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Photo by Royal Academy of Dance on October 27, 2026. May be an image of dancing and text.
Photo by Royal Academy of Dance on October 27, 2026. May be an image of dancing and text.
Photo by Royal Academy of Dance on October 27, 2026. May be an image of dancing, costume and text.
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Posted On: October 27th 2026, 02:52 pm
We're delighted to announce the winners of The Bedells Bursary 2026!

Thea Martin won the main bursary while Ichika Tsuchihara won the Musicality Award and Stuart Rankine won the Choreographic Award.

Congratulations to all the amazing candidates who took part in the competition yesterday and Sunday 25 October. This year saw a record 48 candidates, the largest in the competition's history.

The Bedells Bursary presents a pathway to The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, one of the leading ballet competitions in the world.

📷 Paul Madeley
Comments (12)
devotedtodance__ 5 days ago

devotedtodance__

A very high quality field or dancers and a very deserving winner! ❤️

grace.buskell 6 days ago

grace.buskell

It was a joy to watch on Monday, all the candidates danced so beautifully. Congratulations to the winners

charlotteanneperkins1984 6 days ago

charlotteanneperkins1984

Congratulations @thea_lily_dancer ❤️❤️❤️

sarahjaynelee33 6 days ago

sarahjaynelee33

So proud of you my boy @stuart_rankine09

sjbee33 6 days ago

sjbee33

What a fabulous weekend. Huge congratulations to the winners. Very well deserved ❤️

bailo.na 6 days ago

bailo.na

👏👏Ichika

sarahssnitch 6 days ago

sarahssnitch

Llongyfarchiadau Thea 🌸🌸🌸

molloy378 6 days ago

molloy378

Very well done Thea. X

lucylouisecrawford 7 days ago

lucylouisecrawford

congratulations @stuart_rankine 🙌🙌

morgankh6 7 days ago

morgankh6

Congratulations @thea_lily_dancer ❤️❤️

rosronraf 7 days ago

rosronraf

Congratulations Stuart!!! Wahoo! 🙌 so happy for you!! 🔥❤️👏 xx

royalacademyofdance 7 days ago

royalacademyofdance

#RoyalAcademyofDance

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