Great write up on Tryanni Chiaravalloti in the NHSDA Newsletter! Congratulations to Tryanni!

FDEO Artistic Merit, Leadership, and Academic Achievement Award

The Florida Dance Education Organization is pleased to announce this year’s merit award winner.

Tryanni Chiaravalloti from Bak Middle School of the Arts, has been chosen as NJHSDA (National Junior Honor Society for Dance Arts) 1st Place Winner the 2015 NDEO Artistic Merit, Leadership, and Academic Achievement Award for Florida.

This year’s adjudication committee was JinLee Hanley, Florida Atlantic University and FDEO board member, Anjali Austin, Florida State University, and Michael Lomeka, Jacksonville University. These highly qualified adjudicators from Florida university dance programs bring a broad experience in concert and commercial dance. FDEO and the NHSDA committee appreciate their participation in this process this year.

All of the applicants were adjudicated in three categories:
Artistic Merit: The candidate demonstrates technical and artistic excellence in dance as evidenced by performing original choreography and a choreography essay.
Leadership: The candidate demonstrates outstanding leadership in and outside the field of dance at the school, community, state, and/or national level as evidenced by a strong resume, recommendation letter and leadership essay.
Academic Achievement: The candidate demonstrates academic excellence with a high cumulative grade point average and two essays detailing future plans and the impact of dance.

We appreciate the efforts of all the applicants and their sponsors and hope it was a rewarding experience and one of growth for all of them. Congratulations to those who placed in this year’s merit award.