Youth America Grand Prix

YAGP Winners

YAGP 2010 Providence, RI Semi-Finals


SENIOR AGE DIVISION

GRAND PRIX

Not awarded


CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY
Award
Winner
1st Place Veronika Verterich, 15 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)
2nd Place Yurika Kitano, 19 (Boston Ballet School)
3rd Place Alyssa Pilger, 16 (Draper Center for Dance Education)


TOP 12
Courtney Catalana, 18 (Draper Center for Dance Education)
Kelsey Connolly, 17 (Greenwich Ballet Academy)
Phoebe Gavula, 15 (Metropolitan Ballet Academy)
Kirsten Evans, 17 (Festival Ballet Providence)
Yurika Kitano, 19 (Boston Ballet School)
Nina Medvinskaya, 18 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)
Alyssa Pilger, 16 (Draper Center for Dance Education)
Sarah Steele, 15 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)
Lauren Sylvia, 15 (Festival Ballet Providence)
Sammie Terzi, 15 (Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts)
Veronika Verterich, 15 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)
Kara Wagner, 15 (Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts)


CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY - WOMEN
Award
Winner
1st Place Alyssa Pilger, 16 (Draper Center for Dance Education)
2nd Place Yurika Kitano, 19 (Boston Ballet School)
3rd Place Brittney Feit, 18 (Ellison Ballet - Professional Training Program)


CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY - MEN
Award
Winner
1st Place Sebastian Serra, 19 (Independent)
2nd Place Andrew Czerkawski, 15 (The Rock School for Dance Education)
3rd Place Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin, 15 (Amherst Ballet)


TOP 12
Kelsey Connolly, 17 (Greenwich Ballet Academy)
Kirsten Evans, 17 (Festival Ballet Providence)
Brittney Feit, 18 (Ellison Ballet - Professional Training Program)
Phoebe Gavula, 15 (Metropolitan Ballet Academy)
Hana Kosaki, 18 (Steps on Broadway)
Amber Miller, 17 (Ellison Ballet - Professional Training Program)
Yurika Kitano, 19 (Boston Ballet School)
Maya Narasaki, 18 (Joffrey Ballet School)
Alyssa Pilger, 16 (Draper Center for Dance Education)
Brittany Ross, 17 (First State Ballet Theatre)
Sarah Steele, 15 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)
Veronika Verterich, 15 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)


JUNIOR AGE DIVISION

YOUTH GRAND PRIX

Alicia Fotino, 13 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)


CONTEMPORARY DANCE CATEGORY
Award
Winner
1st Place Tori Cullo, 14 (Dancensations Dance Center)
2nd Place Cassidy Hall, 14 (Pioneer Valley Ballet)
3rd Place Ellen Grocki, 14 (Berrend Dance Centre)


TOP 12
Tori Cullo, 14 (Dancensations Dance Center)
Anna Craddock, 13 (Seiskaya Ballet Academy)
Alicia Fotino, 13 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)
Ellen Grocki, 14 (Berrend Dance Centre)
Cassidy Hall, 14 (Pioneer Valley Ballet)
Katherina Higgins, 13 (Greenwich Ballet Academy)
Katherine Kelley, 14 (Festival Ballet Providence)
Sarah LaPointe, 12 (Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts)
Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan 12 (The Rock School for Dance Education)
Madeleine Scott, 14 (The Rock School for Dance Education)
Promise Smith, 14 (The Rock School for Dance Education)
Peter Weil, 13 (Metropolitan Ballet Academy)


CLASSICAL DANCE CATEGORY
Award
Winner
1st Place Ellen Grocki, 14 (Berrend Dance Centre)
2nd Place Katherine Higgins, 13 (Greenwich Ballet Academy)
3rd Place Peter Weil, 13 (Metropolitan Ballet Academy)


TOP 12
Penelope Abram, 14 (Ecole Superieure De Ballet Contemporain de Montreal)
Anna Craddock, 13 (Seiskaya Ballet Academy)
Devon DiBello, 13 (Metropolitan Ballet)
Jordan Faye, 14 (Ecole Superieure De Ballet Contemporain de Montreal)
Alicia Fotino, 13 (Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY)
Ellen Grocki, 14 (Berrend Dance Centre)
Cassidy Hall, 14 (Pioneer Valley Ballet)
Katherine Higgins, 13 (Greenwich Ballet Academy)
Claire Rathbun, 14 (Ballet and Dance)
Madeleine Scott, 14 (The Rock School for Dance Education)
Promise Smith, 14 (The Rock School for Dance Education)
Peter Weil, 13 (Metropolitan Ballet Academy)


PRE-COMPETITIVE AGE DIVISION


Award
Winner
1st Place Ester Wells, 10 (Greenwich Ballet Academy)
2nd Place Brandon Talbott, 10 (Dancensations Dance Center)
3rd Place Taylor Ciampi, 11 (Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts)


TOP 12
Megan Argentieri, 11 (Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts)
Kamryn Baldwin, 11 (Metropolitan Ballet Academy)
Halle Cann, 11 (Dancensations Dance Center)
Taylor Ciampi, 11 (Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts)
Lotus Colley, 10 (Dancensations Dance Center)
Rafaela Dench, 11 (Manhattan Youth Ballet )
Moriah Marquis, 9 (Heritage Ballet)
Isabelle Notaro, 10 (Heritage Ballet)
Philip Sergeychuck, 11 (Ecole Superieure de Ballet Contemporain de Montreal)
Camden Steady, 11 (Creative Steps)
Brandon Talbott, 10 (Dancensations Dance Center)
Ester Wells, 10 (Greenwich Ballet Academy)


ENSEMBLES
Award
Winner
1st Place Ellison Ballet - Professional Training Program, Offenbach Adagio
2nd Place Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of NY, Pas de Deux from Diana and Acteon
3rd Place Ellison Ballet - Professional Training Program, Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake


SPECIAL AWARDS


Award
Winner
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER AWARD Victor Plotnikov
Margo Sappington
OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD Valentina Kozlova
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL AWARD Ellison Ballet - Professional Training Program, NY