Youth America Grand Prix

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NYC Finals

 

CLAIRE BAULIEU
Faculty member, Paris Opera Ballet School (France)
JASON BEECHY
Director, Dresden State Opera Ballet School (Germany)
TED BRANDSEN
Artistic Director, Dutch National Ballet (The Netherlands)
MARAT DAUKAYEV
Deputy Artistic Director, The Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, D.C. (USA)
FRANCO DE VITA
Principal, American Ballet Theatre JKO School (USA)
SERGEY FILIN
Artistic Director, Ballet of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (Russia)
KEE JUAN HAN
Director, The Washington School of Ballet (USA)
DEBORAH HESS
Faculty member, Canada's National Ballet School (Canada)
ANNA-MARIE HOLMES
Artistic Director, The School at Jacob’s Pillow (USA)
ALEXEI KREMNEV
Artistic Director, The Joffrey Ballet’s Academy of Dance (USA)
RINAT IMAEV
Company Teacher, American Ballet Theatre (USA)
DENISE JEFFERSON
Director, The Ailey School (USA)
CAROLINE LLORCA
Faculty member, Munich Ballet Academy/Heinz Bosl Foundation (Germany)
RAYMOND LUKENS
Artistic Associate, ABT/NYU Masters Degree Program (USA)
LUCA MASALA
Artistic Director, Princess Grace Academy of Classical Ballet (Monaco)
TADEUSZ MATACZ
Director, John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet (Germany)
OLIVER MATZ
Director, Zurich Dance Academy (Switzerland)
PARRISH MAYNARD
Faculty member, San Francisco Ballet School (USA)
GARY NORMAN
Faculty member, The Royal Ballet School (UK)
SHELLY POWER
Associate Director, Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy (USA)
MARILYN ROWE
Director, Australian Ballet School (Australia)
LEIGH ROWLES
Head of Student Training, Australian Ballet School (Australia)
STEPHANIE SALAND
Former Principal Ballerina, New York City Ballet (USA)
ADAM SKLUTE
Artistic Director, Ballet West (USA)
BO SPASSOFF
Director, The Rock School of Dance Education (USA)
PETER STARK
Director, The Orlando Ballet School (USA)
GAILENE STOCK
Director, The Royal Ballet School (UK)
GARRY TRINDER
Director, New Zealand School of Dance (New Zealand)
SEPTIME WEBRE
Artistic Director, The Washington Ballet (USA)

European Semi-Finals

 

MELISSA ALLEN BOWMAN
Artistic Advisor and Examiner to the ABT® National Training Curriculum
LUCA MASALA
Artistic Director, Princess Grace Academy of Classical Ballet (Monaco)
OLIVER MATZ
Director, Zurich Dance Academy (Switzerland)
LEONID NIKONOV
Faculty member, La Scala Ballet Academy (Italy)

Japan Semi-Finals

 

FRANCO DE VITA
Principal, American Ballet Theatre JKO School (USA)
KEE JUAN HAN
Director, The Washington School of Ballet (USA)
RAYMOND LUKENS
Artistic Associate, ABT/NYU Masters Degree Program (USA)
LEIGH ROWLES
Head of Student Training, Australian Ballet School (Australia)
MAVIS STAINES
Director, National Ballet School of Canada (Canada)
GAILENE STOCK
Director, The Royal Ballet School (UK)

Mexico Semi-Finals

 

TADEUSZ MATACZ
Director, John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet (Germany)
CLAUDIO MUNOZ
Ballet Master, Houston Ballet II (USA)
BO SPASSOFF
Director, The Rock School of Dance Education (USA)
PETER STARK
Director, The Orlando Ballet School (USA)

U.S. Regional Semi-Finals

 

PATRICIA BARKER
Former Principal Dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet (USA)
ETHAN BROWN
Company Teacher, American Ballet Theatre (USA)
TARA MITTON CATAO
Official Representative, The Harid Conservatory (USA)
JEFF EDWARDS
Ballet Master and Teacher, Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company (USA)
CARLOS DOS SANTOS, JR.
Resident Choreographer, YAGP (NY, USA)
ANNA LICEICA
Former Soloist, American Ballet Theatre (NY, USA)
MIKHAIL TCHOUPAKOV
Rehearsal Director, YAGP (NY, USA)
ALEXANDER VETROV
Former Bolshoi Ballet dancer (USA)
DIANA WHITE
Associate, The George Balanchine Trust (USA)
NATASHA LUSHIMA ZEIGER
Faculty member, The Rock Center for Dance Education (PA, USA)