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YAGP 25th Anniversary Season
Spring 2024 Newsletter
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Dear Friends,
As we prepare for the start of the YAGP 25th Anniversary Finals this week, we are filled with a sense of awe and gratitude for our incredible YAGP global community - and most of all, for our incredible participants from around the world who have made this milestone season one for the books.
After traveling the world to more than 45 regional semi-final auditions across the United States and around the globe, we invite you to join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the 15,000+ young dancers who participated in YAGP semi-finals this season. Thanks the power of technology and the global reach of the YAGP online streaming platforms, more than 3,500 scholarships have already been awarded to YAGP partner schools worldwide.
And there’s more: following two YAGP Job Fairs this season in Stuttgart and Nashville, we are thrilled to share that 60 job offers were presented to talented young artists from around the world, who will now begin their professional careers at leading dance companies across Europe and the United States.
Please read on for a selection of press highlights from the U.S. regional audition tour and the full list of scholarships and job offers.
Thank you to all of you - our participants, parents, teachers, schools, and friends worldwide - for being part of this magnificent journey with us. We look forward to celebrating 25 years of changing the world through dance - together!
With gratitude and appreciation,
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Larissa Saveliev
Artistic Director, Founder
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Gennadi Saveliev
Co-Founder
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This year, the YAGP Job Fair returned once again with two events in Europe and the United States, which welcomed over 300 dancers from all over the world.
The Job Fairs, held in Stuttgart (hosted by the John Cranko School & The Stuttgart Ballet) and Nashville (hosted by Nashville Ballet), offered an opportunity for YAGP alumni and dancers ages 18-24 to take part in a one-stop audition for more than 30 leading dance companies from around the world, with many more participating virtually.
60 job offers were presented to talented young artists on the cusp of their professional careers. Please join us in congratulations them all, and click here for the full list of offers.
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YAGP 2024 Job Fair: Stuttgart, Germany
L to R: Julie Kent (Houston Ballet), Marc Ribaud (The Stuttgart Ballet), Christelle Horna (Northern Ballet UK), Kinsun Chan (Dresden Semperoper Ballett), Filip Barankiewicz (Czech National Ballet), François Petit (International Master Teacher), Tadeusz Matacz (John Cranko School), Cecil Barankiewicz (Czech National Ballet), Xenia Weist (Ballet X Schwerin), Vitaly Petrov (Theater Altenburg Gera), Armen Hakobyan (Aalto Ballet Essen), Xinpeng Wang (Ballett Dortmund), Gaetano Petrosino (Arena di Verona Ballet), Linnar Looris (Estonian National Ballet), Javier Torres and Nichlas Ziegler (Finnish National Ballet), Aram Manukyan (Alberta Ballet), Jahn Magnus Johansen (Norwegian National Ballet), Kenta Kura (K Ballet Tokyo), kneeling: Alysson Rocha (Ballett Dortmund), Maria Konrad (Nashville Ballet)
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YAGP 2024 Job Fair: Nashville, TN
L to R: Joan Boada (Boston Ballet), Gennadi Nedvegin (Atlanta Ballet), Ogulcan Borova (Joffrey Ballet), Christopher Ruud (Kansas City Ballet), Gil Boggs (Colorado Ballet), Adam Sklute (Ballet West), Maria Konrad and Nick Mullikin (Nashville Ballet), Sascha Radetsky (ABT Studio Company), Kelly Myernick (Houston Ballet), Raymond Rodriguez (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre), Christopher Hird (The Sarasota Ballet), Dodie Askegard (Nevada Ballet Theatre), Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye (Okalahoma City Ballet), Calvin Kitten (Ballet West)
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Celebrating YAGP Scholarship Recipients | |
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After 30+ U.S. regional semi-final auditions from coast to coast and a dozen international locations, a record-breaking 3,5000 scholarships were awarded to talented young dancers from across the globe to the leading dance schools worldwide - including the ABT JKO School (USA), Alberta Ballet School (CANADA), European School of Ballet (NETHERLANDS), John Cranko School of The Stuttgart Ballet (GERMANY), Princess Grace Academy (MONACO), Royal Ballet School (UK), and numerous others.
Click —> for the complete lists of scholarships awarded at YAGP international and U.S. auditions. We look forward to following the journeys of these talented young artists!
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YAGP 25th
Anniversary Season
U.S. Regional Press Highlights
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ABC Action News Tampa
Dancers gather in Tampa for the Youth America Grand Prix Semi-Finals
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WGN-TV's Daytime Chicago
The “American Idol Of Ballet” is coming to Chicago.
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CBS Las Vegas
World's largest ballet scholarship competition comes to Las Vegas.
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Spectrum News Winston-Salem
Hundreds of ballet students gather in Winston-Salem for Youth America Grand Prix.
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The Boston Globe
Worcester theater hosts hundreds of young dangers for ballet auditions.
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Georgia's Dalton Daily Citizen
Creative Arts Guild dancers to attend Youth America Grand Prix
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KMBC- TV Kansas City
Hundreds of dancers compete in Youth America Grand Prix at Folly Theatre.
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KJZZ Phoenix NPR
This week, hundreds of young dancers are gathering in Phoenix for and event known as the the “American Idol of ballet” — the Youth America Grand Prix.
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La Voce di New York
Youth America Grand Prix 25th Anniversary Season Regional Semi-Finals Comes to New York City, March 1 - 3.
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CP24 News Toronto
The world's largest ballet scholarship competition is bringing hundreds of dancers in the city trying to be scouted to be the next big ballet star.
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The Palm Beach Post
Top student dancers compete in nation's largest scholarship Youth America Grand Prix in Boca
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The Indianapolis Star
Ballet dancers show off skills in Youth America Grand Prix in Carmel.
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YAGP 25th Anniversary Celebrations
April 17th - 19th
Lincoln Center | New York City
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The YAGP 25th Anniversary Season culminates with a return to YAGP's longtime artistic home, the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, for the Final Rounds of the competition on April 17th and two spectacular Gala performances on April 18th & 19th.
See the stars of the world's leading dance companies share the stage with the world's most exciting young dance talent. Different casts, different programs - each an UNFORGETTABLE EVENING OF DANCE!
We hope you will join us to celebrate 25 years of Youth America Grand Prix ensuring the future of dance - and changing the world through dance.
For tickets and more information, click the link HERE or below.
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Header photo by Darian Volkova
All other photos by LK Studio
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