Prepare to give up your plans for this entire week. The 2019 Prix de Lausanne is underway, with more hours of streaming available than ever before. Bunheads and balletomanes can enjoy up to six hours a day of free streaming live from Switzerland. The broadcast started this morning with the junior category girls running through […]
Competition season is just around the corner. Today, The Prix de Lausanne announced the 80 dancers that will head to Switzerland February 3–10 to compete for scholarships and apprenticeships to the Prix’s partner schools and companies. By the numbers, 363 dancers (273 girls and 90 boys) from 40 countries applied. Nine jury members reviewed the […]
At the beginning of the month, 74 young dancers from around the world gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland to compete in the 46th Prix de Lausanne. At the end of a packed week, eight candidates were named prizewinners, including 16-year-old California-native Aviva Gelfer-Mundl. One of seven Americans to enter the competition, Gelfer-Mundl—who trains both at V&T […]
After a packed week of class and coaching at the 46th Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, 21 of 74 selected candidates were invited to compete in the Finals on Saturday for the chance to win scholarships and apprenticeships to one of the Prix’s esteemed partner schools and companies, of their choice. The nine-member jury panel […]
Updated 2/6/23. Last week, young ballet dancers from across the globe studied and competed for coveted scholarships at the Prix de Lausanne. This infamous competition has been a launch pad for many of the ballet world’s biggest stars. One such star is Royal Ballet principal Steven McRae, who was a prize winner in 2003 with […]
Yesterday 74 young dancers from 16 different countries (including seven from the United States) gathered in Switzerland for the 46th edition of the Prix de Lausanne. The Prix is allowing ballet lovers everywhere to follow the week-long competition through a live video stream. From today through Thursday, the Prix is streaming an hour and a […]
Today the Pennsylvania Ballet’s board of trustees announced the appointment of Shelly Power as its new executive director. Having been involved in the five-month international search, company artistic director Angel Corella said in a statement released by PAB that he’s “certain Shelly is the best candidate to lead the administrative team that supports the artistic […]
We’ve turned our clocks back and pulled out our scarves and hats. That can only mean one thing—winter’s coming. And with it, the Prix de Lausanne. After carefully viewing video submissions from 380 dancers (297 girls and 83 boys), the Prix’s jury of dance world professionals narrowed the pool down to 69 candidates. With the […]