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International Ballet Competition
Youth America Grand Prix

YAGP 2021 – TAMPA, FL (FINALS FOR NORTH AMERICA)

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Event details

  • Sunday | May 9, 2021 to Sunday | May 16, 2021
  • 9:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dear Participants,

We are excited to be back for the 2021 Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition finals for North America in Tampa, Florida. 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 YAGP Finals.

 
 
  • PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
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    Senior Women

  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Devon Carney – Artistic Director – Kansas City Ballet
  • Adji Cissoko – Principal Dancer – Lines Ballet
  • Viviana Durante – Artistic Director – English National Ballet School
  • Lourdes Lopez – Artistic Director – Miami City Ballet
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Luca Masala – Artistic Director – Princess Grace Academy
  • Alexei Moskalenko – Youth America Grand Prix, Assistant Artistic Director; former dancer, Bolshoi Ballet – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Adam Sklute – Artistic Director – Ballet West
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Adam Sklute – Artistic Director – Ballet West
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy

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    Senior Men

  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Devon Carney – Artistic Director – Kansas City Ballet
  • Viviana Durante – Artistic Director – English National Ballet School
  • Yuri Fateev – Acting Director – Mariinsky Theater
  • Calvin Royal III – Principal – American Ballet Theatre
  • Lourdes Lopez – Artistic Director – Miami City Ballet
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Luca Masala – Artistic Director – Princess Grace Academy
  • Alexei Moskalenko – Youth America Grand Prix, Assistant Artistic Director; former dancer, Bolshoi Ballet – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Adam Sklute – Artistic Director – Ballet West
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Adam Sklute – Artistic Director – Ballet West
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy

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    Junior Women

  • Giuseppe Bausilio – Broadway Star –
  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Jean-Yves Esquerre – Artistic Director – European Ballet School
  • Erica Fischbach – Academy Director – Colorado Ballet Academy
  • Deborah Hess – Senior Faculty – Canada’s National Ballet School
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Tadeusz Matacz – Director – The John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet
  • Arlene Minkhorst – Artistic Director – Tulsa Ballet School
  • Alexei Moskalenko – Youth America Grand Prix, Assistant Artistic Director; former dancer, Bolshoi Ballet – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Brittany O’Connor – Andrea Bocelli Tour, Guest Principal Dancer; former Soloist, Dresden SemperOper Ballet – Actress
  • Elisabeth Platel – Director – Paris Opera Ballet School
  • Christopher Powney – Artistic Director – The Royal Ballet School
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Brittany O’Connor – Andrea Bocelli Tour, Guest Principal Dancer; former Soloist, Dresden SemperOper Ballet – Actress
  • Elisabeth Platel – Director – Paris Opera Ballet School
  • Christopher Powney – Artistic Director – The Royal Ballet School
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy

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    Junior Men

  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Devon Carney – Artistic Director – Kansas City Ballet
  • Adji Cissoko – Principal Dancer – Lines Ballet
  • Viviana Durante – Artistic Director – English National Ballet School
  • Yuri Fateev – Acting Director – Mariinsky Theater
  • Lourdes Lopez – Artistic Director – Miami City Ballet
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Luca Masala – Artistic Director – Princess Grace Academy
  • Alexei Moskalenko – Youth America Grand Prix, Assistant Artistic Director; former dancer, Bolshoi Ballet – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Adam Sklute – Artistic Director – Ballet West
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Sascha Radetsky – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Adam Sklute – Artistic Director – Ballet West
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy

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    Pre-Competitive

  • Giuseppe Bausilio – Broadway Star –
  • Amanda Bennett – Artistic Director – Ballet School of the Basel Theater
  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Rachel Hamrick – Former dancer with Dutch National Ballet, Hungarian National Ballet, Universal Ballet, Orlando Ballet, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal; Founder Flexistretcher – Flexistretcher
  • Christopher Hird – Director of Education – Sarasota Ballet
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Arlene Minkhorst – Artistic Director – Tulsa Ballet School
  • Alexei Moskalenko – Youth America Grand Prix, Assistant Artistic Director; former dancer, Bolshoi Ballet – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Brittany O’Connor – Andrea Bocelli Tour, Guest Principal Dancer; former Soloist, Dresden SemperOper Ballet – Actress
  • Robert Parker – Artistic Director – Elmhurst Ballet School
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Robert Parker – Artistic Director – Elmhurst Ballet School
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

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    Pas de Deux

  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Devon Carney – Artistic Director – Kansas City Ballet
  • Erica Fischbach – Academy Director – Colorado Ballet Academy
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Arlene Minkhorst – Artistic Director – Tulsa Ballet School
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Gennadi Saveliev – Ballet Master – American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • Peter Stark – Associate Director Boston Ballet II and Head of the Men’s Program Boston Ballet Academy – Boston Ballet II & Boston Ballet Academy

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    Ensembles

  • Giuseppe Bausilio – Broadway Star –
  • Adji Cissoko – Principal Dancer – Lines Ballet
  • Kathryn Morgan – Former Soloist – New York City Ballet
  • Brittany O’Connor – Andrea Bocelli Tour, Guest Principal Dancer; former Soloist, Dresden SemperOper Ballet – Actress
  • Christopher Sellars – Interm Director Ballet West II, First Soloist – Ballet West II
  • John Selya – Former dancer – Twyla Tharp Dance
  • Mikhail Tchoupakov – Associate Professor – University of North Carolina School of the Arts

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