RDTC members receiving the Scripps Award
This marks the third year that members of the Restoration Dance Theatre Company are awarded distinguished Samuel H. Scripps BAM Scholarships. We are proud to acknowledge recipients Kourtney Charles and Ashley London. Kourtney and Ashley will receive $10,000 each for their participation in the DanceAfrica/Restoration partnership and their outstanding achievements in dance.Kourtney began dancing at Restoration at the early age of three. She has the distinction of participating in all fourteen years of the Restoration/BAM collaboration. She is a 2010 graduate of Fiorello LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and has been accepted to the Boston Conservatory. Ashley has been with the Youth Arts Academy for more than a decade, dancing with the Restoration Dance Theatre Company for eight years. She is a graduate of Christ the King Regional High School and plans to attend Emory University.