YAGP 2026 – LAGOA, PORTUGAL – WINNERS - YAGP
      SENIOR AGE DIVISION
                 
  GRAND PRIX   Manuel Leria Vilches   17   Royal Conservatory Mariemma, Spain  
                 
      CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   WOMEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Emily Selwood   17   Independent, UK  
  2ND PLACE   Darta Balode   16   Riga Ballet School, Latvia  
  3RD PLACE   Marta Barbeiro   16   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      TOP 12   WOMEN  
                 
      Amelia Tobiasz   15   Independent, Poland  
      Ella Pace   15   Seed Dance Studios Malta, Malta  
      Clara Santos Lagüéns   15   VD Classical Ballet School, Spain  
      Diana Ruta   16   National Choreography High School Floria Capsali, Romania  
      Darta Balode   16   Riga Ballet School, Latvia  
      Marta Barbeiro   16   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
      Miyu Sugimoto   16   Venus Villa Dance Academy, Hong Kong  
      Leonor Neves   16   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
      Mathilde Paoli   16   Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, France  
      Emily Selwood   17   Independent, UK  
      Wing Yan [ibby] Chow   18   Northern Dance Academy, South Africa  
      Yurin Kanasugui   18   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   MEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Ian Perez   15   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
  2ND PLACE   Tomás Silva   16   Centro de Dança Do Porto, Portugal  
  3RD PLACE   Esteban Ramirez   18   VM Ballet School, France  
                 
      TOP 6   MEN  
                 
      Victor-Alexandru Negru   15   Liceul de Coregrafie Floria Capsali, Romania  
      Ian Perez   15   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
      Dominiks Geidans   15   Riga Ballet School, Latvia  
      Tomás Silva   16   Centro de Dança Do Porto, Portugal  
      Manuel Leria Vilches   17   Royal Conservatory Mariemma, Spain  
      Esteban Ramirez   18   VM Ballet School, France  
                 
      CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   WOMEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Victoria Nikolova   18   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
  2ND PLACE   Wiktoria Bernacka   16   Independent, Germany  
  3RD PLACE   Lola Pazos Valdés   16   Ballet de Galicia., Spain  
                 
      TOP 12   WOMEN  
                 
      Adrija Bartuseviciute   15   Lithuanian International Ballet Academy, Lithuania  
      Íris Rodrigues   15   Conservatório de Dança Do Vale Do Sousa, Portugal  
      Ava Robinson   15   Edinburgh Dance Academy, Scotland  
      Joana Bento   16   Escola de Dança Eva Vieira de Almeida, Portugal  
      Amelia Cangemi   16   Scuola DI Danza Smile A.s.d., Italy  
      Lola Pazos Valdés   16   Ballet de Galicia., Spain  
      Wiktoria Bernacka   16   Independent, Germany  
      Victoria Nikolova   18   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
      Alisa Kusters   18   Ballerino Dansstudio’s, Belgium  
      Sofia Karanfilova   18   Independent, Ukraine  
      Niculae Bianca Andreea   18   Colegiul National de Arta ”regina Maria”, Romania  
      Nadiia Yurchenko   20   Independent, Ukraine  
                 
      CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   MEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   José Moreira   17   GAD – Giselle Academia de Dança, Portugal  
  2ND PLACE   João Tomás Moreira   17   Conservatório de Dança Do Vale Do Sousa, Portugal  
  3RD PLACE   Owen Tang   17   Goh Ballet Academy, Canada  
                 
      TOP 12   MEN  
                 
      Oleksandr Rohovets-Ventskovkyi   15   Pallcº Oporto Ballet School, Portugal  
      Matheo Accetta   15   AFJD, Switzerland  
      Jacob Winter   15   Movement Revolution, Germany  
      Lucas Gaspar   15   CAB – Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
      Manuel Leria Vilches   17   Royal Conservatory Mariemma, Spain  
      Leonardo Torelli   17   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
      João Tomás Moreira   17   Conservatório de Dança Do Vale Do Sousa, Portugal  
      Owen Tang   17   Goh Ballet Academy, Canada  
      José Moreira   17   GAD – Giselle Academia de Dança, Portugal  
      Tiago Ribeiro   17   Centro de Dança do Porto, Portugal  
      Henrique Tavares   18   Academia de Dança de Serzedo, Portugal  
      Esteban Ramirez   18   VM Ballet School, France  
                 
      JUNIOR AGE DIVISION
                 
  YOUTH GRAND PRIX   Valentina Mascini Lescay   14   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   WOMEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Maja Mainka   13   Tanzwerk Wesseling, Germany  
  2ND PLACE (TIE)   Nina Ros   14   Ecole de Danse Laurence Ehly et ML Danza, France  
  2ND PLACE (TIE)   Venus Sarabia Oquendo   12   Venus Villa Dance Academy, Hong Kong  
  3RD PLACE   Varvara Bohacheva   13   Kiev Choreographic College, Ukraine  
                 
      TOP 12   WOMEN  
                 
      Venus Sarabia Oquendo   12   Venus Villa Dance Academy, Hong Kong  
      Teona Shkolnik   12   Danceworks, Israel  
      Manuela Garcia   12   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
      Natasza Suchocka   13   Independent, Poland  
      Constance Rauly   13   Ecole du Ballet de Paris Stanlowa, France  
      Maja Mainka   13   Tanzwerk Wesseling, Germany  
      Varvara Bohacheva   13   Kiev Choreographic College, Ukraine  
      Catarina Bykadorova   14   CAB – Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
      Valentina Mascini Lescay   14   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
      Nina Ros   14   Ecole de Danse Laurence Ehly et ML Danza, France  
      Milana Andreieva   14   Independent, Ukraine  
      Boglárka Balogh   14   Hungarian Dance University, Hungary  
                 
      CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   MEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Kirill Kopaiev   12   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
  2ND PLACE   Herkus Zataveckas   12   Pro Ballet | Academy, Lithuania  
  3RD PLACE   Jonathan Fleishman   13   Danceworks, Israel  
                 
      CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   WOMEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Victoria Marinkova   14   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
  2ND PLACE   Teona Shkolnik   12   Danceworks, Israel  
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Lora Ignatova   13   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Ginevra Pugi   14   Scuola DI Danza Smile A.s.d., Italy  
                 
      TOP 12   WOMEN  
                 
      Teona Shkolnik   12   Danceworks, Israel  
      Emily Pomerants   12   Danceworks, Israel  
      Maude Marchant   13   Ballerino Dansstudio’s, Belgium  
      Lora Ignatova   13   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
      Valentina Mascini Lescay   14   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
      Yang Yi Le   14   Prima, Taiwan  
      Deya Arsova   14   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
      Svetla Markova   14   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
      Gabriela Mihova   14   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
      Emilia Dubiel   14   Independent, Poland  
      Ginevra Pugi   14   Scuola DI Danza Smile A.s.d., Italy  
      Victoria Marinkova   14   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
                 
      CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   MEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Tomás Bartolomeu   13   Academia de Ballet Contemporâneo, Portugal  
  2ND PLACE   Jonathan Fleishman   13   Danceworks, Israel  
  3RD PLACE   Franciszek Dubiel   12   Independent, Poland  
                 
      PRE-COMPETITIVE AGE DIVISION
                 
  HOPE AWARD   Nofar Aharoni   11   Danceworks, Israel  
                 
      CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   WOMEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Ranya Katreen Assaf   11   Alice Safta Art Studio, Romania  
  2ND PLACE   Alice Reis   10   CAB – Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
  3RD PLACE   Emma Langlhofer   9   Tanzwerk Wesseling, Germany  
                 
      TOP 12   WOMEN  
                 
      Alisa Krivko   9   Pro Ballet | Academy, Lithuania  
      Emma Langlhofer   9   Tanzwerk Wesseling, Germany  
      Viktoriia Hirda   9   Independent, Ukraine  
      Ema Balabanova   9   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
      Maiia Pleshkevich   10   Independent, Serbia  
      Alice Reis   10   CAB – Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
      Emilia Cazalis Crosa   10   AC Academy, France  
      Ranya Katreen Assaf   11   Alice Safta Art Studio, Romania  
      Julia Arribas Bastida   11   VD Classical Ballet School, Spain  
      Valeryia Maltsava   11   Independent, Belarus  
      Yana Zenkova   11   Smart Dance Contemporary Art Center, Belarus  
      Nofar Aharoni   11   Danceworks, Israel  
                 
      CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   MEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Salvador Mendes   10   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
  2ND PLACE   Teo Garcia Chaves   10   Ballet de Galicia., Spain  
  3RD PLACE   Milan Vashinko   11   Smart Dance Contemporary Art Center, Belarus  
                 
      CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   WOMEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Daria Kalcheva   11   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
  2ND PLACE   Lee Shenkman   11   Danceworks, Israel  
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Yana Zenkova   11   Smart Dance Contemporary Art Center, Belarus  
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Ema Balabanova   9   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
                 
      TOP 12   WOMEN  
                 
      Ema Balabanova   9   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
      Polina Litvinova   10   Danceworks, Israel  
      Nora Marsili   10   Scuola DI Danza Smile A.s.d., Italy  
      Zhanel Sapasheva   10   Coppelia, Kazakhstan  
      Maia Sofia Nicola   11   Joy2dance, Romania  
      Piper Falzon   11   Seed Dance Studios Malta, Malta  
      Lydia Smith   11   Nicola Tarry Classical Ballet Training, UK  
      Yana Zenkova   11   Smart Dance Contemporary Art Center, Belarus  
      Lena Nicolaï Verhasselt   11   Ballerino Dansstudio’s, Belgium  
      Lee Shenkman   11   Danceworks, Israel  
      Nofar Aharoni   11   Danceworks, Israel  
      Daria Kalcheva   11   International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
                 
      CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   MEN  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Teo Garcia Chaves   10   Ballet de Galicia., Spain  
  2ND PLACE (TIE)   Milan Vashinko   11   Smart Dance Contemporary Art Center, Belarus  
  2ND PLACE (TIE)   Raymond Bai   10   Independent, Norway  
  3RD PLACE   Francisco Delfino   10   Companhia de Dança Do Algarve, Portugal  
                 
      ENSEMBLES
      PAS DE DEUX   CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Valentina Mascini Lescary &   14   The Nutcracker Suite  
      Ian Perez   15   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
  2ND PLACE   Kamilla Latifi &   12   The Flames of Paris  
      Kirill Kopaiev   12   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Nofar Aharoni &   11   The Sleeping Beauty Bluebird  
      Jonathan Fleishman   13   Danceworks, Israel  
                 
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Doroteja Jurkute &   12   Flower Festival In Genzano  
      Herkus Zataveckas   12   Pro Ballet | Academy, Lithuania  
                 
      TOP 6   CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
      Nofar Aharoni &   11   The Sleeping Beauty Bluebird  
      Jonathan Fleishman   13   Danceworks, Israel  
                 
      Doroteja Jurkute &   12   Flower Festival In Genzano  
      Herkus Zataveckas   12   Pro Ballet | Academy, Lithuania  
                 
      Kamilla Latifi &   12   The Flames of Paris  
      Kirill Kopaiev   12   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      Valentina Mascini Lescary &   14   The Nutcracker Suite  
      Ian Perez   15   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      Leonor Neves &   16   Paquita  
      William Jalkut   19   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      Sarah Maione &   17   Pas d’Esclave Le Corsaire  
      Hugo Garcia Rodrigo   17   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      PAS DE DEUX   CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Trust       Smart Dance Contemporary Art Center, Belarus  
                 
  2ND PLACE   Pulsar       Gad – Giselle Academia de Dança, Portugal  
                 
  3RD PLACE   Wonder       Artis – Academia de Bailado, Portugal  
                 
      TOP 6   CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
      Easy Joy       Ballet de Galicia., Spain  
                 
      Trust       Smart Dance Contemporary Art Center, Belarus  
                 
      Chasing the Same Moment       Liceul de Coregrafie Flora Capsali, Romania  
                 
      Shapeless Clash       Academia de Ballet Contemporâneo, Portugal  
                 
      Wonder       Artis – Academia de Bailado, Portugal  
                 
      Pulsar       Gad – Giselle Academia de Dança, Portugal  
                 
      SMALL ENSEMBLES      
                 
  1ST PLACE   Before The Stillness       International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
                 
  2ND PLACE   Second Life       Danceworks, Israel  
                 
  3RD PLACE   Lengalenga       Gad – Giselle Academia de Dança, Portugal  
                 
      TOP 12      
                 
      Basilio And Friends       Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      Friends of Kitri       Ballerino Dansstudio’s, Belgium  
                 
      Swan Lake Act 3       Lithuanian International Ballet Academy, Lithuania  
                 
      The Cherry Countess, Cipolino       Pallcº Oporto Ballet School, Portugal  
                 
      Before The Stillness       International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
                 
      Baby Chicks Pizzicato       Area Danza – Adsi, Switzerland  
                 
      Second Life       Danceworks, Israel  
                 
      Thrid Space       Ballet de Galicia., Spain  
                 
      Where Is My Happiness?       Seed Dance Studios Malta, Malta  
                 
      Lengalenga       Gad – Giselle Academia de Dança, Portugal  
                 
      Past, Present And Future       Dance Spot – Conservatório de Dança, Portugal  
                 
      La Beauté du Cœur       Scuola Di Danza Smile A.s.d., Italy  
                 
      LARGE ENSEMBLES   CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Suite Don Quixote       Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
  2ND PLACE   Friendship Waltz       Pro Ballet | Academy, Lithuania  
                 
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Beat       Dna – Dance N´arts School, Portugal  
                 
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Don Quixote Dream Scene       Kiev Choreographic College, Ukraine  
                 
      TOP 6   CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
      Friendship Waltz       Pro Ballet | Academy, Lithuania  
                 
      Suite Don Quixote       Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      Don Quixote Dream Scene       Kiev Choreographic College, Ukraine  
                 
      Tarantella       Bullfrogs Ballet School, Macedonia  
                 
      Beat       Dna – Dance N´arts School, Portugal  
                 
      Picturesque       Seed Dance Studios Malta, Malta  
                 
      LARGE ENSEMBLES   CONTEMPORARY/OPEN DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
  1ST PLACE   Game of Fates       International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
                 
  2ND PLACE   Caucaso Boys       Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Rossini In Purple       Scuola Di Danza Smile A.s.d., Italy  
                 
  3RD PLACE (TIE)   Onyx       Danceworks, Israel  
                 
      TOP 12   CONTEMPORARY/OPEN DANCE CATEGORY  
                 
      Caucaso Boys       Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      Onyx       Danceworks, Israel  
                 
      Get Me Mine       Degas International Dance Academy, Netherlands  
                 
      Cantus       Escola de Dança Eva Vieira de Almeida, Portugal  
                 
      Non, Rien de Rien       Artis – Academia de Bailado, Portugal  
                 
      Rossini In Purple       Scuola Di Danza Smile A.s.d., Italy  
                 
      Game of Fates       International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria  
                 
      El Amor       Ballet de Galicia., Spain  
                 
      Dança Russa       Dna – Dance N´arts School, Portugal  
                 
      P.o.c       Gad – Giselle Academia de Dança, Portugal  
                 
      Swan Lake       CAB – Classical Academy of Ballet & Academia de Ballet Contemporâneo, Portugal  
                 
      Echoes In Drops       Seed Dance Studios Malta, Malta  
                 
      SPECIAL AWARDS
      OUTSTANDING PORTUGUESE DANCER      
                 
      Kirill Kopaiev   12   Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
                 
      OUTSTANDING SCHOOL      
         
      Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, Portugal  
         
      OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL      
         
      International Dance Studio Amelia, Bulgaria