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Alumni Success Stories
YAGP Alumni Success Stories
“As the world’s largest network of resources and opportunities for young dancers, Youth America Grand Prix offers its participants a chance to be seen and evaluated by the directors and representatives of the world’s leading dance companies. As a result, over 250 YAGP alumni have joined 50 dance companies around the globe. Below is only a partial list of companies which YAGP alumni have joined. For a complete list of where YAGP alumni have danced or are dancing now, please visit the “Alumni Success Stories” page of our website, www.yagp.org. please click here .
ALBERTA BALLET (CANADA)
- Garrett Groat (JKO, New York ABT) (Dance Unlimited, Canada)
- Colby Parsons (JKO, New York ABT) (Santa Barbara Ballet Center, California)
- Nicolas Pelletier (Canada’s National Ballet School, Canada) (San Francisco Ballet School, California)
- ABT AND ABT STUDIO COMPANY (NY/USA)
- Isabella Boylston (Soloist) (Harid Conservatory, Florida) (Academy of Colorado Ballet, Colorado)
- Skylar Brandt (JKO, New York ABT) (Scarsdale Ballet Studio, New York)
- Puanani Brown (School of American Ballet, NY) (Washington School of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Gray Davis (South Carolina Governors School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina) (Georgia Academy, Georgia)
- Amanda De Oliveira (Studio Company) (JKO, New York ABT)
- April Giangeruso (JKO, New York ABT) (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Joseph Gorak (Orlando Ballet School, Florida) (North Central School of Ballet, Texas)
- Melanie Hamrick (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC) (Eastern Virginia School of the Performing Arts, Virginia)
- Gabrielle Johnson (JKO, New York ABT) (Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy, Alaska)
- Alex Kramer (Studio Company)
- Jamie Kopit (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Southland Ballet Academy, California)
- Sarah Lane (Soloist) (Boston Ballet, Boston) (Draper Center for Dance Education, New York)
- Courtney Lavine (SAB, New York) (San Francisco Ballet, California) (Washington Ballet School, Washington DC) (Kirov Institute, Washington DC) (Troy Brown)
- Kayleigh Likens (Studio Company) (Sarasota Ballet School, Florida) Carolyn Lippert (Studio Company) (California Arts Academy – Severance Conservatory, California)
- Simone Messmer (Soloist) (Ballet Arts Minnesota)
- Xavier Nunez (Studio Company) International Ballet Academy, NC)
- Oliver Oguma (Studio Company) (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania)
- Joseph Phillips (South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, South Carolina) (Carolina Ballet, South Carolina)
- Alexandra Pullen (Studio Company) (Joffrey Academy of Dance, The Official School of the Joffrey Ballet, Illinois)
- Calvin Royal III (JKO, New York ABT) (Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School, Florida)
- Hee Seo (Principal) (John Cranko Ballet Academy, Stuttgart) (Universal Ballet Academy “Kirov Academy”, Washington DC) (Sun-hwa Arts Middle School, South Korea)
- Gabe Stone Shayer (Apprentice) (Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow) (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania)
- Christine Shevchenko (JKO, New York ABT) (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania)
- Cory Stearns (Principal) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Seiskaya Ballet, New York)
- Brianna Steinfeldt (Studio Company) (JKO, New York ABT) (Faubourg School of Ballet, Illinois)
- Luciana Voltolini (Boston Ballet School, Boston) (Bolshoi School, Brazil)
- Jennifer Whalen (The Royal Ballet School, UK) (San Francisco Ballet, California) (The Kirov Academy, Washington DC) (Ventura County Ballet School, California)
- James Whiteside (Soloist) (Virginia School of the Arts, Virginia) (D’Valda & Sirico Dance and Music Centre)
- Katherine Williams (JKO/ABT School, New York, NY)(Ballet Royale Institute of Maryland, MD, USA)
- ALVIN AILEY (USA)
- Jenna Graves Ailey II (Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts) (Olga Kresin’s Ballet School, Pennsylvania)
- AUSTRALIAN BALLET (AUSTRALIA)
- Ako Kondo – Soloist (The Royal Ballet School, UK) (Shiho Kanazawa Ballet School, Japan)
- Rina Nemoto (training with Daini Kudo and Dominique Khalfouni)*ask Hiroka
- BADEN KARLSRUHLE BALLET (GERMANY)
- Rafaelle Queiroz Rodrigues (Akademie des Tanzes, Germany)
- BALLET ARIZONA (AZ/USA)
- Sasha Edelman (Pittsburg Ballet Theater, Pennsylvania) (The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pennsylvania)
- Nayon Iovino (Studiodancarte, Brazil) (The Washington School of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Shea Johnson (Metropolitan Classical Ballet, Texas) (Dallas Metropolitan Baller School, Texas)
- Amber Lewis (The Washington Ballet School, Washington DC)
- Carolina Tavarez (The Washington Ballet School, Washington DC)
- Junxiong Zhao (The Washington Ballet School, Washington DC)
- BALLET GRAND RAPIDS (USA)
- Connie Flachs (Massachusetts Academy of Ballet, Massachusetts)
- Mark Dave Naquin (Apprentice) (University of North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina) (Ballet Spartanburg, South Carolina)
- Darrell Haggard (Apprentice) (Los Angeles Ballet Academy, California) (Velocity Dance Studio, California)
- Kyohei Giovanni Yoshida (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania) (Tokyo Ballet School, Japan)
- BALLET IDAHO (ID/USA)
- Lauren Menger (Indiana University, Indiana) (Seiskaya Ballet Academy, New York)
- BALLET JORGEN (CANADA)
- Daniel da Silva (Pacific Dance Arts in Vancouver) (Santa Barbara D'oeste, California)
- BALLET MEMPHIS (TN/USA)
- Hideko Karasawa (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Houyu Ballet, Japan)
- Bryn Gilbert (Kirov Academy, Washington DC) (Southland Ballet Academy, California)
- BALLET MET COLUMBUS (OH/USA)
- Adrienne Benz (Elaine Kudo, Buddy Balou)
- Courtney Muscroft (The Royal Ballet, UK) (Columbus Youth Ballet, Ohio)
- BALLET SAN JOSE (CA/USA)
- Brieanna Olson (Zamuel Ballet School, Colorado) (International Ballet School, Colorado)
- Kendall Teague (South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina) (Triple Threat Performing Arts Academy, North Carolina)
- Miki Wakuta (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Kazuko Sugihara Ballet Art, Japan)
- BALLET SIBIU (ROMANIA)
- Rachel Meade (International Ballet of Houston, Texas)
- BALLET WEST AND BALLET WEST II (UT/USA)
- Kaitlin Addison (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Texas) (National Ballet School of Canada, Canada)
- Kaya Aman (Ballet West II) (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (Metropolitan Ballet Academy, Pennsylvania)
- Tyler Gum (Ballet Society of Colorado Springs, Colorado) (Sangre de Cristo Ballet Theatre, Colorado)
- Whitney Huell (Indiana University, Indiana) (Dee Crum School of Dance, South Carolina)
- Stephen King (The Washington School of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Emily Liu (Ballet West II) (Westlake School of the Performing Arts, California) (Diablo Ballet, California)
- Elizabeth McGrath (Soloist) (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (The Seiskaya Ballet, New York)
- Christopher Sellars (Soloist) (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania) (Orange County Dance Center, California)
- Beckane Sisk (Demi Solosit) (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania) (Studio of Creative Arts, Texas)
- BAVARIAN STATE BALLET (GERMANY)
- Maria Sascha Khan (-Academy Princesse Grace, Monaco)
- BERLIN STATE OPERA (GERMANY)
- Katie Boren (JKO/ABT School, New York, NY) (Ballet Academy of Texas, Texas)
- Ruben De Monte (Heinz-Bosl-Foundation’s Ballet Academy, Germany) (Venetian Il Balletto, Italy)
- Mari Kawanishi (Royal Ballet, UK)
- Patricia Zhao (Kirov Ballet Academy, Washington DC)
- BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET (UNITED KINGDOM)
- William Bracewell (First Artist) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Pamela Miller Ballet School, UK)
- Mathias Dingman (First Soloist) (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Reina Fuchigami (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Hitomi Takeuchi Ballet School, Japan)
- BOSTON BALLET AND BOSTON BALLET II (MA/USA)
- Diana Albrecht (The Washington Ballet, Washington DC) (Studio Nicole Dijkhuis, Brazil)
- Paulo Arrais (Principal) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Gustav Ritter Cultural Center, Brazil)
- Anais Bueno (John Cranko School, Stuttgart) (Fomento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico) Bo Busby (Second Soloist) (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (Calvert-Brodie Studios, South Carolina)
- Dusty Button (JKO, New York ABT) (Birmingham Royal Ballet)
- Jeffrey Cirio (Principal) (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pennsylvania)
- Lia Cirio (Principal) (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pennsylvania) (Swarthmore Ballet Theatre, Pennsylvania)
- Emily Entingh – (Boston Ballet II) (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Beau Fisher (Boston Ballet II) (JKO, New York ABT) (San Diego Academy of Ballet, California)
- Joseph Gatti (First Soloist) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Orlando Ballet School, Florida)
- Whitney Jensen (First Soloist) (Park City Ballet, Utah) (Valentina Koslova NY Dance Conservatory, New York)
- Lawrence Rines (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania) (The School of American Ballet, New York)
- Christopher Scruggs (Boston Ballet II) (Indiana University, Indiana) (Maryland Youth Ballet, Maryland)
- Irlan Silva (Centro de Dance Rio, Brazil) Brittany Summer (North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina)
- BROADWAY (NY/USA) BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL
- Drew Minard (School of Classical Ballet and Dance, Texas)
- BROADWAY (NY/USA) NEWSIES: THE MUSICAL
- Ryan Steel (Dance Dynamics, Minnesota)
- Ephram Sykes (Alvin Ailey/ Fordham, New York)
- BUCHAREST NATIONAL OPERA BALLET (ROMANIA)
- Noellie Coutisson (Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, FRANCE)
- Rin Okuno (Hamberg Ballet School, Gemany) (Sawako Murase Ballet Studio, Japan)
- CEDAR LAKE CONTEMPORARY BALLET (NY/USA)
- Jon Bond (Center Stage Dance Academy, California)
- CINCINNATI BALLET (OH/USA)
- Samuel Jones (Joffrey Ballet, Chicago)
- CIRQUE DE SOLEL (CANADA)
- Bobby Amamizu (University of California, California) (Orange County High School of the Arts, California)
- COASTAL CITY BALLET (CANADA)
- Miguel Nguyen (Goh Ballet Academy, Canada)
- COLORADO BALLET (CO/USA)
- Lauren Cregan (Studio CO) (HB II) (Salt Creek Ballet, Illinois)
- Christina Schifano (Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, New York)
- Emma Statton (Studio CO) (Colorado Ballet Academy, Colorado)
- Megan Swisher (Studio CO) (Colorado Ballet Academy, Colorado)
- Caitlin Valentine- Ellis (Soloist) (Colorado Ballet Academy, Colorado)
- CZECH NATIONAL BALLET (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- Rebecca King (Soloist) (Ballet Studio No. 7, Columbia)
- DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
- Michaela de Prince (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania)
- Chyrstyn Fentroy (The Joffrey Ballet School, New York) (Studio Fusion, California)
- DEN NORSKE OPERA AND BALLET (NORWAY)
- Lucas Lima (Royal Ballet School, UK)
- Samantha Lynch (Houston Ballet) (Australian Conservatory of Ballet, Australia) (San Francisco Ballet Trainee Program, California)
- Chihiro Nomura (Heinz Bosl Foundation’s Ballet Academy, Germany) (Tachiba Balt School, Japan)
- Garrett Smith (Houston Ballet) (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Texas) (Jaqueline College School of Ballet, Utah)
- DRESDEN STATE OPERA BALLET (GERMANY)
- Kanako Fujimoto (Soda Ballet School, Japan)
- Sara Michelle Murawski (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Ian Whalen (Universal Ballet Academy, Washington DC)
- Anisa Sinteral-Scott (Apprentice) (International Ballet School, Colorado) (Starstruck Dance Academy, New Jersey)
- EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG (RUSSIA)
- Maria Abashova (Soloist) (Saint Polten Ballet Conservatory, Austria)
- Amber Miller (Ellison Ballet, New York)
- ESTONIA NATIONAL BALLET (ESTONIA)
- Emilia Cadorin (Il Balleto, Italy)
- ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET (UNITED KINGDOM)
- Vadim Muntagirov (Lead Principal) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Perm Choreographic Ballet Institute, Russia)
- Bridgett Zehr (Principal) (Guest Principal with Canada’s National Ballet) (Dutch National Ballet) (Houston Ballet, Ben Stevenson Academy, Texas) (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (Sarasota Ballet, Florida)
- Shiori Kase (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Hirose Kato Ballet School, Japan)
- FESTIVAL BALLET THEATRE (CA/USA)
- Nicole Vitale (Washington Ballet Academy, Washington D.C) (Southland Ballet Academy, California)
- FINNISH NATIONAL BALLET (FINLAND)
- Millis Faust (Royal Ballet) (ROCK School for Dance Education)
- Piergiorgio Regazzo (Il Balleto, Italy)
- THE GOTEBORG BALLET (GERMANY)
- Roderick George (SUNY Purchase Dance Program, New York)
- GRAND RAPIDS BALLET (MI/USA)
- Connie Flachs (Massachusetts Academy of Ballet, Massachisetts)
- Darrell Haggard (Apprentice) (Washington School of Ballet, Washington DC) (Velocity Dance Studio, California)
- Mark Naquin (Apprentice) (University of North Carolina, North Carolina) (Ballet Spartanburg, South Carolina)
- HAMBURG BALLET (GERMANY)
- Mayo Arii (International Ballet Academy, Japan)
- HOUSTON BALLET AND HOUSTON BALLET II (TX/USA)
- Aria Alekzander (JKO/ABT School, New York) (Anaheim Ballet)
- Asia Bui (America’s Ballet School, Florida)
- Melissa Hough (First Soloist) (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC) (Dance Explosion, Maryland)
- Nozomi Iijima (Demi Soloist) (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Texas) (Soda Ballet School, Japan)
- Jim Nowakowski (Demi Soloist) (Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, New York)
- Natalie Varnum (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC) (Dothan School of Dance, Alabama)
- Megumi Takeda (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (AIS Ballet, Japan)
- Brian Waldrep (North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina)
- Connor Walsh (Principal) (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Texas) (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Charles Louis Yoshiyama (Demi-Soloist) (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Texas) (Hiraki Ballet School, Japan)
- Derek Dunn (Apprentice) (ROCK School for Dance Education, PA) (Maryland Festival Ballet, MD)
- Madeline Skelly (Apprentice) (Orlando Ballet School, FL)
- Alysa Springer (Apprentice) (John Gardner and Amanda McKerrow) (Anaheim Ballet, CA) (California Conservatory of Dance, CA)
- IL BALLETTO MILANO (ITALY)
- Savina Bellotto (Ballet School of Castelfranco Veneto, Italy) (Academy of the Teatro Nuovo, Italy)
- Leonardo Cusinato (Ballet School of Castelfranco, Italy)
- Federico Veratti (Khorovodarte Centro Discipline ed Arti Teatrali, Italy)
- IL BALLETTO del SUD (ITALY)
- Giulia Bresciani (Il Balletto - Castelfranco Veneto, ITALY)
- IL BALLETTO DI ROMA (ITALY)
- Sophie Tonello (Ballet of Castelfranco Veneto, Italy) (Danzainsieme, Bologna)
- JOFFREY BALLET (IL/USA)
- Cara Marie Gary (International Ballet Academy, South Carolina)
- John Mark Giragosian (Maryland Youth Ballet, Maryland)
- Dylan Gutierrez (Los Angeles Ballet Academy, California)
- Jeraldine Mendoza (City Ballet School of San Francisco, California)
- Amber Neumann (Joffrey Ballet Academy, Illinois) (Southold Dance Theater, Indiana)
- Alexis Polito (The Washington School of Ballet, Washington DC) (School of American Ballet, New York) (The Joffrey Ballet School, New York)
- Alberto Velazquez (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (Alejo Carpentié elementary ballet school, Cuba)
- Mauro Villanueva (Nutmeg Conservatory, Connecticut)
- Joanna Wozniak (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (The Chicago Academy of Arts, Illinois)
- K BALLET (JAPAN)
- Yoshikazu Asada (Soloist)(Hazaki Koshiba Ballet School, Japan)
- Momo Iwabuchi (Tomoko Kurosawa Ballet Studio, Japan)
- Soul Wha Kim (Art Ballet Kohira, Japan)
- Rui Koyama (Apprentice) (Ito Michiko Ballet Studio, Japan)
- Chiei Kunitomo (Ito Michiko Ballet Studio, Japan)
- Miyuki Maeda (Apprentice) (Ballet Studio GEM, Japan
- Erika Mitsui (Apprentice)
- Hanako Matsune (Soda Ballet Schhol, Japan)
- Kenta Shimizu (K Ballet) (Guest Principal Los Angeles Ballet) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Soda Ballet School Osaka, Japan)
- Riho Sugiuchi (Apprentice) (Seiko Kuramoto Ballet School, Japan)
- Kumiko Tsuji (Koike Ballet Studio, Japan)
- KANSAS CITY BALLET (KS/USA)
- Sarah Chun (Oklahoma City Ballet, OK) (Joffrey Ballet, Illinois) (Northwest Academy, Illinois)
- LA SCALA (ITALY)
- Denise Gazzo (Il Balletto, Italy)
- LEON BALLET (FRANCE)
- Mika Yoneyama (College Dance Rosella Hightower, France) (Hamamatsu City Ballet, Japan)
- LE BALLET DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE (FRANCE)
- Olivia Hartzell (Hamburg Ballet School, Germany)
- LEIPZIG BALLET (GERMANY)
- Nadia Khan (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC) (Independent)
- LOS ANGELES BALLET(CA/USA)
- Bianca Bulle (Soloist) (School of American Ballet, New York) (Ransley Ballet, Australia)
- Christopher Revels (Principal) (School of American Ballet, New York) (Orlando Ballet School, Florida)
- Katherine Revels (School of American Ballet, New York) (Orlando Ballet School, Florida)
- Kenta Shimizu (Guest Principal) (K Ballet) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Soda Ballet School Osaka, Japan)
- MARINSKY THEATRE (RUSSIA)
- Kimin Kim (Korea National University of Arts, Korea)
- Joy Womack
- MIAMI CITY BALLET (FL/USA)
- Skyler Lubin (Miami City Ballet School, Florida) (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania)
- Christie Sciturro (Miami City Ballet School, Florida) (Juliana’s Academy of Dance, Michigan)
- MOMIX (CT/USA)
- NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA (CANADA)
- James Applewhite (JKO, New York ABT) (Howard W. Blake High School for the Performing Arts, Florida)
- Jack Berkinshaw (Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy, Australia) (RGDANCE, Australia)
- Skylar Campbell (V&T Dance Academy, California)
- Francesco Gabrielle Frola (School of The Hamburg Ballet, Germany) (Professione Danze Parma, Italy)
- Nayara Lopes (Apprentice) (Orlando Ballet School, Florida) (School of Theatre Dance Guaira, Brazil)
- NORWEGIAN NATIONAL BALLET (NORWAY)
- Lucas Lima (Royal Ballet School, UK)
- Garrett Smith (Houston Ballet, TX) (Provo Civic Ballet, UT)
- OPERA BALLET DE METZ(FRANCE)
- Camilla Cason (Il Balletto, Italy) (Dddance School, Italy)
- PANTOMIME THEATRE TIVOLI (DENMARK)
- Katrina Gould (Los Angeles Ballet) (School of American Ballet, New York)
- POLISH NATIONAL BALLET (POLAND)
- Kenneth Dwiggens (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (Pacific Ballet Academy, Hawaii)
- THE DUTCH NATIONALE BALLET (NETHERLANDS)
- Krista Ettlinger (The Art of Classical Ballet Magda Aunon School of Ballet, Florida)
- Matthew Golding (Principal) (Ballet School, UK) (Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Canada)
- Young Gyu Choi (Coryphee) (Sun Hwa Arts School Tanz Akademie, Switzerland)
- Isac Hernandez (Soloist) (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania)
- Maia Makhateli (Principal) (Choreographic Institute of Cabukiani, Georgia)
- JingJing Mao (Dansacademie, China)
- Skyler Martin (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Orlando Ballet School, Florida)
- Sasha Mukhamedov (Soloist) (Arts of Education, UK) (Independent)
- Aya Okumura (Coryphee) (John Cranko School, Germany)
- Miles Pertl (John Cranko School, Germany) (Northwest Ballet School, Seattle)
- Edo Wijnen (Coryphee) (Koninklijke Ballet School )
- NEW JERSEY BALLET (NJ/USA)
- Kotoe Kojima – (Etoile Ballet School, Japan)
- NEW YORK CITY BALLET (NY/USA)
- Likolani Brown (School of American Ballet, New York) (Washington School of the Ballet, Washington DC)
- Zachary Catazaro (School of American Ballet, New York) (School of Canton Ballet, Ohio)
- Emily Kita (School of American Ballet, New York) (Thomas Studio of Performing Arts, Pennsylvania)
- Ashley Laracey (The Harid Conservatory, Florida) (Carty Academy of Theater Dance, Florida)
- Lauren Lovette (Soloist) (School of American Ballet, New York) (Cary Ballet Conservatory, North Carolina)
- Sara Mearns (Principal) (School of American Ballet, New York) (Calvert-Brodie School of Dance, South Carolina)
- Taylor Stanley (Soloist) (School of American Ballet, New York) (The Rock School of American Ballet, Pennsylvania)
- Christian Tworzyanski (School of American Ballet, New York) (Calvert-Brodie School of Dance, South Carolina)
- NORTH CAROLINA DANCE THEATER (NC/USA)
- Anna Gerberich (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pennsylvania)
- NORTHERN BALLET THEATRE (UNITED KINGDOM)
- Isabella Gasparini (Coryphee) (Canada’s National Ballet School, Canada) (Toshie Kobayashi, Brazil)
- OKLAHOMA CITY BALLET (OK/USA)
- Tye Love (The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma) (Ballet Academy of Texas, Texas)
- OREGON BALLET THEATRE (OR/USA)
- Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin (Apprentice) (Amherst Ballet, Massachusetts)
- Taryn Nowels (Apprentice)
- ORLANDO BALLET ORLANDO BALLET II (FL/USA)
- Paul Branco (Orlando Ballet II) (International Ballet Stefan Drach) (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington DC)
- Arcadian Broad (Orlando Ballet School)
- Brianne George (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pennsylvania)
- Douglas Horne (Studio Maestro, New York)
- Sebastian Serra (Ballet Concierto, Puerto Rico) (Miami City Ballet, Florida)
- Lamin Pereira dos Santos (JKO, New York ABT)
- Kate-Lynn Robichaux (Orlando Ballet II) (
- PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET (WA/USA)
- Kyle Davis (North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina) (Makaroff School of Ballet, Wisconsin)
- Steven Loch (Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Washington) (Ballet Conservatory, Texas)
- Elle Macy (Apprentice) (Orange County Dance Center, California)
- James Moore (Soloist) (School of American Ballet, New York) (San Francisco Ballet School, California)
- Liora Neuville (Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Washington) (National School of Dance, France)
- Price Suddarth (Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Washington) (Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, Indiana Ezra Thomson (Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Washington) (Riverside Ballet Arts, California)
- PARIS OPERA BALLET (FRANCE)
- Mathias Heymann (Etoile Danseur) (Paris Opera Ballet School, France)
- Hannah O'Neill (The Australian Ballet School, Australia)
- ROCHESTER CITY BALLET (NY/USA)
- Brittnay Shinay (Boston Ballet School, Massachusetts) (Draper Center for Dance Education, New York)
- THE ROYAL BALLET (UNITED KINGDOM)
- Camille Bracher (National School of the Arts, Africa)
- Claudia Dean (The Royal Ballet School, UK) (Prudence Bowen’s Ballet Studio, Australia)
- Benjamin Ella (The Royal Ballet School, UK) (Australian Conservatory of Ballet, Australia)
- Maeghan Grace-Hinkis (First Artist) (JKO, New York ABT) (New England Dance, Connecticut)
- Melissa Hamilton (Soloist) (Independent – Teacher Masha Mukhanadedov, Greece)
- Mayara Magri (Petite Danse School of Dance, Brazil)
- Marcelino Sambe
- Thiago Soares (Principal) (Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (Dance Center of Rio, Brazil)
- Akane Takada (Soloist)
- Donald Thom (The Royal Ballet School, UK) (Linda Jamieson School of Dance, Canada)
- Valentino Zucchetti (Soloist) (The Royal Ballet School, UK) (Zurich Ballet, Germany)
- ROYAL DANISH BALLET (DENMARK)
- Charles Andersen (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Anaheim Ballet, California)
- Caroline Baldwin (Faubourg School of Ballet, Chicago)
- Eliabe Vieira D’Abadia (Centro Cultural Gustav Ritter, Brazil)
- ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET (NEW ZEALAND)
- Kohei Iwamoto (The Australian Ballet School, Australia)
- Helio Lima (New Zealand School of Dance, New Zealand) (School of Dance, Brazil)
- ROYAL SCOTTISH BALLET (SCOTLAND)
- Quenby Hersh (Coryphee) (Royal Ballet School, UK) (Southland Ballet Academy, California)
- ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET
- Emily Slawski (Kirova Ballet, Florida)
- SAINT LOUIS BALLET (MO/USA)
- Tiffany Mori (Ballet Met, Ohio) (Soda Ballet, Japan)
- SAN FRANCISCO BALLET (CA/USA)
- Nicole Ciapponi (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Goh Ballet, Canada)
- Daniel Deivison-Oliveira (Soloist) (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Cia Brasileira de Ballet, Brazil)
- Sasha De Sola (Soloist) (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C)
- Megan Amanda Erlich (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C) (Space Coast Ballet Academy, Florida)
- Emily Kadow (JKO, New York ABT) (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pennsylvania)
- Steven Morse (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Maple Conservatory of Dance, California)
- Sarah Van Patten (Principal) (Ballet Workshop, Massachusetts)
- Dustin Shane Spero (Orlando Ballet, Florida) (Dayton Ballet, Ohio)
- Anthony Spaulding (Soloist) (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Arizona Ballet School, Arizona)
- Jennifer Stahl (Soloist) (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Classical Ballet Academy, California)
- Myles Thatcher (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (The Harid Conservatory, Florida)
- Wan Ting Zhao (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Beijing Dance Academy, China)
- Lonnie Weeks (Texas Ballet Theater School, Texas) (Faubourg School of Ballet, Illinois)
- Shane Wuerthner (Soloist) (Vienna State Opera Ballet) (Universal Ballet Academy, Washington D.C) (San Francisco Ballet, California)
- Shion Yuasa (San Francisco Ballet School, California) (Canada’s School of Alberta Ballet, Canada)
- SARASOTA BALLET (FL/USA)
- Samantha Benoit
- Logan Learned (Principal) (Orlando Ballet, Florida)
- Sam O'Brien
- Sareen Tchekmedyan (Southland Ballet Academy, California)
- Kelly Yankle (Coryphee) (Ballet Met, Ohio) (School of Canton Ballet, Ohio)
- SINGAPORE DANCE THEATRE (SINGAPORE)
- Iori Araya (The Australian Ballet School, Australia) (Takahashi Hiromi Ballet Studio, Japan)
- Luis Piva Junior (The New Zealand School of Dance, NZ) (Karen Righetto Ballet, Brazil)
- Kensuke Yorozu (Washington School of Ballet, Washington D.C) (Mie Hatanaka Ballet Studio, Japan)
- STAR DANCERS BALLET (JAPAN)
- STUTTGART BALLET (GERMANY)
- Rocio Aleman (John Cranko Ballett Schule, Germany) (Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey, Mexico)
- Daniel Camargo (Soloist) (John Cranko Ballett Schule, Germany) (Teatro Guaira Ballet School, Brazil)
- Daisy Long (John Cranko Ballett Schule, Germany) (Marat Dukayev School of Ballet, California)
- Alexander McGowen (Apprentice) (John Cranko Ballett Schule, Germany) (Ballet Austin, Texas)
- Elisa Vazquez Badenes (Soloist) (Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Valenzia)
- Elizabeth Wisenberg (National Ballet School of Canada, Canada) (Mayra Northern Classical Ballet School, Texas)
- Angelina Zuccarini (Demi Soloist) (John Cranko Ballett Schule, Germany) (Academy of Dance Arts, Illinois)
- TEXAS BALLET THEATRE (TX/USA)
- Adam Boreland (Orlando Ballet, Florida) (San Francisco Ballet, California)
- Betsy McBride (Texas Ballet Theater School, Texas) (Ballet Academy of Texas, Texas)
- Nicole Von Enck (North Carolina Dance Theatre, North Carolina) (Royal Youth Ballet Company, Ohio)
- Simon Wexler (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C) (Academy of Ballet, Arizona)
- THEATER KIEL (GERMANY)
- Hiroko Asami (Dresden State Opera Ballet) (L’Ecole de Danse de l’Opera, France) (Reiko Otsuka Ballet Studio, Japan)
- TULSA BALLET (OK/USA)
- Nicole Carrion (Tulsa Ballet II) (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Texas) (Columbia Conservatory, South Carolina)
- Jaimi Cullen (Apprentice) (Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, New York) (Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, New York)
- Brittany Feit (Apprentice) (Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, New York)
- Chelsea Keefer (Utah Ballet at the University of Utah, Utah) (Salt Lake City Ballet Conservatory, Utah)
- Erin Pritchard (Orlando Ballet School, Florida)
- Andrew Silks (Apprentice) (Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, New York) (Dance Arts Los Alamons, New Mexico)
- TSUBOTA BALLET COMPANY (JAPAN)
- Yuri Iwamoto (Dresden State Opera Ballet) (Vaganova Ballet Academy, Russia) (Tsubota Ballet School, Japan)
- UKRANIAN NATIONAL BALLET (UKRAINE)
- Andre Pisarev (Soloist) (Donetsk Ballet school, Ukraine)
- VIENNA STATE OPERA BALLET (AUSTRIA)
- Ryan Booth (Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Canada)
- VENEMUINE THEATER BALLET IN TARTU (ESTONIA)
- Tarasina Masi (USA Ballet Academy, Illinois)
- WASHINGTON BALLET (DC/USA)
- Kara Cooper (The Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C)
- Caroline Diane (John Cranko Ballett Schule, Germany) (Zamuel Ballet School, Colorado) Aurora Dickie (Cisne Negro Cia de Dança, São Paulo, Brazil) (Bolshoi School, Brazil)
- Esmiani Jani (Studio Co) (Academy of International Ballet, Pennsylvania)
- Ayano Kimura (Apprentice) (Essen Ballet, Germany) (Soda Ballet, Japan)
- Brooklyn Mack (Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C) (Pavlovich Dance School, South Carolina)
- Robert Mulvey (Studio Company)
- Andile Ndlovu (Ballet Theatre Afrikan, Africa)
- Fernanda Oliviera (Studio Company)
- Maki Onuki (John Cranko Ballett Schule, Germany) (Goh Ballet, Canada)
- Daniel Roberge (Apprentice) (National College of Dance, Australia) (Marie Walton-Mahon Dance Academy, Washington)
- WEST AUSTRALIA BALLET (AUSTRALIA)
- Anna Ishii (New Zealand School of Dance, New Zealand) (Kazuko Sugihara Ballet Arts, Japan)
- André de Oliveira Santos (Pavilhao D Dance School)
- ZURICH BALLET (SWITZERLAND)
- Lauren Baznik (Princess Grace Academy, Monaco) (The Academy of Dance Arts, USA)
- Madoka Kariya
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