ISB dancer wins second prize at competition

H. Rosenfeld performing Gamzatti's La Bayadere. Photo credit Sonja Clark.

Hannah Rosenfeld, a 15-year-old dancer in Indianapolis School of Ballet's Pre-Professional Program Advanced Division won second prize in the Ballet Category at the 2012 National Society of Arts and Letters, Bloomington Chapter. Several prizes were awarded in voice, instrumental and ballet competitions held in February at the Jacobs School of Music. In addition to a cash prize, the top two prizewinners in each category perform at the NSAL 46th Annual Showcase of the Arts on Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m. in the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center auditorium. The program is free and open to the public. Hannah will perform Aurora's 3rd Act variation from Sleeping Beauty. On May 19 and 20, you can see Hannah performing in ISB's production, Russian Treasures.

Hannah began studying dance at the age of four and has trained with Victoria Lyras at the Indianapolis School of Ballet since 2007. Hannah has also attended summer intensive programs at the School of Ballet Chicago, Louisville Ballet, American Ballet Theatre’s Young Dancer Workshop, and Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell at the Kennedy Center. She has performed with Ballet Internationale, Butler Ballet, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, and Indianapolis School of Ballet. In 2011, she danced the second violin principal role in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco at the School of Ballet Chicago’s Summer Workshop Performance.

The Bloomington Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters was founded in 1966 by professionals and patrons representing both Indiana University and the south-central Indiana region. Since its founding, the chapter has awarded more than $500,000 to emerging young artists preparing for professional careers. Annual competitions in the arts are judged by active professionals in visual arts, dance, drama, literature, music and musical theatre. The National Society of Arts and Letters, a not-for-profit organization founded in Washington, D.C. in 1944, encourages and provides financial assistance to talented young artists at the beginning of their careers.