Nicole Lee – Outstanding Award, Young Junior

• June Morishige – Best Technical, Junior

• June Morishige – 3rd Place, Junior Contemporary

 

2018

RIGA SPRING DANCE COMPETITION

• Lisa Kamiya – Gold Medal, Classical Ballet

• Reina Nakamura – Silver Medal, Classical Ballet

• Reina Nakamura – Silver Medal, Contemporary

• June Morishige – Silver Medal, Contemporary

• Momoko Okamoto – Bronze Medal, Classical Ballet

VALENTINA KOZLOVA INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION

• Kanae Funabiki & Momoko Okamoto – Accepted to NYC Final

YAGP NEW YORK

• Millabella Fanning – Top 12

• Saaya Hartley – Top 12

Participating Dancers

• Karin Ueda

• Kanae Funabiki

• June Morishige

• Momoko Okamoto

• May Inui

• Millabella Fanning

• Saaya Hartley

 

2016

JBC JAPAN BALLET COMPETITION

• Lisa Kamiya – 1st Place

ADC AMERICAN DANCE COMPETITION

• Ameli Sato – 6th Place

• Ameli Sato – 9th Place

• Miuka Kadoi – 13th Place

SCHOLARSHIP

• Ameli Sato – Scholarship to Rock School Dance Education, ADC IBC 2016

YAGP BOSTON

• Mii Fitzgerald – Top 12

 

2015

YAGP NEW YORK

• Fuki Takahashi – 3rd Place, Contemporary

• Miuka Kadoi – 1st Place, Pre-Competitive

• Ameli Sato – Top 12, Pre-Competitive

• Cinon Matsumoto – Top 12, Pre-Competitive

SCHOLARSHIP

• Fuki Takahashi – Orlando Ballet Trainee Position

 

2014

TANZOLYMP BERLIN COMPETITION

• Fuki Takahashi – 2nd Place

ARABESQUE COMPETITION, PERM

• Fuki Takahashi – Accepted

INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION, JACKSON, USA

• Fuki Takahashi – Accepted

 

2012

YAGP TORRINGTON

• Miu Yamauchi – 2nd Place

 

2011

KAWASAKI BALLET COMPETITION

• Fuki Takahashi – 6th Place

TANZOLYMP BERLIN COMPETITION

• Ayu Miyata – 2nd Place

YAGP INDIANA

• Ayu Miyata – 2nd Place

 

2010

TANZOLYMP BERLIN COMPETITION

• Aya Wagatsuma – Hope Award

OUR PRIDE, OUR JOURNEY

Every achievement tells a story of dedication, courage, and artistic growth.

We are grateful to our students, families, and teachers who make these accomplishments possible. We look forward to continuing this journey and inspiring the next generation of dancers.