Event details

  • Thursday | October 28, 2021 to Monday | November 1, 2021
  • 8:00 am - 11:30 pm

Dear Participants,

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


  • Phillip Broomhead – School Director – Orlando Ballet School
  • Cynthia Harvey – Artistic Director – American Ballet Theatre JKO School
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Luca Masala – Artistic Director – Princess Grace Academy
  • Claudio Munoz – Ballet Master – Houston Ballet II
  • Francois Petit – Assistant Director – Ballet School of the Basel Theater
  • Raymond Rodriguez – Academy Director – Joffrey Academy of Dance
  • Larissa Saveliev – Youth America Grand Prix Founder and Artistic Director – Youth America Grand Prix
  • Ashley Wheater – Artistic Director – Joffrey Ballet