COMPETITION
THE Sydney Eisteddfod Dance Gala was the crescendo of the annual Sydney Eisteddfod dance events. The event incorporated both the final of the Ballet Championship and the Dance of the Champion final for the senior dance troupes.
In the Ballet Championship, eight ballet finalists vied for a total of more than $32,000 in prizes. They were whittled down from a field of 60, and had already performed their solos in the heats as well as taken a class watched by the adjudicators. For the finals, they repeated their two solos – one a choice from the ballet repertoire and the other their own free variation.
Out of a field of outstanding candidates, the winner was Henry Burgess, from Oatley, NSW, a pupil at the McDonald College in Sydney. He wins the handsome sum of $18,000
