Berlin, Germany


September 30 – October 3, 2021

We are excited to be back for the 2022 Youth Grand Prix ballet competition semi-final in Berlin, Germany. We are proud to be able to present performance and training opportunities for dancers from the greater Berlin area, looking to compete in classical and contemporary dance performance, take master classes and become eligible to participate in the New York City Finals. We wish you the best of luck this season!



Judges

  • Amanda Bennett – Artistic Director – Ballet School of the Basel Theater
  • Elisa Carrillo Cabrera – Principal Dancer; Co-Director, Mexican National Dance Company; Founder, Fundacion Elisa Carrillo Cabrera – Staatsballet Berlin
  • Arshak Ghalumyan – Soloist – Staatsballet Berlin
  • Mikhail Kaniskin – Former Principal Dancer; Exclusive Representative, YGP Germany – Staatsballet Berlin
  • Luca Masala – Artistic Director – Princess Grace Academy
  • Tadeusz Matacz – Director – The John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet
  • Oliver Matz – Director – Zurich Dance Academy
  • Larissa Saveliev – Youth America Grand Prix Founder and Artistic Director – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Doreen Windolf – Acting Artistic Director – Berlin State Ballet School


    • Winners

          SENIOR AGE DIVISION
                     
      GRAND PRIX   NOT AWARDED          
                     
          CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
      1ST PLACE   Ayumi Kobayashi   16   Swan International Ballet School, Japan  
      2ND PLACE   Kosei Yamatani   16   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany/Japan  
      3RD PLACE   Isabella Roman   16   International Ballet Theater Academy, USA  
                     
          TOP 12   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
          Ava Louise Winer   16   Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, USA  
          Ayumi Kobayashi   16   Swan International Ballet School, Japan  
          Deborah Nicolle Ciuraru   17   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
          Isabella Roman   16   International Ballet Theater Academy, USA  
          Joana Willems Gonçalves   15   Companhia de Dança do Algarve, Portugal  
          Junta Noda   16   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany/Japan  
          Kosei Yamatani   16   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany/Japan  
          Lorenzo Vian   17   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
          Mya Kennel   15   Association Promodanse, France  
          Niko Adachi   16   Symphony Ballet Studio, Japan  
          Nina Nashiki   17   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany/Japan  
          Tayumi Fukuda   15   Ballet Studio La Montee, Japan  
                     
          CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
      1ST PLACE   Wakana Ikeda   17   Ballet Arte, Japan  
      2ND PLACE (TIE)   Ayumi Kobayashi   16   Swan International Ballet School, Japan  
      2ND PLACE (TIE)   Mya Kennel   15   Association Promodanse, France  
      3RD PLACE   Maja Skowron   15   Conservatoire de Danse du Nouvel Opéra de Cracovie, Poland  
                     
          TOP 12   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
          Ané Bierman   19   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
          Ayumi Kobayashi   16   Swan International Ballet School, Japan  
          Ilona Voloshko   17   Independent, Ukraine  
          Isabella Roman   16   International Ballet Theater Academy, USA  
          Joana Willems Gonçalves   15   Companhia de Dança do Algarve, Portugal  
          Kaja Czekanow   16   Conservatoire de Danse du Nouvel Opéra de Cracovie, Poland  
          Maja Skowron   15   Conservatoire de Danse du Nouvel Opéra de Cracovie, Poland  
          Matilde Sanders   15   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
          Mya Kennel   15   Association Promodanse, France  
          Niko Adachi   16   Symphony Ballet Studio, Japan  
          Rumelina Dilcheva   16   Independent, Bulgaria  
          Wakana Ikeda   17   Ballet Arte, Japan  
                     
          JUNIOR AGE DIVISION
                     
      YOUTH GRAND PRIX   NOT AWARDED          
                     
          CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
      1ST PLACE   Audrey Beukelman   14   Rocky Mountain Ballet Academy , USA  
      2ND PLACE   Sofia Naumenko   14   Independent, Ukraine  
      3RD PLACE   Helena Nietzold   14   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
                     
          TOP 6   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
          Audrey Beukelman   14   Rocky Mountain Ballet Academy , USA  
          Felipe Meijueiro Gozález   13   Ballet de Galicia, Diego Landín, Spain  
          Helena Nietzold   14   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
          Lara Leal   14   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
          Sofia Naumenko   14   Independent, Ukraine  
          Yasmina Arsova   14   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
                     
          CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
      1ST PLACE   Sofia Naumenko   14   Independent, Ukraine  
      2ND PLACE   Felipe Meijueiro Gozález   13   Ballet de Galicia, Diego Landín, Spain  
      3RD PLACE (TIE)   Maria Carolina Ferreira Gaspar   14   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
      3RD PLACE (TIE)   Mariia Kovalova   12   Dance Theatre Plastilin, Ukraine  
                     
          TOP 6   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
          Felipe Meijueiro Gozález   13   Ballet de Galicia, Diego Landín, Spain  
          Luise Hauss   13   Münchner Ballettschule Christiane Böhm, Germany  
          Maria Carolina Ferreira Gaspar   14   Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany  
          Mariia Kovalova   12   Dance Theatre Plastilin, Ukraine  
          Sofia Naumenko   14   Independent, Ukraine  
          Vasco Branco   12   Companhia de Dança do Algarve, Portugal  
                     
          PRE-COMPETITIVE AGE DIVISION
                     
      HOPE AWARD   NOT AWARDED          
                     
          CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
      1ST PLACE   Felix Steegmaier   12   Tanz Studio Tutzing, Germany  
      2ND PLACE   Margarida Rodrigues   10   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
      3RD PLACE   Catarina Bykadorova   10   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
                     
          TOP 6   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
          Amira Huseby   10   Ballet School Ballet Dimension, Germany  
          Catarina Bykadorova   10   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
          Felix Steegmaier   12   Tanz Studio Tutzing, Germany  
          Leonor Almeida   11   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
          Margarida Rodrigues   10   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
          Zuzanna Janus   11   Conservatoire de Danse du Nouvel Opéra de Cracovie, Poland  
                     
          CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY   MEN & WOMEN  
                     
      1ST PLACE   Anastasia Popova   9   Dance Theatre Plastilin, Ukraine  
      2ND PLACE   Catarina Bykadorova   10   CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
      3RD PLACE   Felix Steegmaier   12   Tanz Studio Tutzing, Germany  
                     
          ENSEMBLES
                     
      1ST PLACE   Virus       Ballet de Galicia, Diego Landín, Spain  
                     
      2ND PLACE   Joeux d’Enfants       Liceul de Coregrafie Floria Capsali, Romania  
                     
      3RD PLACE (TIE)   Rhythm       CAB-Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal  
                     
      3RD PLACE (TIE)   Generation 143:08       Conservatoire de Danse du Nouvel Opéra de Cracovie, Poland  
                     
          SPECIAL AWARDS
          OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER AWARD  
                     
          Diego Landín Del Río       Ballet de Galicia, Diego Landín, Spain  
                     
          OUTSTANDING SCHOOL AWARD  
             
          CAB – Classical Academy of Ballet, Portugal