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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.
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.
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).
The Gohs' daughter, Chan-hon Goh, was a principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada for 20 years and is the current director of the academy. Chan Hon Goh was also a recipient of the Prix de Lausanne, an annual international competition for the youth in Switzerland who seek to pursue professional careers. As the academy's director, Chan ...
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; Tallinn International Ballet Competition, held in Tallinn, Estonia, since 2014
Secondary-ticket prices for Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix have cooled considerably compared to last year's inaugural Formula 1 race on the city's Strip. A year ago, the website's cheapest ticket ...
After graduating, he joined the British Royal Ballet School at the age of 13 in 2003. Polunin has received numerous awards, including the Prix de Lausanne and Youth America Grand Prix in 2006, and in 2007 was named the Young British Dancer of the Year. [4] In 2010, at the age of 20, Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever male principal ...
In 2012, Sugai won the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, for which Miyako Yoshida was a juror. [3] After her victory, she was offered an apprenticeship to The Hamburg Ballet's second company, National Youth Ballet, [4] and joined the main company in 2014.