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International Ballet Competition
Youth America Grand Prix

YAGP 2022 – OSAKA, JAPAN

Event details

  • Tuesday | October 19, 2021 to Sunday | October 24, 2021
  • 8:00 am - 11:30 pm
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dear Participants,

Welcome to the 2022 Youth Grand Prix ballet competition semi-final in Osaka, Japan. We are proud to be able to present performance and training opportunities for dancers from the greater Osaka 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!

REGISTRATION

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    • PARTICIPANT INFORMATION

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    • JUDGES

  • Timour Almaas – Professor of Classical Ballet – Oslo National Academy of Arts
  • Patrick Armand – Director – San Francisco Ballet School
  • Jason Beechey – Rector – Palucca University of Dance Dresden
  • Amanda Bennett – Artistic Director – Ballet School of the Basel Theater
  • Jan Broeckx – Professor – Ballet Academy, University of Music & Performing Arts Munich
  • Paola Cantalupo – Artistic Director – Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower, Cannes-Mougins, Cannes
  • Jose Carayol – Head of Studio Company and Trainee program – Joffrey Ballet
  • Viviana Durante – Artistic Director – English National Ballet School
  • Kevin Durwael – Assistant Artistic Director – Royal Ballet School of Antwerp
  • Karin Ellis-Wentz – Head of Pre-Professional Program – Joffrey Ballet’s Academy of Dance
  • Jean-Yves Esquerre – Director – European School of Ballet
  • Yuri Fateev – Acting Director – Mariinsky Theater
  • Curtis Foley – Artistic Director – Royal Ballet School of Antwerp
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • Luca Masala – Artistic Director – Princess Grace Academy
  • Tadeusz Matacz – Director – The John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet
  • Karin Ellis-Wentz – Head of Pre-Professional Program – Joffrey Ballet’s Academy of Dance
  • Jean-Yves Esquerre – Director – European School of Ballet
  • Yuri Fateev – Acting Director – Mariinsky Theater
  • Curtis Foley – Artistic Director – Royal Ballet School of Antwerp
  • Aram Manukyan – Director Trainee Program – Alberta Ballet School
  • 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