Awards and Achievements

2009 Youth America Grand Prix, Torrington Regional
Top 12 Contemporary Junior Age Division, Sydney Wood
New York Ensemble Finalist, Marzipan Pas De Trois

2009 Youth America Grand Prix, Spartanburg Regional
Second Place for Pre-Competitive Age Division, Ashley Brooke Jones
Top 12 Pre-Competitive Age Division, Ashley Brooke Jones and Emerson Joyner
Top 12 Classical and Contemporary Junior Age Divison, Sydney Wood

2009 SC State Dance Championship
Ballet and Contemporary Solos and Group: 76 Trombones, "Snowflakes" from The Nutcracker, Marzipan Pas De Trois

2008 ICE Award
Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre is the recipient of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce 2008 Impeccable Customer Experience (ICE) Awards, Non-Profit Business Category in recognition of the work it
does to enhance the cultural awareness of the Grand Strand community.
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Outstanding Choreographer Award
Liza Mata, Youth America Grand Prix in 2006, Greenville, SC

2007 SC State Dance Championship and Showstopper Awards
Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz Solos and Group Awards: Jazz Pizzicato, Om, Shake Your Groove Thing

Full-Length Performances of The Nutcracker
Participated in by an entire cast of local artists: CYBT company members and parents

Grand Strand Premiere of the One-Act Ballet "La Vivandiere"
Performed by the CYBT Senior Company Members at the Spring Festival of Dances.

Staging of "Mercy"
A suite of contemporary dances choreographed to the music of Roy Orbison. CYBT's Contemporary master teacher, restaged by Kristin O'Neal for the CYBT Senior Company members with special
permission from the choreographer, Gerri Houlihan. This piece was performed at the Spring Festival of Dances held in May 2007.