AN EDUCATIONAL WEB SERIES

 
As part of our mission to ensure the future of dance by educating the next generations of dance artists and audiences, YAGP presents a new series of live Q&A sessions online. Moderated by TV journalist Sergey Gordeev, ASK THE EXPERT gives you an opportunity to interact with the top professionals in the field and ask questions that interest you the most – about education and performance opportunities, professional growth as an artist, nutrition, health, and physical and emotional well-being.

If you have follow-up questions after watching a particular session, please email us at ask@yagpold.kip3rb9g.beget.tech with the name of the episode in the subject line; we’ll do our best to reach out to our esteemed expert for an in-depth response.

We hope this will be a helpful resource to you in your dance education – and look forward to seeing you online!
 

A NEW EPISODE:

 
PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD: The Art of Makeup with Rena Most
Hair and Makeup Supervisor, American Ballet Theatre
 
 

Originally Aired On: Monday, April 08, 2019
 
 

WATCH PREVIOUS EPISODES:

 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”1″] GETTING IN (A DANCER’S PERSPECTIVE): Mariinsky Ballet with Kim Kimin [/togglehead]
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Principal Dancer, Mariinsky Ballet, YAGP Alum (Grand Prix 2012)
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, March 25, 2019
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”2″] GETTING IN (A DANCER’S PERSPECTIVE): The Royal Ballet with Marcelino Sambe [/togglehead]
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First Soloist, The Royal Ballet, YAGP Alum (Gold Medal, 2009)
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, March 11, 2019
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”3″] ASK THE EXPERT: Building A Better Dancer, with guest expert Elizabeth Sullivan [/togglehead]
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Success Coach & Wellness Mentor for Pre-Professional Dancers
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, February 25, 2019
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”4″] YAGP EDUCATION ON THE ROAD: Houston Methodist Orthodpedics & sports medicine with Bené Barrera and Leanne Wonesh [/togglehead]
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Bené Barrera, LAT, ATC
Athletic Training Coordinator
Leanne Wonesh, LAT, ATC
Assistant Athletic Trainer of Houston Ballet
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Saturday, February 16, 2019
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”5″] GETTING IN (A DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE): Mariinsky Ballet with Yuri Fateev [/togglehead]
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Acting Director, Mariinsky Ballet, St. Petersburgh, Russia
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, February 11, 2019
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”6″] GETTING IN (A DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE): The Juilliard School with Alicia Graf Mack [/togglehead]
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Director of the Juilliard Dance Division
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, January 28, 2019
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”7″] CROSS-TRAINING FOR DANCERS, PART I: Cirque du Soleil with Natalia Bashkatova [/togglehead]
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Former Principal Dancer, Bolshoi Ballet and Cirque du Soleil
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, January 14, 2019
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”8″] BRINGING OTHER ARTS INTO DANCE: Acting with Susan Jaffe [/togglehead]
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Dean of Dance, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, December 10, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”9″] ACCEPTING A SCHOLARSHIP: The Right Etiquette with Cynthia Harvey and Peter Stark [/togglehead]
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Cynthia Harvey is the Artistic Director, American Ballet Theatre JKO School.
Peter Stark is the Associate Director, Boston Ballet II.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, November 26, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”10″] INJURY PREVENTION FOR DANCERS: with Dr. Phillip Bauman [/togglehead]
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Orthopaedic Surgeon, Consultant for ABT and NYCB
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, November 12, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”11″] WELLNESS FOR DANCERS: A Well-Rounded Approach to Training with Elizabeth Sullivan [/togglehead]
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Success Coach & Wellness Mentor for Pre-Professional Dancers
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, October 29, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”12″] FIRST STEPS IN A COMPANY: A Director’s Perspective with Sascha Radetsky, [/togglehead]
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Artistic Director, ABT Studio Company
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, October 15, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”13″] FAME GAME: with Jennifer Stahl [/togglehead]
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Fame Game, a dancer’s guide to publicity.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Sunday, September 30, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”14″] SCHOLARSHIPS 101: with Larissa Saveliev and Haruko Kawanishi [/togglehead]
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This special edition of ASK THE EXPERT will answer any questions you may have about the main purpose of YAGP: scholarship opportunities. The Founder and Artistic Director of YAGP, Larissa Saveliev, and YAGP’s Director of Scholarships, Haruko Kawanishi, will explain how the scholarship offer process works at YAGP and will talk about the the many different scholarships to be presented at the YAGP 2018 NYC Finals.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Monday, April 9, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”15″] NUTRITION WELLNESS FOR DANCERS: with Annie Hauck [/togglehead]
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Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of maintaining a healthy body – in dance, and in life. Annie Hauck-Lawson, Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition at Brooklyn College and the President of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, will answer all your questions about Nutrition Wellness for dancers of all ages.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Sunday, February 18, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”16″] HOW JUDGES JUDGE: with Charles Askegard, Franco de Vita and Natalya Lushina [/togglehead]
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FRANCO DE VITA has served for many years as the Principal of the American Ballet Theatre JKO School. CHARLES ASKEGARD danced with New York City Ballet for 14 years and currently serves as a Ballet Master at Pennsylvania Ballet. NATALYA LUSHINA is a former ballerina of the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet and has taught extensively in the United States. As longtime members of the YAGP jury panel, they know exactly what the judges are looking for – and what catches the scholarship presenters’ eye as they decide to whom to offer their scholarship. In this information-packed session, they answer questions from participants and share their advice on how to best prepare for your performance at YAGP.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Sunday, January 21, 2018
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”17″] MASTERING YOUR AUDITION: with John Meehan [/togglehead]
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John Meehan has served as the Artistic Director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, and Hong Kong Ballet; he has served on the jury of YAGP, Prix de Lausanne and USA IBC in Jackson, MS. He currently serves as the Chair of Dance at Vassar College. Thousands of dancers auditioned for him by video and in person. In this session, John shares pro tips on how to master your audition – and the do’s and don’ts of successful auditioning.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Sunday, December 17, 2017
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”18″] DANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: with Michael Vernon [/togglehead]
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Should I continue dancing or get a college degree? As it turns out, you can do both at the same time. As the Chair of the Ballet Department of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Michael Vernon has devoted many years of his life helping dancers discover dance education opportunities at a college or university. In this session, Michael shares how college and university dance programs work and gives great advice for dancers considering dance-in-higher-education options.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Sunday, November 12, 2017
 
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[togglehead id=”” tab_id=”19″] BUILDING A CAREER IN DANCE: with Larissa Saveliev [/togglehead]
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Founder and Artistic Director of YAGP, Larissa Saveliev has helped thousands of young artists build a professional career in dance. In this session, she shares tips and professional advice for dancers at all stages of their professional development.
 
 

 
Originally Aired On: Sunday, October 1, 2017
 
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