Students Enrolled in the School of Dance or KNIGA Clinch Awards at the 54^th Dong-A Dance Competition

At the Dong-A Dance Competition, a respected dance contest in Korea, 6 School of Dance students and 7 Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts (KNIGA) students won awards. The awardees are totaled up to 13, 10 in ballet and 3 in Korean dance. Dong-A Dance Competition was born from the Festival for New Dancers initiated in 1959. Then in 1964, the event turned into a national dance competition, and since 1967, it was renamed to its current name.

In the female ballet category, Ryu Heejeong (3^rd year, School of Dance, BA) took the Gold, Lee Yoonseo the Silver, and Kim Minju the Bronze. In the male contemporary Korean dance, Kim Kyu-nyeon (2^nd year, School of Korean Traditional Arts, MA) became the winner of the Gold and Kim Paik Bong Prizes. Park Jun-seop won the Silver in the same category. Shin Yumin (3^rd year, School of Korean Traditional Arts, BA) obtained the Silver in the female contemporary Korean dance.

Lee Se-ryeong and Park Yun-jae, currently studying dance at KNIGA affiliated with K-Arts, respectively attained the Gold and the Bronze in high school student ballet. In the middle school student ballet, In Ji-yeong earned the Gold, and Lee Eui-so and Kim Ah-yun attained the Encouragement Prizes. In the elementary school student category, Kong Jimin won the Gold, and Park Hee-hun took the Bronze.