This year has seen an unprecedented number of Australian submissions for the Youth America Grand Prix international ballet competition. Congratulations to the following Australian dancers who have made the finals of this prestigious event:
Taylor Venter (The Conlan College, NSW)
Ryu Bautista and Harrison Lee (The MacDonald College, NSW)
Hayden Idrus (Academie E'toiles, WA)
Emma Sullivan (Ballet Theatre Australia, Vic)
Bianca Scudamore (Classical Coaching Australia, Qld)
Thomas Diley (Premiere Elite, NSW)
Alexia Cannizzaro, Laurence Corbett, Davis Giotopoulo Moore, Claire Zalunardo and Fenella O’Neill (Studio Tibor, NSW)
Sasha Leong (Sydney Ballet School, NSW)
Rory Ferguson and Valentina Markovinovic (Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy, NSW)
Georgia Neaverson (Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy/Studio Tibor, NSW)
The finals will be held in New York City in April and we will let you know how our Australian competitors fare!
The Youth America Grand Prix is a global dance network connecting classically-trained young students, teachers, schools, companies, alumni, sponsors, dancers and choreographers to audiences who share a distinct passion for and love of dance. Celebrating its 15th year of operation, YAGP annually sponsors the world's largest student ballet scholarship audition through which over $300,000 in scholarships is awarded from the leading dance schools worldwide. For more information about the Youth American Grand Prix head to www.yagp.org.
Below: Studio Tibor students Davis Giotopoulo Moore, Fenella O’Neill, Alexia Cannizzaro, Claire Zalunardo, Laurence Corbett and Georgia Neaverson (until recently with Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy). Photo: Jodie McBride.
Above: Rory Ferguson (Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy). Copyright Royal Academy of Dance, Genée International Ballet Competition 2013. Photo Andy Ross.