Young Ballet of the World has extended its application deadline to September 14, 2025.
Applications are open to participants in two age categories: Junior Group — up to 18 years old and Senior Group — 19 to 28 years old.
Applications, competition program details, and full participation guidelines are available on the official website.
The competition will be held from October 6 to 12, 2025 on the stage of the Winter Theatre in Sochi. This edition is dedicated to the memory of Yuri Nikolaevich Grigorovich, the legendary choreographer of our time and the competition’s irreplaceable Artistic Director.
The competition is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and organized by ROSCONCERT (the Russian State Concert Company) and the International Federation of Ballet Competitions.
The competition will take place from October 6 to 12, 2025, on the stage of the Winter Theatre in Sochi. It is dedicated to the memory of the great choreographer of our time and the longstanding Artistic Director of the Competition, Yuri Nikolaevich Grigorovich.
Participants will compete in two age categories. The Junior group is open to dancers who have not reached the age of 19 by the start of the competition. The Senior group is open to dancers aged 19 to 28 inclusive as of the competition start date.
Applications must be submitted to the Competition Directorate at ifbc@mail.ru no later than September 5, 2025.
The competition is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Organizers: ROSCONCERT (Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture) and the International Federation of Ballet Competitions.
CONDITIONS
VIII «ORLEU» International Competition of Choreographic schools
This Conditions determines the procedure, conditions for organizing and holding the VIII «ORLEU» International Competition of Choreographic schools
The All-Russian competition of ballet dancers and choreographers in the nomination “Modern dance” will be held on April 08-14, 2022 in Yoshkar-Ola.Applications for the Competition are accepted until March 1, 2022.Detailed conditions of participation and the application form are available on the official website of the competition.
Couples: one pas de deux by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
Soloists: two variations by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
ROUND II (SEMI-FINALS)
1. Classical Choreography
Couples: each dancer in a couple performs as a soloist one variation by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
Soloists: one variation by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
2. Contemporary Choreography
Couples and soloists must perform one piece of contemporary choreography (modern or jazz dance or a piece of a free or any other style dance) to the music of any composer, staged not earlier than 2016 if the piece is not applied for choreographers competition. In case the piece is applied for the competition, it must be staged not earlier than 2020.
The performing time must not exceed 4 minutes (please mind that the Jury monitor the exact timing of the performed pieces).
ROUND III (FINALS)
Classical Choreography
Couples: one pas de deux by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
Soloists: two variations by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
All the pieces are allowed to perform only if the participant has the permission to perform the piece given by the owners of the author’s right to the piece (including the author’s heirs).
Regulations of the Competition of Choreographers and Contemporary Dancers
The International Ballet Competition has been held since 1969 every four years at the Bolshoi Theater of the Russian Federation.
The XIV International Ballet Competition is celebrating the 95th anniversary of Yuri Grigorovich.
Founders of the competition:
Government of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
The dates of the XIV International Ballet Competition (hereinafter referred to as the Competition) are determined by the Organizing Committee.
The Organizing Committee ensures the solution of issues of interdepartmental interaction, approves the list and Regulations for the jury panel, criteria for evaluating the performances of the contestants, the competition program, the Regulations of the Competition directorate, coordinates the possible establishment of special and additional prizes.
The preparation, arrangement and management of the Competition is supervised by the competition directorate established by the Russian Ministry of Culture that is acting upon the Regulations on the competition directorate approved by the organizing committee.
The functions of the Competition Directorate are performed by The Federal Directorate of Performing Arts “ROSCONCERT”.
The jury of the competition is formed of leading Russian and foreign figures in the field of choreographic art, soloists of the Russian and world ballet, heads of the world’s largest theater companies, authoritative choreographers, teachers, theater critics, prominent figures in choreography, producers.
Artistic Director of the Competition is Yuri Grigorovich, the choreographer of the Bolshoi Theater.
The competition was attended by 48 contestants from ten countries of the world – Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Japan and Russia. The international jury included: Rector of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, People’s Artist of Russia, Professor Marina Leonova (chairman); General Director of the International Federation of Ballet Competitions, Executive Secretary of the Jury and Director of the Young Ballet of the World Competition, Honored Art Worker Sergei Usanov, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, teacher-tutor Yuri Vasyuchenko; People’s Artist of the USSR Margarita Drozdova, Artistic Director of the Russian Ballet Theater, People’s Artist of the USSR Vyacheslav Gordeev; artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus, People’s Artist of the USSR Valentin Elizariev; artistic director of the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theater Vadim Pisarev (Ukraine), rector of the Roman Academy of Dance Margherita Parrilla (Italy), dancer and teacher Olivier Pate (France).
