September, 13, 2019
In Yaroslavl, the ALL-RUSSIAN COMPETITION OF BALLET DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS in the nomination “modern dance” is being held. The competition is attended by artists of two age groups in the solo and duet categories. The competition will also present a large-scale out-of-competition program dedicated to the Theater Year in Russia. From September 13 to 18, 2019, both venues of the “Millennium” concert and entertainment center in Yaroslavl will host exhibitions and concerts, film screenings and lectures, creative workshops and master classes, as well as business events. For guests of the Competition there will perform dancers of the Bolshoi Theater, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, Theater named after Natalya Sats and other dancers from leading theaters of the country. As part of the competition, an exhibition of ballet photography by Alexander Pankov “Dance – So Close and So High” is working..
On September 13 “Millenium” hosted the Grand Opening. The program included the evening of the one-act ballets “Transcription of Color” and “Equus”, performed by the Moscow Ballet Theater.
On September 14, the artists of the Theater named after Natalya Sats will perform ballets of the Russian seasons “Scheherazade”, “Les Sylphides” and “Polovtsian Dances”.
September 16 will present The Gala concert of modern dance with the participation of artists of the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow Art Theater Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko etc.
In addition, lovers of choreography will be able to attend screenings of films dedicated to ballet. September 14 offers “Empire of Ballet” by Dmitry Semibratov, September 15 – famous “Bolshoi” by Valery Todorovsky, September 17 – “After You” by Anna Matison. All films will be shown at the cinema hall of “Millennium”.
This year a rich educational program for contestants and professionals is carried out by honored artists, choreographers, teachers and critics.
Choreographer, teacher, dancer, author of educational programs, Ekaterina Stegniy implements the creative laboratory “Method of group resonant composition”, created on the basis of European programs for studying modern dance techniques. Throughout the competition, laboratory will work with the contents on the process of conscious creating of the movement and its meaning, will get acquainted with the concepts of “solo resonance” and “resonance in a group”.
Elvira Pervova, member of the jury of the Competition, artistic director of the Skrim Dance Theater, will hold a workshop “Contemporary dance”; member of the jury of the Competition, director and choreographer of the “Eccentric Ballet” Sergey Smirnov will tell the participants about the composition at his master class; Pavel Glukhov, an artist of the modern troupe of the Moscow Ballet Theater and the New Ballet Theater, will teach modern choreography techniques.
Researcher, lecturer and dance playwright Katya Ganyushina will give a series of lectures entitled “The Practice of Conceptual Thinking”. Participants will learn how to structure and correctly use the choreographer’s ideas. Dance historian, dance critic, member of the advisory board of the Golden Mask National Theater Award Ekaterina Vasenina will give a lecture “Typology of Russian Performances”, which will analyze the types of contemporary dance performances in Russia for specific examples. Jury member, choreographer, director Alexander Pepelyaev will talk about an interactive video in a dance performance.
The business program of the Competition includes a roundtable “Another Theater” with the participation of experts from the Ballet magazine (September 18 at 14:00) and the Assembly of the International Federation of Ballet Competitions (September 16 at 12:00)
For reference:
The first All-Union competition of ballet dancers and choreographers was held in Moscow in 1965. Over the years, the jury was headed by such famous choreographers and dancers as the Igor Moiseev, Yuri Grigorovich, Peter Gusev, Sofya Golovkina
In 2013, an initiative of the revival of the best traditions of Russian choreography and the All-Russian competition of ballet dancers and choreographers was made by an outstanding figure in modern ballet art Yuri Grigorovich. The founders of the event are the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Organizer – “ROSCONCERT”
August, 30, 2019
The Grand Prix
Gabrielle Figuiredo (18) – John Cranco School of the Stuttgart Ballet, Germany
WOMEN’S GROUP
1st place: Grace Carroll (15) – Tanya Pearson Academy, Australia
2nd place: Yazmin Verkhazh (16) – Ballet School of the Basel Theater, Switzerland
3rd place: Arianna Crosato Nyumann (16) – Danzaira Professional Ballet School, Peru
MEN’S GROUP
1st place: Junsu Lee (16) – Korea National University of the Arts,
South Korea
2nd place: Francisco Gomez (15) – Academy of Annarella, Portugal
3rd place (coopers):
Joaquin Gaubeka (16) – Keri Ballet Conservatory, North Carolina,
USA / Argentina
Harold Mendez (17) – Cuban Ballet School in Sarasota, Florida, USA
MEDIUM GROUP (12-14 years old)
Youth Grand Prix
Darrion Sellman (14) – Los Angeles Ballet Academy, California, USA
Girls
1st place: Rebecca Alexandria Hadibroto (12) – Malupi Dance Academy, Indonesia
2nd place: Ava Arbuckle (14) – Elite Classic Coaching, Texas, USA
3rd place: Madison Brown (13) – Lenz Dance Studio, Florida, USA
Young men 1st place: Misha Broderick (13) – Ballet Academy Master, Arizona, USA 2nd place: Andrei Jesus (13) – Bale Jové De São Vicente, Brazil 3rd place: Seungmin Lee (14) – Sang Hua High School of the Arts, South Korea JUNIOR GROUP (9-11 years old) Junior Grand Prix Corbin Holloway, Citidans School and Conservatory, Maryland, USA Girls 1st place: Marta Savin (11) – Dance Planet, Romania 2nd place: Ksenia Kosava (11) – Ballet School Vezhnovets, Belarus 3rd place: Natasha Furman (10) – Dance Studio Not Your Ordinary Dancers
Girls 1st place: Marta Savin (11) – Dance Planet, Romania 2nd place: Ksenia Kosava (11) – Ballet School Vezhnovets, Belarus 3 place: Natasha Furman (10) – Dance Studio Not Your Ordinary Dancers, New Jersey, USA The boys 1st place: Mathis Laevens (10) – Raymond Ballet Ballet, Belgium 2nd place: Kai Sato (11) – Ballet Academy Y, Japan 3rd place: Aiden Jones (10) – Indiana Ballet Conservatory, Indiana, USA
The competition was attended by 170 young performers from 14 countries. Participants competed in three age groups: Juniors A and B, Senior group. Each group has two nominations – boys and girls, men and women.
The jury consisted of 11 people from South Korea, Russia, China, USA, Belarus, Mongolia, Poland, Great Britain and Japan. Chairman of the Jury Xin LILI – Artistic Director of the Shanghai Ballet. The competition was held in three rounds. In the first and third rounds, works from classical ballets were performed, and in the second round – contemporary choreographers. The results of all three rounds were summed up, and this amount of points was the final evaluation of the performance of the participant in the competition. Based on the results of the secret ballot, the jury distributed the prizes and awards as follows:
Juniors A (boys)
1st Prize – Jun Hyoung Yoon (South Korea)
2 prize – not awarded
3rd Prize – Do Hyon Kwon (South Korea)
Diploma – Seong Un Choo (China)
Juniors A (girls)
1st Prize – Hirata Arisu and Shoda Noa (both Japan)
2nd Prize – Na Neul Kim (South Korea) and Ye Jin Choi (China)
3rd Prize – Min Koung Kim and You Jung Jung (South Korea)
Juniors B (boys) 1st Prize – Gyeong Ho Kang (South Korea) 2nd Prize – Hyun Mo Koo (South Korea) 3rd Prize – Davi Gabriel da Silva Franco (Brazil) diploma – Ivan Matveev (Russia) Senio Group (Signora) Men 1st Prize – Stanislav Olshansky (Ukraine) and Sun U Lim (South Korea) 2nd Prize – Yuri Vybornov (Russia), Se Yong Kim, In Gym Baek (South Korea) 3rd Prize – Chang Hui Lee, Hyung Jun Ju, Ji Won Park (South Korea) Women 1 prize – not awarded 2nd Prize – Julia Moskalenko (Ukraine) 3rd Prize – Chinbat Duurenjargal (Mongolia), Yu Jeong Choi, Joo Mi Jang (South Korea)
In Berlin, from February 14 to February 18, 2019, annual TANZOLYMP FESTIVAL – COMPETITION took place, and the INTERNATIONAL DANCE CONTEST-FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN KIEV in March 11-13, 2019. The results of these competitions – members of the International Ballet Federation contests will be announced in the 4th issue of the Ballet magazine.
VII International Yury Grigorovich Competition «Young Ballet of the World» will be held in Sochi Winter Theatre from September 30 to October 06, 2019. Rules and programm of the competition.
December, 1, 2018
ALL-RUSSIAN BALLET COMPETITION AND CONTEST OF CHOREOGRAPHERS in nomination “CHOREOGRAPHERS” took place from November 5-30, 2018, in Moscow.
The Assembly was attended by representatives of 18 (of 22) of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world. At the Assembly, Director General of the Federation Sergey Usanov highlighted the organization’s work over the past year, marking, that this year was held under the auspices of the 200th anniversary of birth of the outstanding choreographer Marius Petipa, highlighting the significance of his creative works for international competitions. The Federation, in honor of the outstanding master of classical dance, held a series of gala concerts of the winners of international competitions in Germany and France in UNESCO headquaters, with the active assistance of the editorial office of Ballet Magazine, which held and organized the international round table on the topic “Marius Petipa is the era of classical dance”. Events held under the auspices of UNESCO in Paris in honor of Marius Petipa, had a very wide resonance with the French public. On November 13, the Federation held a round table on the topic “The creative heritage of Marius Petipa and his role in the competitive repertoire”. Representatives of ballet competitions, members of the jury of the International Competition “Grand Prix of Siberia”, ballet scholars and ballet critics, as well as guests of the International Forum took part in the discussion of the declared topic. The General Assembly approved and adopted the recommendation list of the repertoire for the younger group. The Assembly accepted two more contests – the International Youth Competition in Almaty “Orleu” and the Youth Competition “Grand Prix of Kiev” as its new members. In the course of the discussions held at the Assembly, a decision was made to intensify work on popularizing new names of competition winners, recommend them to theater groups, leaders of festivals and concert programs, increasing the interest of ballet dancers in participating in competitions, and forging closer contacts with international ballet festivals.
Grand Prix: George Bolsunovsky (Russia) Men – 1 Prize Yury Vybornov (Russia) 2nd prize of Onodera Shota (Japan), Sadyrkulov Farukh (Kyrgyzstan) 3rd Prize Dubenko Vladislav (Russia) Boys – 1st Prize Smilevsky Dmitry (Russia) 2nd Prize Myeng Hong Lee (Korea), Igor Gorelkin (Russia) 3rd Prize Spilchevsky Vyacheslav (Russia), Rogov Nikita (Russia)
Women – 1st Prize Alekseeva Alisa (Russia)
2nd Prize Anna Fedosova (Russia), Garmash Galina (Russia)
3rd Prize Yu Mi Jang (Korea)
Girls – 1st Prize Elizabeth Kokoreva (Russia)
2nd Prize Correia Dracing Juliana (Germany), Yu Jin Park (Korea)
3rd Prize Anastasia Shevtsova (Russia), Sofia Maimula (Russia)
Certificate – invitation to study (budget) at the Moscow State Art Academy (Moscow)
Shevtsova Anastasia (Russia), Spilchevsky Vyacheslav (Russia)
September, 30, 2018
A gala evening in honor of M. Petipa is planned at the end of September in Paris at the UNESCO Congress Hall. Gala concert “Young Stars of the World Ballet” with the participation of winners of international ballet competitions of many countries of the world, an exhibition on the life and work of an outstanding choreographer and an international round table on conservation
authenticity of M. Petipa’s heritage, as well as current trends in the further development of classical dance, will be held as a unique cultural action.
- EKATERINA MAXIMOVA AWARD (GRAND PRIX) not awarded
JUNIORS:
- FIRST PRIZE (female):
Kim Yu Jin (Korea)
- FIRST PRIZE (male):
Danila Khamzin (Russia, Perm)
- SECOND PRIZE (female):
Elena Iseki (Germany)
- SECOND PRIZE (male):
Alexey Khamzin (Russia, Perm)
- THIRD PRIZE (female):
Homare Kawai (Japan)
- THIRD PRIZE (male):
not awarded
Diplomas:
- Ekaterina Klyavlina (Russia, Moscow)
- Maria Malinina(Russia, Perm)
- Maria Polunina(Russia, Moscow)
- Urara Tsukamoto (Japan)
- Vyacheslav Spilchevsky (Russia, Perm)
- Ivan Surodeev (Russia, Perm)
SENIORS:
- FIRST PRIZE (female):
Song Jeong Eun (Korea)
- FIRST PRIZE (male) is shared between two laureates:
Nikita Ksenofontov (Russia, Novosibirsk)
Kirill Makurin (Russia, Perm)
- SECOND PRIZE (female)is shared between two laureates:
Viktoria Dedyulkina (Russia, Chelyabinsk)
Bulgan Rentsendorj (Mongolia)
- SECOND PRIZE (male) is shared between two laureates:
Yuri Vybornov (Russia, Moscow)
An Seong Jun (Korea)
- THIRD PRIZE (female) is shared between two laureates:
Maite Nunes (Brazil)
Sofia Gavriushina (Russia, Ufa)
- THIRD PRIZE (male) is shared between two laureates:
Marcos Yago (Brazil)
Rustam Iskhakov (Russia, Ufa)
Diplomas:
- Luanna Gondim (Brazil)
- Vita Mulyukina (Russia, Krasnodar)
- Han Da Huin(Korea)
- Yu Kawai (Japan)
- Alisa Alekseeva (Russia, Ufa)
- Lee Seung Yong (Korea)
- Daler Zaparov (Kazakhstan)
- Farukh Sadyrkulov (Kyrgyzstan)
- Gabriel Lopes(Brazil)
- Rui Seong Woo (Korea)
- Shota Onodera (Japan)
- Serik Nakyspekov (Kazakhstan)
DIPLOMAS:
- TO THE BEST NON-COMPETING PARTNER:
Sayaka Takuda (Japan)
Valery Tselishchev (Russia, Chelyabinsk)
- TO THE BEST COACH for training the contestant:
Airat Khakimov (Brazil)
Special awards and prizes:
- EKATERINA MAKSIMOVA AND VLADIMIR VASILIEV PRIZE for “Best Duet”
not awarded
- GALINA ULANOVA PRIZE for Spirituality of Dance
Kim Yu Jin (Korea)
- GEORGE ZORITCH PRIZE “For purity of skill and artistry of performance”
Serik Nakyspekov (Kazakhstan)
- THE PERM STATE TCHAIKOVSKY ACADEMIC OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE PRIZE for “Best Performance to music by P.I.Tchaikovsky”
Luanna Gondim (Brazil)
Marcos Yago (Brazil)
- NATALIA DUDINSKAYA PRIZE for “Loyalty to the Traditions of Russian Ballet School” PRIZE (given by Margarita Kullik and Vladimir Kim couple)
Vita Mulyukina (Russia, Krasnodar)
- ANDREY KIBANOV PRIZE
Danila Khamzin (Russia, Perm)
Alexey Khamzin (Russia, Perm)
- MIRPURI FOUNDATION PRIZE: participation in ballet-gala of the foundation (Portugal)
Kim Yu Jin (Korea)
Daler Zaparov (Kazakhstan)
- PEOPLE CHOICE AWARD:
Nikita Ksenofontov (Russia, Novosibirsk)
- Diaghilev House Award “The Promise of Russia”:
Ekaterina Klyavlina (Russia, Moscow)
PRESS JURY DECISION:
- PRESS JURY AWARD:
Luanna Gondim and Markos Yago (Brazil)
- Viktor Alikin (Russia, Perm) for excellence in coaching the students of Perm Dance Academy.
- Sofia Gavriushina and Rustam Iskhakov (Russia, Ufa) – for the preservation of traditions at the Bashkir School of Classical Ballet.
