Youth America Grand Prix

                     

YAGP Winners

YAGP 2010 Los Angeles, CA Semi-Finals


SENIOR AGE DIVISION

GRAND PRIX

Natalie Krakirian, 16 (Burbank School of the Ballet)


CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY - WOMEN
Award
Winner
1st Place Michaela Pickett, 17 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Renee Kester, 16 (Southland Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Emily Entingh, 15 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Elle Macy, 16 (Orange County Dance Center)


CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY - MEN
Award
Winner
1st Place Sebastian Adams, 16 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Eric White, 16 (Ballet Etudes/Scottsdale School of Ballet)
3rd Place Luis DelCid, 15 (Everybody Dance!, Marat Daukayev School of Ballet)


TOP 12
Dominique Alessi, 15 (Kova Ballet Conservatory)
Emily Entingh, 15 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
Chyrstyn Fentroy, 18 (Penninsula School of Performing Arts)
Renee Kester, 16 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Natalie Krakirian, 16 (Burbank School of the Ballet)
Carolyn Lippert, 15 (Severance Conservatory/California Arts Academy)
Elle Macy, 16 (Orange County Dance Center)
Natalie Matsuura, 16 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Taryn Nowels, 17 (Orange County Dance Center)
Michaela Pickett, 17 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
Victoria-Rose Viren, 15 (Anaheim Ballet)
Mable Yiu, 16 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance)


CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY - WOMEN
Award
Winner
1st Place Emily Entingh, 15 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Roma Daravi, 16 (Southland Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Mara Jacobucci, 17 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Carolyn Lippert, 15 (Severance Conservatory/California Arts Academy)


CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY - MEN
Award
Winner
1st Place Sebastian Adams, 16 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Eric White, 16 (Ballet Etudes/Scottsdale School of Ballet)
3rd Place Stephan Possin, 17 (Independent)


TOP 12
Roma Daravi, 16 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Emily Entingh, 15 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
Chyrstyn Fentroy, 18 (Penninsula School of Performing Arts)
Alexandra Gobel, 15 (Severance Conservatory/California Arts Academy)
Mara Jacobucci, 17 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
Renee Kester, 16 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Natalie Krakirian, 16 (Burbank School of the Ballet)
Carolyn Lippert, 15 (Severance Conservatory/California Arts Academy)
Elle Macy, 16 (Orange County Dance Center)
Natalie Matsuura, 16 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Victoria-Rose Viren, 15 (Anaheim Ballet)
Mable Yiu, 16 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance)


JUNIOR AGE DIVISION

YOUTH GRAND PRIX

Sam Zaldivar, 14 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)


CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY
Award
Winner
1st Place Talia Kester, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Lauren Denney, 14 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Rebecca Elbogen, 14 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Kaitlyn Yiu, 13 (Kova Ballet Conservatory)


TOP 12
Lauren Denney, 14 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
Tyler Donatelli, 13 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Melissa Eguchi, 12 (Huntington Academy of Dance)
Rebecca Elbogen, 14 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
Talia Kester, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Sierra Herrera, 14 (CS Ballet Program)
Erin Lee, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Catherine Meyers, 14 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
Courtney Schenberger, 13 (Ballet Hawaii)
Mariah Vega, 13 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Kaitlyn Yiu, 13 (Kova Ballet Conservatory)
Sam Zaldivar, 14 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)


CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY
Award
Winner
1st Place Tyler Donatelli, 13 (Southland Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Talia Kester, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Grace Fulton, 13 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
3rd Place (tie) Erin Lee, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)


TOP 12
Katelyn Conrad, 13 (Long Beach Ballet Academy)
Lauren Denney, 14 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
Tyler Donatelli, 13 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Melissa Eguchi, 12 (Huntington Academy of Dance)
Grace Fulton, 13 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)
Talia Kester, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Rahel Lebsekal, 14 (Marat Daukayev School of Dance)
Erin Lee, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Courtney Schenberger, 13 (Ballet Hawaii)
Mariah Vega, 13 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Kaitlyn Yiu, 13 (Kova Ballet Conservatory)
Sam Zaldivar, 14 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)


PRE-COMPETITIVE AGE DIVISION

HOPE AWARD

Austin Eder, 11 (Anaheim Ballet)



Award
Winner
1st Place Madeline Woo, 11 (V and T Dance Academy)
2nd Place David Preciado, 11 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
3rd Place Andrea Guite, 11 (Southland Ballet Academy)


TOP 12
Austin Eder, 11 (Anaheim Ballet)
Andrea Guite, 11 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Laura Hatanaka, 11 (V and T Dance Academy)
Emily Ireland-Buczek, 10 (All American Ballet)
Michelle Lemburg, 11 (Southland Ballet Academy)
Matisse Love, 10 (Marat Daukayev School of Ballet)
Jolie Moray, 11 (Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet)
Maria Fernanda Paredes, 11 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
David Preciado, 11 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
Nicole Prefontaine, 11 (Vancouver Junior Profesional Division)
Stephanie Schenberg, 11 (Ballet Hawaii)
Madeline Woo, 11 (V and T Dance Academy)


SMALL ENSEMBLES
Award
Winner
1st Place Into the Red (Southland Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Douceur de L'Air (Lovett Ballet/Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy
3rd Place Dichotomy (School of Intenational Ballet)


LARGE ENSEMBLES
Award
Winner
1st Place Gravel Road/Aspiration (Los Angeles Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Chasing the Sun (Huntington Beach High School)
3rd Place Trepak (Burbank School of the Ballet)


SPECIAL AWARDS


Award
Winner
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER AWARD Jessie Hartley
Conny Mathot
Victor Kabaniev
Spencer Gavin
OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD Dmitri Kulev
Jennifer Kulev
Salwa Rizkalla
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL AWARD Los Angeles Ballet Academy