Event details

  • Friday | April 23, 2021 to Sunday | April 25, 2021
  • 9:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dear Participants,

We are excited to announce the 2021 Youth America Grand Prix Virtual ballet competition in Canada. We are proud to be able to present performance and training opportunities for dancers, 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!


  • Amanda Bennett – Artistic Director – Ballet School of the Basel Theater
  • Dierdre Miles Burger – Assistant Education Director – Sarasota Ballet
  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Luca Masala – Artistic Director – Princess Grace Academy
  • Alexei Moskalenko – Youth America Grand Prix, Assistant Artistic Director; former dancer, Bolshoi Ballet – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Sasha Mukhamedov – Soloist – San Francisco Ballet
  • Francois Petit – Assistant Director – Ballet School of the Basel Theater
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Christine Shevchenko – Principal – American Ballet Theatre
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy
  • Sean Stewart – Corps de Ballet – American Ballet Theatre
  • Yumiko Takeshima – Founder, YUMIKO Dancewear; former Principal Ballerina, Dresden SemperOper Ballet – YUMIKO
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy
  • Sean Stewart – Corps de Ballet – American Ballet Theatre
  • Yumiko Takeshima – Founder, YUMIKO Dancewear; former Principal Ballerina, Dresden SemperOper Ballet – YUMIKO