Allison Baden-Clay Scholarship

The Allison Baden-Clay Scholarship funded by the Queensland Government offers financial support to a talented dancer in their final Upper School year at the Academy.

Established in 2018, this scholarship honours the legacy of Allison Baden-Clay who is remembered as a warm, talented and intelligent woman who had a passion for ballet, an artform she loved and pursued as a child and into her teenage years.  

Since 2018, the Allison Baden-Clay Scholarship has enabled three Upper School students to continue their training with the aid of partial tuition fee relief. Students completing this year are typically undertaking full-time dance training alongside a Year 12 academic study load at Kelvin Grove State College, and wish to pursue a professional career in ballet or dance. Jette Parker Young Artist Edison Manuel was awarded the Allison Baden-Clay Scholarship in 2019.

“Receiving the Allison Bayden-Clay scholarship set me up for my future. After receiving the scholarship, my professional ballet training at Queensland Ballet Academy flourished. I am forever grateful for the chance to continue to develop as an artist, athlete, and person.

"The kindness and generosity of the foundation has offered me so many opportunities and I am forever grateful. I hope to carry the kindness throughout my life," he said.

For more information on this Fund, or how to become a bursary donor, click here.