2019 Awardee: Karah Pollock
"The Dewar Award has afforded Karah the opportunity to pursue her dream, an opportunity that would not otherwise have been available to her"
Biography
Born in Glasgow in 2002, Karah started her dance career in competitive freestyle at the tender age of three. Showing a natural flair and talent from the outset, Karah won every major title she set her sights on throughout an impressive ten-year career. She was scouted to participate in a Channel 4 documentary following her dance lifestyle.
Karah retired from competitive freestyle to pursue a dance education at the prestigious Dance School of Scotland, and after a successful audition was one of only nine students selected from thousands of auditionees to attend.
While at the Dance School of Scotland, Karah gained Adv 1 Ballet and Adv 1 Modern with Distinction. She also earned the opportunity to tour Scotland with Scottish Ballet and was the youngest inductee of their Youth Exchange Programme touring New York and performing in the Joyce Theatre.
Karah then auditioned for the best Dance and Musical Theatre Colleges in the UK and was accepted for both Laine Theatre arts and the Urdang Academy.
How the Award Helped
Karah decided to continue her technical training at the Urdang Academy. She received a Dewar Award to support her studies on the BA (Hons) course in Musical Theatre and Dance.
"The Dewar Award has afforded Karah the opportunity to pursue her dream, an opportunity that would not otherwise have been available to her"