Dear Friends, Having just finished our last event of the 2021 Season, we invite you to join us in taking a look back at some of the remarkable achievements of the year. In May, what had seemed like a complete impossibility became possible: over 800 talented young dancers from all...
Dear Friends, One year ago, YAGP finished its last semi-final of the 2020 Season in Toronto, Canada, after which North America, like the rest of the world, was completely shut down. While no one could have predicted the full extent of what was to come in the weeks and months...
Dear Friends, It is with gratitude and appreciation for our global community of dancers, teachers, schools, friends, and supporters that we welcome you to the YAGP 2021 Season. As the performing arts world has suddenly found itself on pause, YAGP has not stopped its critically important work of providing education...
Over 1,000 dancers from around the world were slated to descend on New York this week to participate in Youth America Grand Prix’s final round. But like most events around the country, the annual ballet scholarship competition — dubbed the largest in the world — was canceled amid the COVID-19...
TAMPA, Fla. – It could be called the American Idol of ballet, and it’s going on right now in Tampa. Hundreds of talented student dancers, ages 9-19, are auditioning for the Youth America Grand Prix. To continue reading please click on the button below…
This week, over a thousand dancers travelled to New York to participate in Youth America Grand Prix’s high-stake finals. Over the course of six days, young ballet dancers ages 9 to 19 filled the halls of SUNY Purchase for intense rounds of competitions and scholarship classes — the outcome of...
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are twinning… quite literally! The former Full House actresses, 32, made a rare red carpet appearance together on Thursday night at the Youth America Grand Prix’s 20th Anniversary Gala in New York City. The outing was particularly special as the twin sisters, who grew up in...
On Thursday evening, Mick Jagger made his first public appearance since undergoing heart surgery. The Rolling Stones frontman — who had a stent put in an artery earlier this month — attended the Youth America Grand Prix’s 20th-anniversary gala to see his girlfriend Melanie Hamrick debut a ballet that’s set...
Cory Stearns was feeling cocky. It was 2001, and he was 15, competing in the finals of the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition. As he took the stage to perform a solo from “Swan Lake,” some students from his school cheered, and he winked back. Then the start of...
Dear friends, As we near the Youth America Grand Prix 20th Anniversary Season Finals, we look back on the past twenty years with a sense of gratitude and awe. When we started YAGP in 1999, it was hard to imagine its future. It is incredible to realize that one day...
NEW YORK – Yuma Matsuura of Japan has won the senior age division at the Youth America Grand Prix audition for promising young ballet dancers, the organizer said Friday. As there was no Grand Prix award winner in the senior division for dancers between 15 and 19, the 15-year-old from...
The world’s largest international dance competition brings talented youngsters, ages 9 – 19, from regional ballet competitions in Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain, Australia, China, Korea and Japan for a week-long final competition in New York City. The dancers compete for scholarships to the world’s leading dance schools. Youth America has...
Any group that aids in advancing the careers of young ballet dancers warms our heart. Non-profit organization Youth America Grand Prix has made this their mission in ensuring the future of dance. Every April, YAGP brings the world’s most talented young dancers from the ages of 9-19 to New York...
This past Monday, The Boys’ Club of New York held its annual Winter Luncheon with Thomas L. Friedman, the Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist and best-selling author, as the featured speaker. His talk was entitled How to Run a Country, Find a Job, and Build Community in the...
Congratulations to the 2018 YAGP winners! After months of semi-finals, 1,800 dancers from around the world were chosen to attend a week of finals in New York, competing for ballet scholarships and contracts. We’ve been following the action all week (you can catch up on our backstage coverage, here). The...
