Local dancer Karen Nanasca needs your votes now!

Local dancer Karen Nanasca needs your votes now!

Melbourne-based dancer Karen Nanasca is one of six talented ballet dancers in the running to receive the honour of being named the 2011 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award winner and awarded a $20,000 cash prize, provided by Principal Sponsor Telstra.

Supporters from Melbourne are also being urged to vote for Karen in the People’s Choice Award which will be decided by public vote, before entries close at midnight on Friday 4 November.

An additional cash prize of $5,000 is awarded to the dancer who receives the highest number of public votes. To vote, simply SMS ”Karen” to 0439 BALLET (0439 225 538) or visit telstra.com/ballet to enter online.

Karen was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Hailing from an athletic family, she followed in their footsteps by studying ballet from the age of seven.

Karen won the New Zealand National Ballet Award in 2004 and was a semi-finalist at the 2005 Prix de Lausanne. In 2006 Karen was awarded the Elizabeth McDonald Scholarship, allowing her to join The Australian Ballet School.

Voters are automatically placed in a draw to win a VIP ballet weekend for two, including two premium reserve tickets to the highly anticipated opening night performance of The Australian’s Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet at the Sydney Opera House.

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