SATYA TRANFIELD 

A Little Bit about Me -

 

Pursuing ballet for half of her life, Satya Tranfield could still be dancing 70 years from now. You see, Satya Tranfield is only 11 years old. But according to her instructors, Satya is uniquely gifted, and could be pirouetting in a grand way on the big stage one day.   

 

Satya was born in Gunma, Japan where she started her ballet training at Yuka Ballet. and continued when her family moved to the U.S.  Satya now trains under the guidance of  Patricia Cantwell and Jill Eathorne Bahr at Charleston Ballet Theatre Center for Dance Education in Mount Pleasant, SC.   Satya was awarded the 2013 YAGP Hope Award (Best Overall in the pre-competitive age division) at the Atlanta Semi Finals.  

Two weeks ago, Satya joined hundreds of other student dancers who competed at the  2015 YAGP Atlanta Semi Regionals and won 1st place in Classical Ballet and 2nd Place in Contemporary Dance  in the Pre Competitive Division, plus and invitation to compete in the Final Round in New York in April of 2015.

 

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) is the world’s largest global network of dance.  It fulfills its mission of dance education through scholarship auditions, master classes, alumni services, educational and outreach activities, performances, and films.  Since inception, Youth America Grand Prix has become an internationally known meeting place for dance students and teachers, where they can exchange ideas, share their experience and learn the most up-to-date information on a variety of issues in ballet and contemporary dance. .

Satya lives with her mother and her 9 year old brother Michael who is involved in competitive gymnastics. Satya is 5th grader at James B. Edwards Elementary School in Mount Pleasant, and manages to work hard at her studies, where she always stays on a Principal's Honor Roll. 

 

Photo credits:  Doug Smoak and Rebecca Roo Turisk