SENIOR AGE DIVISION
         
  GRAND PRIX Nobert Lucaszewski 18 (The John Cranko School at Stuttgart Ballet, GERMANY)
         
    CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY – WOMEN
         
  Gold Medal Rocio Aranzazú Alemán Benavides 15 (Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, MEXICO)
  Silver Medal Rin Okuno 15 (Sawako Murase Ballet Studio, JAPAN)
  Bronze Medal Emily Kadow 15 (Ellison Ballet – Professional Training Program, USA)
         
    TOP 12 – WOMEN
         
    Katlyn Addison 19 (Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy, TX/USA, CANADA)
    Rocia Aranzazú Alemán Benavides 15 (Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, MEXICO)
    Ji Young Chae 15 (Korea National University of Arts, School of Dance, KOREA)
    Jasmin Dwyer 17 (National College of Dance, AUSTRALIA)
    Cara Marie Gary 16 (International Ballet Academy, GA/USA)
    Bryn Gilbert 15 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)
    Anna Ishii 15 (Sugihara Kazuko Ballet Art, JAPAN)
    Emily Kadow 15 (Ellison Ballet – Professional Training Program, NY/USA)
    Emily Loscocco 18 (Orlando Ballet School, FL/USA)
    Carolina Neves 17 (Centro De Dança Rio, BRAZIL)
    Rin Okuno 15 (Sawako Murase Ballet Studio, JAPAN)
    Marie Varlet 15 (Centre de Danse Catherine Petit, FRANCE)
         
    CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY – MEN
         
  Gold Medal Vadim Muntagirov 17 (The Royal Ballet School, UK)
  Silver Medal Benjamin Ella 16 (The Royal Ballet School, UK),
  Bronze Medal (tie) Steven Morse 17 (Maple Conservatory of Dance, USA)
  Bronze Medal (tie) Jorge Guilherme Maciel Dos Santos 18 (Grupo Cadência, BRAZIL)
         
    TOP 12 – MEN
         
    Ryan Booth 18 (Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, CANADA)
    Irlan Dos Santos Silva 17 (Centro De Dança Rio, BRAZIL)
    Benjamin Ella 16 (The Royal Ballet School, UNITED KINGDOM)
    Jorge Guilherme Maciel Dos Santos 18 (Grupo Cadência, BRAZIL)
    Dylan Gutierrez 17 (The Royal Ballet School, UNITED KINGDOM)
    Nayon Iovino 17 (The Washington School of Ballet, DC/USA, BRAZIL)
    Norbert Lukaszewski 18 (John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet, GERMANY)
    Steven Morse 17 (Maple Conservatory of Dance, CA/USA)
    Vadim Muntagirov 17 (The Royal Ballet School, UNITED KINGDOM)
    Gantsooj Ogbonbyamba 17 (Mongolian Choreographic Institute, MONGOLIA)
    Lawrence Rines 17 (The Rock Center for Dance Education, PA/USA)
    Taylor Stanley 16 (The Rock Center for Dance Education, PA/USA)
         
    JUNIOR AGE DIVISION
         
  YOUTH GRAND PRIX Derek Dunn 12 (Edna Lee Dance Studio, USA)
         
    CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY – WOMEN
         
  Gold Medal Mariana Layun 13 (Fomento Artistico Cordobes, MEXICO)
  Silver Medal Skylar Paley Brandt 14 (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT, USA)
  Bronze Medal Saori Otsudo 12 (Soki Ballet School, JAPAN)
         
    TOP 12 – WOMEN
         
    Skylar Paley Brandt 14 (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT, NY/USA)
    Emily Entingh 13 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)
    Ayaka Fujii 14 (Soda Ballet School, JAPAN)
    Natalie Krakirian 14 (Burbank School of Ballet, CA/USA)
    Mariana Layun 13 (Fomento Artistico Cordobes, MEXICO)
    Kaho Ogawa 12 (Ballet Academy RELEVÉ, JAPAN)
    Saori Otsudo 12 (Soki Ballet School, JAPAN)
    Milina Pavesi 14 (Ballet Paula Gasparini, BRAZIL)
    Juliana Richards 14 (America’s Ballet School, FL/USA)
    Ainsley Sorenson 13 (Kirov Academy of Ballet, DC/USA)
    Brianna Leigh Steinfeldt 13 (Faubourg School of Ballet, IL/USA)
    Seira Winning 13 (Yukiko Takada Ballet School, JAPAN)
         
    CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY – MEN
         
  Gold Medal Esteban E. Hernandez 13 (The Rock School for Dance Education, USA)
  Silver Medal Zhang Zhi Yao 14 (Beijing Dance Academy, PR OF CHINA)
  Bronze Medal Sho Yamada 13 (Koshiba Hazaki Ballet School. JAPAN)
         
    TOP 12
         
    Constantine Nikolas Allen 14 (Kirov Academy of Ballet, DC/USA)
    Riccardo Ambrogi 12 (Balletto Di Gubbio, ITALY)
    Tommy Batchelor 12 (Palm Beach Ballet Center, FL/USA)
    Ka’imi Cambern 13 (Pacific Ballet Academy, CA/USA)
    Derek Dunn 12 (Edna Lee Dance Studio, MD/USA)
    Nikolas Gaifullin 12 (Protégé Performer of the Texas Classical Ballet, TX/USA)
    Esteban E. Hernandez 13 (The Rock Center for Dance Education, PA/USA)
    Marcelino Sambe 13 (Escola De Danca Do Conservatroio Nacional, PORTUGAL)
    Yuya Takahashi 14 (Okawa Atsuko Ballet Studio, JAPAN)
    Sho Yamada 13 (Koshiba Hazaki Ballet School, JAPAN)
    Sam Zaldivar 12 (Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, CA/USA)
    Zhang Zhi Yao 14 (Beijing Dance Academy, PR of CHINA)
         
    PRE-COMPETITIVE AGE DIVISION
         
  HOPE AWARD Catherine Hurlin 11 (Westchester Dance Academy, USA)
         
    MEN & WOMEN
         
  Gold Medal Allie Parsons 11 (Academy of Dance Arts and Performance, USA)
  Silver Medal Kurumi Shibadaira 11 (Emi Aiba Ballet Studio, JAPAN)
  Bronze Medal Serena Sovdsnes 10 (Ballet Tech Ohio, USA)
         
    MEN
         
  Gold Medal Masafumi Okuzono    
  Silver Medal Jin Sol Eum    
  Bronze Medal Arcadian Broad    
         
    TOP 12 – MEN & WOMEN
         
    Katia Almayeva 11 (Marina Almayeva School of Classical Ballet, TX/USA)
    Aran Bell 9 (Independent, PA/USA)
    Ana Lorena Boyd 11 (Point Centro de Danzas, PANAMA)
    Arcadian Broad 11 (Orlando Ballet School, FL/USA)
    Jin Sol Eum 11 (Korea National University of Arts, Preparatory School, KOREA)
    Catherine Hurlin 11 (Westchester Dance Academy, NY/USA)
    Mikio Kato 11 (Hitomi Takeuchi Ballet School, JAPAN)
    Jeong Kon Kim 11 (Korea National University of Arts, Preparatory School, KOREA)
    Masafumi Okuzono 11 (Fukaura Hiroko Ballet Studio, JAPAN)
    Allie Parsons 11 (Academy of Dance Arts and Performance, NC/USA)
    Kurumi Shibadaira 11 (Emi Aiba Ballet Studio, JAPAN)
    Serena Sovdsnes 10 (Ballet Tech Ohio, OH/USA)
         
    ENSEMBLES
    PAS DE DEUX
         
  1st Place Centro de Danca Rio, Brazil   Satanella
  2nd Place Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, USA   Don Quixote
  3rd Place (tie) The Rock School for Dance Education, USA   Spring Waters
  3rd Place (tie) Il Balletto, Italy   Plentitudo
         
    TOP 12 – PAS DE DEUX
         
    Associazone Culturale Centro Danza, ITALY   Un Respiro
    Centro De Dança Rio, BRAZIL   Pas de Deux from Satanella
    Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, CA/USA   Pas de Deux from Flower Festival at Genzano
    Ellison Ballet – Professional Training Program, NY/USA   Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire
    Grupo Cadencia, BRAZIL   Pas de Deux from Coppelia
    Il Balletto, ITALY   Plentitudo
    Orlando Ballet School, FL/USA   Pas de Deux from Talisman
    Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA   Pas de Deux from Don Quixote
    Pavilhao De Centro de Artes, BRAZIL   Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire
    Ransley’s Ballet and Performing Arts Centre, AUSTRALIA   Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake
    The Rock Center for Dance Education, PA/USA   Spring Waters
    The Rock Center for Dance Education, PA/USA   Off
         
    ENSEMBLES
         
  1st Place Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, USA   Unusual Proportions
  2nd Place Valentina Kozlova’s Dance Conservatroy of New York, USA   Bossacucanova
  3rd Place (tie) Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, MEXICO   Vaciando El Cielo
  3rd Place (tie) Centro de Danca Rio, BRAZIL   Dançado Mozart
         
    TOP 12 – ENSEMBLES
         
    Centro De Dança Rio, BRAZIL   Dançado Mozart
    Ellison Ballet – Professional Training Program, NY/USA   Allegro Maestoso
    Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, MEXICO   Vaciando El Cielo
    Orlando Ballet School, FL/USA   Concerto in D for Men
    Pavilhao De Centro de Artes, BRAZIL   Móbile
    Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts, MD/USA   Any Other World
    Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA   Unusual Proportions
    Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School, FL/USA   Band of Brothers
    Texas Ballet Theater, TX/USA   Bolero
    Southold Dance Theater, IN/USA   Bay Breeze
    The Washington School of Ballet, DC/USA   Just a Song
    Valentina Kozlova’s Dance Conservatory of New York, NY/USA   Bossacucanova
         
    SPECIAL AWARDS
    OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER AWARD
         
    Viktor Uygan    
         
    OUTSTANDING EUROPEAN DANCER (PRESENTED BY DANCE EUROPE MAGAZINE)      
         
    Norbert Lukaszewski 18 (The John Cranko School at Stuttgart Ballet, GERMANY)
         
    OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY DANCER AWARD      
         
    Irlan Silva 17 (Centro de Danca Rio, BRAZIL)
         
    THE SARAH CHAPIN LANGHAM ARTISTRY AWARD
         
    Katlyn Addison 19 (Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy, USA)
         
    THE MARY DAY AWARD
         
    Benjamin Ella 16 (The Royal Ballet School, UK),
    Rin Okuno 15 (Sawako Murase Ballet Studio, JAPAN)
         
    OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD
         
    Mariza Estrella   (Centro de Danca Rio BRAZIL)
         
    GRISHKO MODEL SEARCH AWARD
         
    Sarah Poss 17 (Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, USA)
         
    OUTSTANDING SCHOOL AWARD
         
    Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, USA    
         
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS   LAST UPDATED (5/13/08)
    THE AILEY SCHOOL (NY, USA)
         
    Wallacy Vinicius Freitas 19 (Brazil)
    Claudilan Pereira dos Santos 16 (Brazil)
    Joshua King 18 (CA, USA)
    Gerald Watson 17 (FL, USA)
    Jenna Graves Full Year
         
    AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE SUMMER INTENSIVE (NY, USA)
         
    James Applewhite 17 (FL, USA)
    Lawrence Rines 17 (PA, USA)
    Millis Faust 14 (PA, USA)
    Kaho Ogawa 12 (Japan)
    Anisa Scott 14 (CO, USA)
    Sho Yamada 13 (Japan)
         
    AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE – YOUNG DANCER PROGRAM
         
    Aran Bell 9 (PA, USA)
    Sophie Sea Silnicki 10 (WV, USA)
         
    AUSTRALIAN BALLET SCHOOL (AUSTRALIA)
         
    Jack Bertinshaw 15 (Australia) – Full Year
    Bianca Bulle 15 (Australia) – Full Year
    Miyu Katayama 15 (Japan) – Full Year
    Allie Parsons 11 (NC, USA) – Short Study Intensive
    Saori Otsudo 12 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Marina Ohki 13 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Ami Yuki 14 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Natsuka Abe 10 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Miyu Iida 11 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Kurumi Shibadaira 11 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Haruka Nishiki 11 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Masafumi Okuzono 11 (Japan) – Short Study Intensive
    Takaaki Okajima 14 (Japan) – Full Year
         
    CANADA’S NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL (CANADA)
         
    Sho Yamada 13 (Japan)
    Daniel Silva 13 (Brazil)
    Steven Morse 17 (CA, USA)
         
    CANADA’S ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET SCHOOL (CANADA)
         
    Sam Jones 17 (IN, USA)
    Ryunosake Ishikawa 15 (Japan)
         
    HAMBURG BALLET SCHOOL (GERMANY)
         
    Rin Okuno 15 (Japan)
         
   
         
    Sierra Kinsora 14 (NV, USA)
    Victoria Statzer 14 (FL, USA)
    Claudilan Pereira dos Santos 16 (Brazil)
         
    HOUSTON BALLET’S BEN STEVENSON PROGRAM (TX, USA)
         
    Tyler Burkett 18 (UT, USA)
    Arthur Stashak 13 (IL, USA)
    Asami Ihira 15 (Japan)
         
    JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL AT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE (NY, USA)
         
    Kira Anderson 11 (NJ, USA)
    James Applewhite 17 (FL, USA)
    Cataherine Hurlin 11 (NY, USA)
    Nayara Macedo Lopes 16 (Brazil)
    Allie Parsons 11 (NC, USA)
    Lamim Pereira 17 (Brazil)
    Lawrence Rines 18 (PA, USA)
    Aaron Smyth 16 (Australia)
         
    JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL (NY, USA)
         
    Asuka Tsuchida 15 (Japan)
         
    MUNICH BALLET ACADEMY/HEINZ BOSL FOUNDATION (GERMANY)
         
    Gantsooj Ogbonbyamba 17 (Mongolia) – Full Year
    Sasha Mukhamedov 17 (Greece) – Short Study Intensive
    Bruna Pandini Pereira 15 (Brazil) – Short Study Intensive
    Milena Pavesi 14 (Brazil) – Short Study Intensive
         
    NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF DANCE (NEW ZEALAND)
         
    Pablo Octavio dos Santos 15 (Brazil)
    Asami Ihira 15 (Japan)
    Anna Ishi 15 (Japan)
         
    PRINCESS GRACE ACADEMY OF CLASSICAL BALLET (MONACO)
         
    Emily Kadow 15 (NY, USA)
    Lauren Richter 18 (CA, USA)
         
    SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL (CA, USA)
         
    Al’vin Tovstogray 16 (Ukraine)
    Tudor Moldoveanu 16 (Romania)
    Piergiorgio Regazzo 17 (Italy)
    Chiho Katayama 12 (Japan)
    Ayaka Fujii 14 (Japan)
    Meret Gross 12 (Switzerland)
    Matthew Leonardi 13 (CA, USA)
         
    STEPS ON BROADWAY (NY, USA)
         
    Sasha Paulovich 12 (NY, USA)
    Michaela de Prince 12 (VT, USA)
    Daniel Wilson Roberge 16 (Australia)
         
    THE JOHN CRANKO SCHOOL OF STUTTGART BALLET (GERMANY)
         
    Grace A. McCarthy 16 (Korea) – Full Year
    Sam Zaldivar 12 (CA, USA) – Short Term Study
    Alyssa Springer 15 (CA, USA) – Short Term Study
    Catherine Hurlin 11 (NY, USA) – Short Term Study
         
    THE KIROV ACADEMY OF WASHINGTON (DC, USA)
         
    Camila Rocha de Caso 16 (Brazil)
    Maria Beck 12 (MI, USA)
    Saori Otsudo 12 (Japan)
    Emily Entingh 13 (CA, USA)
    Derek Dunn 12 (MD, USA)
    Greta Elizondo 14 (Mexico)
    Sasha Mukhamedov 17 (Greece)
         
    THE NUTMEG CONSERVATORY (CT, USA)
         
    Amber Neumann 16 (IN, USA)
    Kilian Hoffmeyer 15 (Switzerland)
         
    THE ROCK CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION (PA, USA)
         
    Regina Montgomery 12 (CA, USA)
    Yukihiro Tamura 15 (Japan)
    Naoki Makimura 16 (Japan)
    Ami Yuki 14 (Japan)
    Airi Yonemochi 14 (Japan)
    Juliana Richards 14 (FL, USA)
    Briana Paglaro 13 (CA, USA)
    Rochelle Chang 17 (HI, USA)
    Ka’imi Clay Cambern 13 (HI, USA)
         
    THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL (UNITED KINGDOM)
         
    Brynn Gilbert 15 (CA, USA) – Full Year
    Siera Winning 13 (Japan) – Full Year
    Marie Varlet 15 (France) – Short Term Study
    Emily Kadow 15 (NY, USA) – Short Term Study
    Millis Faust 14 (PA, USA) – Short Term Study
         
    THE ROYAL DANISH BALLET SCHOOL (DENMARK)
         
    Caroline Baldwin 17 (IL, USA)
         
    WASHINGTON BALLET SCHOOL (DC, USA)
         
    Jazmine Dwyer 17 (Australia)
    Angela Marie Cordoba Silva 16 (Columbia)
         
    BALLET WEST II (UT, USA) – JOB OFFER
         
    Kaleigh Schock 18 (NY, USA)
         
    HOUSTON BALLET II (TX, USA) – JOB OFFER
         
    Jorge Guilherme Maciel dos Santos 18 (Brazil)
         
    WASHINGTON BALLET II (DC, USA)
         
    Carolina Neves 16 (Brazil)
    Kirstin Wicklund 17 (Canada)
    Christina Schifano 18 (NY, USA)
    Jose Martinez 19 (PA, USA)