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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).
Helpmann Award for Best Ballet or Dance Work: Live Performance Australia: Ballet or dance (2001–2016) [3] Bulgaria: Grand Prix: Varna International Ballet Competition: Dance Canada: Rolex Dancers First Award: National Ballet of Canada: Dance Germany: Deutscher Tanzpreis: Dachverband Tanz Deutschland: Artistic dance [4] India: Kalidas Samman ...
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 ...
Casalinho won the Youth America Grand Prix prize for his age category. [2] In April 2017 he won the 3rd edition of the Portuguese TV show Got Talent Portugal getting a golden buzzer on every act he made. On July 26, 2020, António Casalinho won the 1st edition of A Batalha dos Jurados, on RTP 1.
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
MacKay started ballet at age four. [6] He initially trained in his home state, and attended summer programs elsewhere, including at the Royal Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre. [7] In 2009, after winning a bronze medal at the Youth America Grand Prix, he attended a summer program Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. Then, the 11-year-old ...