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Our Winners / 2008 Regional Semi Finals / Long Beach, CA


YAGP 2008
Long Beach Semi-Finals


Senior Age Division

GRAND PRIX AWARD (Best overall in the Senior Age Division)

Bryn Gilbert, 15 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY

(Men and Women combined)

Award

Winner

Gold Medal

Hannah Schiller, 15 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance CA/USA)

Silver Medal

Bobby Amamizu, 18 (Independent, CA/USA)

Bronze Medal

Elan Alkzander, 18 (Anaheim Ballet School, CA/USA)

TOP 12  (Men and Women combined)

Alexander Fost, 18 (Ballet Magique/Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, CA/USA)

Bobby Amamizu, 18 (Independent, CA/USA)

Bryn Gilbert, 15 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Destini Hollis, 17 (Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Elan Alekzander, 18 (Anaheim Ballet School, CA/USA)

Hannah Schiller, 15 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Jeremy Zapanta, 18 (Burbank School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Joshua King, 19 (CK Dance Company, CA/USA)

Kaelie Mann, 15 (Dimitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Leslie Kester, 18 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Skylar Campbell, 16 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Taryn Nowels, 15 (Orange County Dance Center, CA/USA)   

CLASSICAL BALLET CATEGORY

(Women)

Award

Winner

Gold Medal

Yuuki Kagami, 18 (Goh Ballet Academy. CANADA)

Silver Medal

Hannah Schiller, 15 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Bronze Medal

Alyssa Springer, 15 (Anaheim Ballet School, CA/USA)

TOP 12  (Women)

Alyssa Lerner, 15 (San Diego Academy of Ballet, CA/USA)

Alyssa Springer, 15 (Anaheim Ballet School, CA/USA)

Bryn Gilbert, 15 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Carly Bruce, 15 (Independent, CA/USA)

Elan Alekzander, 18 (Anaheim Ballet, CA/USA)

Hannah Schiller, 15 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Kaitlin Alena, 16 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Karen Johnson, 15 (Maple Conservatory of Dance, CA/USA)

Sayaka Mitani, 17 (Goh Ballet Academy, CANADA)

Taryn  Nowels, 15 (Orange County Dance Center, CA/USA)

Veronica Ylagan, 15 (Los Angeles Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Yuuki Kagami, 18 (Goh Ballet Academy, CANADA)

CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY

(Men)

Award

Winner

Gold Medal

Skylar Campbell, 16 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Silver Medal

Brian Heil, 16 (San Diego Academy of Ballet, CA/USA)

Bronze Medal (Tie)

Jeremy Zapanta, 18 (Burbank School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Bronze Medal (Tie)

Bobby Amamizu, 18 (Independent, CA/USA)

Junior Age Division

YOUTH GRAND PRIX (Best in overall Junior Age Division)

Emily Entingh, 13 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY

(Men and Women combined)

Award

Winner

Gold Medal

Renee Kester, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Silver Medal

Regina Montgomery, 12 (Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Bronze Medal (Tie)

Jamie Kopit, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Bronze Medal (Tie)

Matthew Leonardi, 13 (Redlands School of International Ballet, CA/USA)

TOP 12

Alexandra Gobel, 13 (Shirley Winters Ballet, CA/USA)

Elle Macy, 14 (Orange County Dance Center, CA/USA)

Emily Entingh, 13 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Greta Elizondo, 14 (Escuela Ruse De Ballet Clasico, MEXICO)

Jamie Kopit, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Janae Sykes, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Matthew Leonardi, 13 (Redlands School of International Ballet, CA/USA)

Natalie Krakirian, 14 (Burbank School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Norika Matsuyama, 13 (Palos Verdes Ballet, CA/USA)

Regina Montgomery, 12 (Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Renee Kester, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Sareen Tchekmedyian, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

CLASSICAL BALLET CATEGORY

(Men and Women Combined)

Award

Winner

Gold Medal

Regina Montgomery, 12 (Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Silver Medal

Jamie Kopit, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Bronze Medal

Natalie Krakirian, 14 (Burbank School of Ballet, CA/USA)

TOP 12

Anna Wiechmann, 14 (Dimitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, CA)
Elle Macy, 14 (Orange County Dance Center, CA)
Emily Entingh, 13 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA)
Indiana Woodward, 14 (Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, CA)
Jamie Kopit, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA)
Jessica Payne, 13 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA)
Megan Steinkitchner, 14 (Orange County Dance Center, CA)

Natalie Krakirian, 14 (Burbank School of Ballet, CA)

Regina Montgomery, 12 (Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, CA)
Roma Daravi, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA)
Sareen Tchekmedyian, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA)
Veronica Edwards, 12 (Palos Verdes Ballet, CA)

Pre-Competitive Division

HOPE AWARD (Best Overall in the Pre-Competitive Age Division)

Agnes Su, 11 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Award

Winner

1 Place

Tiana Lovett 11 (Pacific Dance, CA/USA)

2 Place

Rebecca Hambalek, 11 (Shirley Winters Ballet, CA/USA)

3 Place (Tie)

Melissa Eguchi, 10 (Huntington Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

3 Place (Tie)

Saskia Gregson-Williams, 10 (Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, CA/USA)

TOP 12

Agnes Su, 11 (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Austin Nicole Eider, 9 (Anaheim Ballet, CA/USA)

Darian Ginsberg, 11 (Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Gabrielle Chock, 10 (Ballet Hawaii, HI/USA)

Margo Van Den Helder, 11 (San Diego Ballet School, CA/USA)

Maria Fernanda Paredes, 9 (Burbank School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Mariah Vega, 11 (Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

Melissa Eguchi, 10 (Huntington Academy of Dance, CA/USA)

Rebecca Hambalak, 11 (Shirley Winters Ballet, CA/USA)

Saskia Gregson-Williams, 10 (Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, CA/USA)

Taylor Bibee, 11 (Pacific Dance, CA/USA)

Tiana Lovett, 11 (Pacific Dance, CA/USA)

Ensembles

SMALL ENEMBLES

Award

Winner

1 Place

Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA (“Pas De Deux from Don Quixote”)

2 Place

Pacific Dance, CA/USA (“Sibling Affair”)

3 Place

Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA (“Pas De Deux from Satanella”)

LARGE ENEMBLES

Award

Winner

1 Place

Pacific Coast Academy of Dance, CA/USA (“Unusual Proportions”)

2 Place

Anaheim Ballet School, CA/USA (“New Era”)

3 Place (Tie)

Los Angeles Ballet Academy, CA/USA (“Movies”)

3 Place (Tie)

Pacific Dance, CA/USA (“Prayer of the Children”)

Special Awards

Award

Winner

Outstanding Teacher Award

  • Sarma and Lawrence Rosenberg (Anaheim Ballet, CA/USA)
  • Victor and Tatiana Kasatsky (Pacific Coast Academy, CA/USA)

Outstanding Choreographers Award

  • Viktor Uygan
  • Conny Mathot
  • Carolyn Lovett

Outstanding School Award

  • Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA
  • Pacific Coast Academy, CA/USA

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