Youth America Grand Prix

YAGP Galas

International Ballet Festival of Miami 2008

Manuel Artime Theater, Miami, Florida
Saturday, September 8, 8:00 PM

As part of its commitment to provide dance students worldwide with opportunities that help them launch their professional careers, YAGP not only awards scholarships to the world’s leading dance schools, but also creates unprecedented performance opportunities for its participants. Youth America Grand Prix is proud of its multi-year affiliation with the International Ballet Festival of Miami – one of the most prestigious ballet festivals in the United States – as its exclusive partner in creating programs featuring pre-professional student performers. We congratulate YAGP participants on this opportunity to perform alongside some of the world’s leading ballet artists.


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Michael Ryan, 11
Kristina Wendelken 10
(Orlando Ballet School, FL, USA)

"Flower Festival at Genzano" Pas de Deux
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music: Eduard Helsted

David Alvarez, 13
(JKO School at American Ballet Theatre, NY, USA)

Variation from "La Fille Mal Gardee"
Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
Music: Riccardo Drigo

Claire Davis, 14
Stephen Achzinger, 16
(International Ballet School, CO, USA)

"Bereceuse"
Choreography: Mark Carlson
Music: Frederick Chopin

Constantine Nikolas Allen, 14
(The Kirov Academy of Washington, DC, USA)

Variation from "Coppelia"
Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
Music: Leo Delibes

Mariana Layan Prado 12
Alberto Rodriguez Velazques 16
(Fomento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico)

"Harlequinade" Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Riccardo Drigo

Aurora Dickie 18
Stephen King 20
(Washington Ballet School, DC, USA)

"Le Corsaire" Pas De Deux
Choreography: Adolphe Adam
Music: Riccardo Drigo

Yuki Ogasawara 17
Myles G. Thatcher 18
(Ellsion Ballet- Professional Ballet Training, NY, USA)

"Giselle" Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Adolphe Adam

Ezra Thompson, 18
(Orlando Ballet School, FL, USA)

"That's Life"
Choreography: Terrence Henderson
Music: Kelly Gordon and Dean Kay Thompson

Caroline Betancourt, 17
(Miami Ballet Conservatory, FL, USA)

Variation from "Grand Pas Classique"
Choreography: Viktor Gsovsky
Music: Alexander Glazunov

Ryan Steele, 16
(Dance Dynamics, MI, USA)

"The Race"
Choreography: Carlos dos Santos, Jr.
Music: Sergey Gordeev

Misako Mauri 15
Jun Tanabe 17
(The Rock Center for Dance Education, PA, USA)

"Don Quixote" Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Leon Minkus