Prix de Lausanne results

6 February 2017

The results of the 2017 Prix de Lausanne have been announced. Eight scholarships were awarded to some of the most illustrious dance schools in the world.

The winners were:

Michele Esposito (17) Italy
Marina Fernandes da Costa Duarte (17) Brazil
Taisuke Nakao (17) Japan
Koyo Yamamoto (15) Japan
Lauren Hunter (15) US
Stanislaw Wegrzyn (18) Poland
Diana Georgia Ionescu (16) Romania
Sunu Lim (17) South Korea

Just getting into the finals is an achievement in itself. There were 20 finalists altogether, two of whom were Australians: Jessi Seymour (Alegria Dance Studios) and Joshua Jack Price (Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy & The Dance Centre).. All finalists who do not win a prize receive 1000 Swiss Francs.

Pictured above: Michele Esposito. Photo: Gregory Batardon.

Pictured below: Photographs from the Prix of the Australian finalists, Joshua Price and Jessi Seymour, as well as some of the Australian candidates in action. See here for a full list of the Australian candidates and their schools.

Finalist Joshua Price. Photo: Gregory Batardon.

Finalist Jessi Seymour. Photo: Gregory Bartardon.

Joshua Jack Price, 2017 Prix de Lausanne finalist. Photo: Gregory Batardon. — Finalist Joshua Price. Photo: Gregory Batardon.

Jessi Seymour, 2017 Prix de Lausanne finalist. Photo: Gregory Batardon. — Finalist Jessi Seymour. Photo: Gregory Batardon.

Tyla Steinbach (Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy). Photo: Gregory Batardon. — Australian candidate Tyla Steinbach (118). Photo: Gregory Batardon.

Isabella Wagar (Jane Moore Academy of Ballet). Photo: Gregory Batardon. — Australian candidate Isabella Wagar. Photo: Gregory Batardon.

Australian candidate Abby Morgan (106)/ Photo: Rodrigo Buas. — Australian candidate Abby Morgan. Photo: Rodrigo Buas.