Youth America Grand Prix

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NYC Finals

 

Patrick Armand
Trainee Program Principal, San Francisco Ballet School (USA)
Patricia Barker
Representative, Pacific Northwest Ballet School (USA)
Claire Baulieu
Faculty member, Paris Opera Ballet School (France)
Jason Beechey
Director, Palucca School Dresden (GERMANY)
Ted Brandsen
Artistic Director, Dutch National Ballet Theater
Tara Mitton Catao
Official Representative, The Harid Conservatory (USA)
Franco de Vita
Director, ABT JKO School (USA)
Eva Draw
Official Representative, Royal Danish Ballet School (DENMARK)
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, Jacob’s Pillow Ballet Program (USA)
Rinat Imaev
Company Teacher, American Ballet Theatre (USA)
Nikolai Kabaniaev
Official Representative, Kirov Academy of Ballet Washington D.C. (USA)
Alexei Kremnev
Artistic Director, Joffrey Ballet’s Academy of Dance (USA)
Caroline Llorca
Faculty member, Munich Ballet Academy (GERMANY)
Raymond Lukens
Artistic Associate, ABT/NYU Masters Degree Program (USA)
Luca Masala
Artistic Director, Princess Grace Academy of Classic Dance (MONACO)
Tadeusz Matacz
Director, John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet (GERMANY)
Oliver Matz
Director, Zurich Dance Academy (SWITZERLAND)
Arlene Minkhorst
Director, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School (CANADA)
Claudio Munoz
Ballet Master, Houston Ballet II (USA)
Gary Norman
Faculty member, The Royal Ballet School (UK)
Melanie Person
Co-Director, The Ailey School (USA)
Shelly Power
Director, Ben Stevenson Academy of Ballet at Houston Ballet (USA)
Marilyn Rowe
Director, Australian Ballet School (Australia)
Adam Skulte
Artistic Director, Ballet West (USA)
Bo Spassoff
Director, The Rock School for Dance Education (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)
Stanton Welch
Artistic Director, Houston Ballet (USA)

Paris, France Semi-Finals

 

Elisabeth Platel
President of the Jury
Director, Paris Opera Ballet School (FRANCE)
Pedro Carneiro
Director, National Conservatory Dance School (PORTUGAL)
Marianne Kruuse
Director, Hamburg Ballet School (GERMANY)
Raymond Lukens
Artistic Associate, ABT/NYU Masters Degree Program (USA)
Luca Masala
Artistic Director, Princess Grace Academy of Classic Dance (MONACO)
Tadeusz Matacz
Director, John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet (GERMANY)
Gailene Stock
Director, The Royal Ballet School (UNITED KINGDOM)

Japan Semi-Finals

 

Paola Cantalupo
Director, Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower (FRANCE)
Franco de Vita
Director, ABT JKO School (USA)
Kee Juan Han
Director, The Washington School of Ballet (USA)
Luca Masala
Artistic Director, Princess Grace Academy of Classic Dance (MONACO)
Tadeusz Matacz
Director, John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet (GERMANY)
Gary Norman
Faculty member, The Royal Ballet School (UNITED KINGDOM)
Madeleine Onne
Artistic Director, Hong Kong Ballet
Leigh Rowles
Principal Teacher, The Australian Ballet School
Aaron S. Watkin
Artistic Director, Semperoper Ballett

Regional Semi-Finals

 

Ethan Brown
Company Teacher, American Ballet Theatre (NY, USA)
Carlos dos Santos, Jr.
Resident Choreographer, YAGP (NY, USA)
Anna Liceica
Former Soloist, American Ballet Theatre (NY, USA)
Kirk Peterson
Artistic Director, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company (NY, USA)
Stephanie Saland
Former Principal Ballerina, New York City Ballet (NY, USA)
Mikhail Tchoupakov
Rehearsal Director, YAGP (NY, USA)
Diana White
Associate, The George Balanchine Trust (NY, USA)
Natasha Lushima Zeiger
Faculty member, The Rock Center for Dance Education (PA, USA)