Rochelle Gartner-Primiterra Memorial Award in
Dance Endowment
Made possible by The Gartner Family and friends, this new fund honours the memory of Miss Rochelle, one of the very first students to graduate with a dance degree from the University of Calgary in 1997. A talented performer, exceptional, dance, educator, and dedicated leader in the Calgary dance community.
This new fund honours Miss Rochelle’s memory and her legacy while keeping her lifelong love of performing and teaching dance alive.
This award will be handed out each year to a 4th year dance student starting in the inaugural year 2024. Presented and awarded yearly, every spring at the "Dance@Night" event through the dance department at The University Theatre.
By creating this award, we hope to support students by encouraging and inspiring them to continue dance education and further develop their passion for the dance arts for generations to come.
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Award Details, Qualifications & Required Criteria from UofC
As of this year 2024, the award is offered annually at Dance@Night to a continuing undergraduate student in their final year of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, who demonstrated outstanding creative, compositional and directorial ability in the making of choreographic work.
The awardee is selected by recommendation of supervising faculty from the Division of Dance at The University of Calgary.
Congratulations
to
Sierra Oszust
The 1st Inaugural Recipient for
The Rochelle Gartner-Primiterra Memorial Award in
Dance Endowment
🏆💃 🎉
What a wonderful legacy to carry forward.
You will forever be the 1st recipient!
Scholarship Recipient Response:
To the Gartner family,
I am honoured to be the first recipient of the Rochelle Gartner Primiterra Memorial Award in Dance Endowment. I want to thank the Gartner family for their generosity in creating a way to carry on Rochelle's legacy and passion for dance. Rochelle remains an inspiration to all, and her spirit continues to live through her love of dance. Her continuous strength and positivity will be remembered in her impact on the dance community. I feel incredibly privileged and honoured to be able to continue her legacy with the support of the Gartner family. In my future career, I want to bring much joy and creativity to dance as Rochelle did.
Sierra Oszust
For More Information on
Dance@Night and The Memorial Dance Award
Rochelle's legacy is to inspire our dancers, teachers,
and leaders of tomorrow.
Miss Rochelle Gartner-Primiterra
Jan 1, 1975 - Aug 23, 2021
The Rochelle Gartner- Primiterra Memorial Award in
Dance Endowment Video
Rochelle Gartner-Primiterra Memorial Award
in Dance Endowment