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"Youth America Grand Prix has grown to become the largest and one of the most influential youth ballet competitions in the world" [3] and has become “a game changer in the dance world. Almost overnight, Youth America Grand Prix created a central ballet marketplace.” – Laura Bleiberg, The Los Angeles Times.
She was hoping to find a ballet version of the jazz dance competitions that were very popular at the time, yet there were no ballet competitions for students in the U.S. In 1999, together with her husband Gennadi Saveliev [5] (then a soloist with American Ballet Theatre) she decided to create one – and founded Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP).
USA International Ballet Competition, held in Jackson, Mississippi since 1979; Varna International Ballet Competition, held at the unique outdoor theatre in Varna, Bulgaria, since 1964; Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition, held in Budapest, Hungary since 1994; Youth America Grand Prix, held in New York, USA, since 1999
Inspired by a magazine cover of a ballerina she found outside the orphanage gates and kept while in Sierra Leone, DePrince trained as a ballet dancer in the U.S., performing at the Youth America Grand Prix among other competitions. She trained in classical ballet at The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The USA International Ballet Competition, or USA IBC, is one of the world's top competitions for ballet. [1] Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this competition is attended by dancers from all over the world to represent their country for bronze, silver, or gold medals in a variety of categories of ballet in an Olympic-style competition.
It made its debut in June 1988 at the Singapore Festival of The Arts as the Singapore Dance Theatre and received its first arts patronage by the then-Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Ong Teng Cheong. [1] Initially, SDT started with a group of seven ballet dancers in a modest dance studio on the second story of a creaky colonial bungalow on Killiney Road.
Nicole Tung—The New York Times/Redux Melting ice in West Antarctica, Feb. 10th. In 2024, the El Niño phenomenon intensified warmer ocean currents near West Antarctica, accelerating ice melt ...
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