YAGP Winners
YAGP 2007 NYC Finals
SENIOR AGE DIVISION
GRAND PRIX (Contract to ABT Studio Company)
| Melissa Hamilton, (18) Greece |
HONORARY GRAND PRIX
| Miles E. Pertl, (16) International School of Classical Ballet, Washington/USA |
Men (SR)
| Award |
Winner |
| 1st Place | Jim Nowakowski, (17) The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, New York/USA |
| 2nd Place | Yoshikazu Asada, (18) Hazaki Koshiba Ballet School, Japan |
| 3rd Place (tie) | Young Gyu Choi, (16) Tanz Akademie Zurich Taz, Switzerland |
| 3rd Place (tie) | Jun Tanabe, (18) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA |
TOP 12 Men (SR)
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Yoshikazu Asada, (18) Hazaki Koshiba Ballet School, Japan Kyle Davis, (16) North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina/USA Norton Ramos Fantinel, (19) Ballet Vera Bublitz, Brazil John Mark Giragosian, (18) Maryland Youth Ballet, Maryland/USA Telmo Higino Gomes Moreira, (15) Escola de Danca do Conservatorio Nacional, Portugal Young Gyu Choi, (16) Tanz Akademie Zurich Taz, Switzerland Jim Nowakowski, (17) The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, New York/USA Miles E. Pertl, (16) International School of Classical Ballet, Washington/USA Jun Tanabe, (18) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, (18) Elmhurst School for Dance, United Kingdom Charles-Louis Andre Yoshiyama, (17), English National Ballet School, United Kingdom Valentino Zucchetti, (18) Royal Ballet School, United Kingdom |
Women (SR)
| Award |
Winner |
| 1st Place | Mako Nagasaki, (18) Ballet Angie, Mongolia |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Francesca Dugarte Romero, (17) Academia de Ballet Clasico Nina Novak, Venezuela |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Risa Mochizuki, (15) Kishibe Ballet Studio, Japan |
| 3rd Place | Aurora Dickie, (18) Pavilhàod Centro De Artes, Brazil |
TOP 12 Women (SR)
| Aurora Dickie, (18) Pavilhàod Centro De Artes, Brazil Francesca Dugarte Romero, (17) Academia de Ballet Clasico Nina Novak, Venezuela Melissa Hamilton, (18) Greece Kristie Latham, (16) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA Georgia Lathrop, (17) Logrea Dance Academy, New York/USA Katie McLaughlin, (16) Faubourg School of Ballet, Illinois/USA Risa Mochizuki, (15) Kishibe Ballet Studio, Japan Sara Michelle Murawski, (15) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA Mako Nagasaki, (18) Ballet Angie, Mongolia Mariko Oriyama, (16) The Harid Conservatory, Florida/USA Kaleigh Schock, (17) Ellison Ballet-Professional Training Program, New York/USA Kirsten Wicklund, (16) Goh Ballet Academy, Canada |
JUNIOR AGE DIVISION
GRAND PRIX (Best overall in Junior age division)
| Kiril Kulish, (12) San Diego Academy of Ballet, California/USA |
Men (JR)
| Award |
Winner |
| 1st Place | Tomoha Terada, (12) Tanaka Ballet Art, Japan |
| 2nd Place | Esteban Hernadez, (12) The Rock School for Dance Education/Centro RELEVE, USA/Mexico |
| 3rd Place (tie) | Constantine Nikolas Allen, (13) The Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C./USA |
| 3rd Place (tie) | Bailey Moon, (14) Coastal Dance Centre, South Carolina/USA |
Women (JR)
| Award |
Winner |
| 1st Place | Megumi Horiuchi, (14) Kaneta Kouno Ballet Academy, Japan |
| 2nd Place | Whitney Jensen, (14) Valentina Kozlova' s Dance Conservatory of New York, New York/USA |
| 3rd Place | Liao Xiang, (14) Beijing Dance Academy, P.R. China |
TOP 12 (JR)
| Constantine Nikolas Allen, (13) The Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, D.C./USA Bryn Gilbert, (14) The Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C./USA Nanako Hayafuji, (14) Soda Ballet School, Japan Esteban Hernadez, (12) The Rock School for Dance Education/ Centro RELEVE, USA/Mexico Megumi Horiuchi, (14) Kaneta Kouno Ballet Academy, Japan Whitney Jensen, (14) Valentina Kozlova' s Dance Conservatory of New York, New York/USA Machi Moritaka, (14) Yuka Ballet School, Japan Kiril Kulish, (12) San Diego Academy of Ballet, California/USA Bailey Moon, (14) Coastal Dance Centre, South Carolina/USA Tomoaki Nakanome, (14) Tokyo Ballet Works, Japan Tomoha Terada, (12) Tanaka Ballet Art, Japan Liao Xiang, (14) Beijing Dance Academy, P.R. China |
RE-COMPETETIVE AGE DIVISION
HOPE AWARD (Best overall in Pre-competitive age division)
| Paulina Guraieb Abella, (10) Fomento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico |
| Award |
Winner |
| 1st Place (tie) | Luana Correa, (11) Atelie Da Danca, Brazil |
| 1st Place (tie) | Catherine Hurlin, (10) Westchester Dance Academy, New York/USA |
| 2nd Place | Nikolas Gaifullin, (11) Ballet Amarillo, Texas/USA |
| 3rd Place | Maria Beck, (11) Julianas Academy of Dance, Michigan/USA |
TOP 12 PRE-COMP.
| Maria Beck, (11) Julianas Academy of Dance, Michigan/USA Luana Correa, (11) Atelie Da Danca, Brazil Kota Fujishima, (11) Hikasa Ballet Studio, Japan Nikolas Gaifullin, (11) Ballet Amarillo, Texas/USA Paulina Guraieb Sbella, (10) Fomento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico Catherine Hurlin, (10) Westchester Dance Academy, New York/USA Sook Young Kang, (11) The Korean National University of the Arts, South Korea/USA Tiana Lovett, (10) Pacific Dance, California/USA Masafumi Okuzono, (10) Fukaura Hiroko Ballet Studio, Japan Saori Otsudo, (11) Soki Ballet School, Japan Jordan Samuels, (11) Columbia Conservatory of Dance, South Carolina/USA Sam Zaldivar, (11) Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, California/USA |
ENSEMBLES
LARGE ENSEMBLES
| Award |
Winner |
| 1st Place | Formento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico, "Muy Dentro De La Tierra" |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Dance World made in Takane, Japan, "Ballad - Deep in My Heart" |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Pavilhão D - Centro de Artes, Brazil, "Bandoneon" |
| 3rd Place | Sheila's Ballet, Brazil, "Passinhos Mágicos" |
PAS DE DEUX
| Award |
Winner |
| 1st Place | The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, New York/USA "Symbion" |
| 2nd Place | Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, New York/USA, Pas de Deux from "Giselle" |
| 3rd Place | Ballet Amarillo, Texas/USA, Pas de Deux from "Flames of Paris" |
TOP 12 ENSEMBLES
| Sheila's Ballet, Brazil, "Passinhos Mágicos" Dance World made in Takane, Japan, "Ballade- Deep in my Heart" Formento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico, "Muy Dentro De La Tierra" Academia Cristina Cará, Brazil, "El Camino" Pacific Dance, California/USA, "Requiem" Estúdio de Ballet Cisne Negro, Brazil, "Movimentos Divertidos Para Vivaldi" Westchester Dance Academy, New York/USA, "Time After Time" First State Ballet Theater, Delaware/USA, "Recess" Southold Dance Theater, Indiana/USA, "White Russian" PavilhãoD - Centro de Artes, Brazil, "Bandoneon" Southland Ballet Academy, California/USA, "Paganissimo" Litchfield Dance Arts Academy, South Carolina/USA, "Captive" |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| Award |
Winner |
| Grishko Model Search Award | Roma Daravi, (13) Southland Ballet Academy, California/USA |
| The Mary Day Award | Kirsten Wicklund, (16) Goh Ballet Academy, Vancouver/Canada Young Gyu Choi, (16) Tanz Akademie Zurich Taz, Switzerland |
| The Sarah Chapin Langham Artistry Award | Sara Michelle Murawski, (15) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA Ryan Steele, (16) Dance Dynamics Performing Arts Center, Michigan/USA |
| Outstanding European Dancer Award (Presented by Dance Europe magazine) | Telmo Higino Gomes Moreira, (15) Escola de Danca do Conservatorio Nacional, Portugal |
| Outstanding Teacher Award | Jamey Leverett, The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education |
| Outstanding Choreographer | Rosario Murillo |
| Outstanding School Award | The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Outstanding Contemporary Award | Camille Bracher, (15) Ballet Theatre Afrikan, South Africa Charles-Louis Andre Yoshiyama, (17) English National Ballet School, United Kingdom |
| Prix De Lausanne Participation Prize | Kyle Davis, (16) North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina/USA Lilit Hogtanian, (14) California, USA |
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
(As of 5/5/07. List is not complete and will be updated shortly.)
The Ailey School, (New York, USA)
Kira King, (18) New Mexico, USA
Gerald Watson, (17) Florida, USA
James Applewhite-Francois, (17) Florida, USA
American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, (New York, USA)
Lilit Hogtanian, (14) California, USA
Skyler Lubin, (15) New Jersey, USA
Melissa Hamilton, (18) Greece
Telmo Morera, (15) Portugal
Lawrence Rines, (16) Pennsylvania, USA
Kiril Kulish, (13) California, USA
Boston Ballet School, (Massachusetts, USA)
Price Suddarth, (17) Indiana, USA
Canada's National Ballet School, (Canada)
Bailey Moon, (14) South Carolina, USA
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, (Canada)
Hitomi Kaji, (16) Japan
Tatsuki Takada, (15) Japan
Ki Min Kim, (14) South Korea
The Harid Conservatory, (Florida, USA)
Ami Yuki , (13) Japan
Jessica Carter, (13) California
Luiza Viana Fernandes, (13) Brazil
Kenneth Dwigans , (13) Hawaii, USA
Miyu Katayama, (14) Japan
Bruna Pandini, (14) Brazil
Mary Ann Schaefer, (14) Indiana, USA
Liao Xiang, (14) P.R. of China
Annette Faynburd, (15) Pennsylvania, USA
Juliana Guilherme Leonel, (15) Brazil
Sam Jones, (16) Indiana, USA
Machi Moritaka, (14) Japan
Hamburg Ballet School (Germany) - Full Year
Tomoaki Nakanome, (15) Japan
Hamburg Ballet School (Germany) - Summer Program
Lawrence Rines, (16) Pennsylvania, USA
Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy, (Texas, USA) - Full Year
Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, (18) United Kingdom
Charles-Louis Andre Yoshiyama, (17) United Kingdom
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT, (New York, USA)
Leah Ha, (13) Colorado, USA
Elise Miller, (14) California, USA
Katie Boren, (14) Texas, USA
Kleber Rebello Neto, (16) Brazil
Miles E. Pertl, (16) Washington, USA
Colby Parsons, (17) Pennsylvania, USA
April Giangeruso, (16) New York, USA
Courtney Messer, (11) Indiana, USA (Young Dancer's Summer Program)
John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet, (Germany) - Full Year
Georgia Lathrop, (17) New York, USA
Miles E. Pertl, (16) Washington, USA
Claire Davis, (13) Colorado, USA
Caroline Diane Wilson, (15) Colorado, USA
Daniel Ojeda, (17) Venezuela
Taylor Block, (13) Montana, USA
La Scala Ballet School, (Italy)
Francesca Dugarte, (17) Venezuela
New Zealand School of Dance, (New Zealand)
Andre Oliviera Santos, (15) Brazil
Nayon Rengel Iovina, (16) Brazil
The Rock School for Dance Education (Pennsylvania, USA)
Asia Bui, (12) Florida, USA
Ka'imina'anao Clay Cambern, (12) Hawaii, USA
Kota Sato, (13) Japan
Meaghan Dutton O'Hara, (13) Maryland, USA
Elizabeth Slotwinski, (13) Maryland, USA
Taylor Block, (13) Montana, USA
Machi Moritaka, (14) Japan
Ami Yuki, (13), Japan
Constantine Nikolas Allen, (13) Hawaii, USA
Catherine Hurlin, (10) New York, USA
Dylan Ward, (16) California, USA
Price Suddarth, (16) Indiana, USA
Royal Ballet School, (United Kingdom) - Full Year
Melissa Hamilton, (18) Greece
Kaleigh Schock, (17) New York, USA
Royal Ballet School, (United Kingdom) - Summer Program
Chloe McKenna, (16) Connecticut, USA.
Bailey Moon, (14), South Carolina, USA
San Francisco Ballet School, (California, USA)
Camille Bracher (15), South Africa
Young Gyu Choi, (16), Switzerland
Kyle Davis, (16), Wisconsin, USA
Philipp Bolloev, (18) Philadelphia, USA
Washington School of Ballet, (Washington DC, USA)
Amber Miller, (14) Texas, USA
Gina-Marie Leathem, (14) Australia
Liao Xiang, (14) P.R. of China
Carolina Neves Ribeiro, (15) Brazil
Luiza Marques, (15) Brazil
Yana Feldman, (17) Pennsylvania, USA
Aurora Dickie, (18) Brazil
Andre Oliviera Santos, (15) Brazil
Sam Jones, (16) Illinois, USA
Gabriel Davidsson, (16) New York, USA
Nayon Rengel Iovino, (16) Brazil
Colby Parsons, (17) Pennsylvania, USA
Yu Liang, (17) P.R. of China
Shao Kun, (17) P.R. of China
Jose Martinez, (18) Pennsylvania, USA
Norton Ramos Fantinel, (19) Brazil