Youth America Grand Prix

About

Awards & Scholarships


At Youth America Grand Prix, our philosophy is that the best award a young student dancer can receive is an opportunity to further his or her dance education at a top dance school. For those students who are ready to dance professionally, the best award would be a professional job opportunity. Our awards reflect this philosophy. Although there will be cash prizes given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category, our best prizes are scholarship awards to the top schools in the world.

Total value of all cash, scholarship and special awards exceeds $250,000 annually.

Awards and Competitions


Scholarship Awards

(Click on the name of each school to follow the link to the school's official website)



INTERNATIONAL


  • Australian Ballet School (Australia)
  • Canada’s National Ballet School (Canada)
  • Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School (Canada)
  • Hamburg Ballet School (Germany)
  • The John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet (Germany)
  • La Scala Ballet Academy (Italy)
  • National Conservatory Dance School-Lisbon, (Portugal)
  • New Zealand School of Dance (New Zealand)
  • Princess Grace Academy of Classical Dance (Monaco)
  • The Royal Ballet School (UK)
  • The Royal Danish Ballet School (Denmark)
  • Zurich Dance Academy (Switzerland)

    • UNITED STATES


  • The Ailey School
  • American Ballet Theatre JKO School
  • American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensives
  • Bolshoi Ballet Academy NEW
  • The Harid Conservatory
  • Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy
  • Joffrey Ballet's Academy of Dance
  • The Nutmeg Conservatory
  • The Rock School for Dance Education
  • San Francisco Ballet School
  • The School at Jacob’s Pillow
  • Steps on Broadway
  • Walnut Hill School for the Arts Summer Intensives
  • Washington School of Ballet

    • SENIOR AGE DIVISION (AGES 15-19)

    Grand Prix Award (Best Overall in Senior Age Division)

    Women:
     Gold Medal
    Silver Medal
    Bronze Medal

    Men:
    Gold Medal
    Silver Medal
    Bronze Medal


    JUNIOR AGE DiVISION (ages 12-14)

    Youth Grand Prix Award (Best Overall in Junior Age Division)

    Women:
    Gold Medal
    Silver Medal
    Bronze Medal

    Men:
    Gold Medal
    Silver Medal
    Bronze Medal

    PRE-COMPETITIVE AGE DiVISION (ages 9-11)

    Hope Award (Best Overall in Pre-Competitive Age Division)

    1st Place
    2nd Place
    3rd Place

    ENSEMBLES

    1st Place
    2nd Place
    3rd Place

    SPECIAL AWARDS

    Outstanding School

    Outstanding Teacher

    Outstanding Choreographer

    Mary Day Artistry Award

    Sarah Chapin Langham Award

    Outstanding European Dancer Award

    Outstanding Contemporary Dancer Award

    Grishko Model Search Award

    Awards sponsored by Grishko, Sylvia, Discount Dance Supply, Pointe Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine

    Awards in the Junior Women's category are sponsored by Grishko.

    See "Rules & Regulations" regarding male dancer's participation.

    Awards and Scholarships


    American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
    Brooke Linford


    American Ballet Theatre - Summer Intensive
    Alex Cambie
    David Preciado
    Giacomo Rovero
    Mai Iwaki
    Reo Morikawa
    Eli Gruska
    Minami Higashikawa
    Riccardo Ferlito


    Australian Ballet School
    Fang Zhi
    Atau Watanabe
    Rumi Nakano
    Kyoka Okuyama
    Sae Maeda
    Rachel Doherty


    Ballet West
    Jessica Payne
    Deanna Karlheim       
    Claire Richards          
    Hannes Van Wassenhove     
    Natalee Maxwell        
    Kaitlin Alena               
    Aubrey Carlsen          
    Courtney Schenberger
    asha Olefeinko
    Alex Cambie


    Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive
    Thais de Rosa
    Rachel Richardson
    Melanie Labrou
    Maria Gerasimou
    Madison Otten
    Ophelie Lavoie-Gagne
    Ana Maria Gergely
    Kilian Hoffmeyer
    Erick Garnica
    Bernard Capulong


    Canada's National Ballet
    Hannah Kulas


    Grand Rapids
    Connie Flachs


    Houston Ballet Academy
    Tyler Donatelli - Full Tuition - Summer
    Alice Minoui
    Sae Maeda
    Haruka Sato


    Jacob’s Pillow
    Jong Suk Park
    Jun Xiong Zhao


    John Cranko School at Stuttgart Ballet
    Danielle Gould
    Nako Hiraki
    Nao Kambayahi
    Thays Gotz Pereira
    Takafumi Tamogaaw
    Mayanie Magri


    Munich Ballet Academy
    Kyoka Okuyama


    New Zealand Scholl of Dance
    Luis Carlos Piva


    Orlando Ballet
    Courtney McGowen
    Joao Pedro Mengussi
    Mateus Rocha
    Mollie Daniel
    Katia Gazda


    Palucca University of Dance, Dresden
    Daniel Silva Brasil
    Sierra Winning
    Mai Iwaki
    Alexandra Bertea


    Princess Grace Academy of Ballet, Monaco
    Alexandro Akapohi
    Talia Kester
    Maya de Mann
    Shiori Midorikawa
    Rina Kahehara
    Surimu Fukushi
    Natalia Kerner
    Anri Okada
    Mikio Kato


    Kyka Okuyama
    Adhonay Soares da Silva


    Royal Ballet
    Tyler Donatelli
    Drew Nelson
    Patrick Frenette
    Hannah Beach
    Sam Zaldivar
    Marin Soki
    Minoru Kaneko
    Salome de Santana
    Saki Kuwabara
    Kozue Tashiro


    Royale Winnipeg
    Tudor Moldovea


    San Francisco Ballet
    Blake Kessler


    The Ailey School
    Allan Fabre Costa


    The Harid Conservatory
    Timoor Afshar
    Vincius da Silva


    The Kirov Academy
    Mara Janaina Barros Do Nascimento


    The Rock School
    Tristan Brosnan
    Caitlin Cutsinger
    Nanami Kamura
    Sophie Sea Silnicki
    Wang Le
    Julia Marques


    Washington Ballet School
    Sebastian Adams