by Hannah Chang Foster | May 1, 2016 | Company Life
Last week’s Youth America Grand Prix Finals was a display of impressive dancing from hugely talented young competitors. Ranging from 9 to 19 years old and hailing from countries as far away as Switzerland and Australia, they gathered in New York City to compete...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 26, 2016 | Company Life
YAGP 2015 SIlver Medalist Rio Anderson of City Ballet School of San Francisco. Photo by VAM, via Facebook New York City has been taken over by bunheads. After months of regional semi-finals, roughly 1,000 Youth America Grand Prix finalists are here this week vying for...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 10, 2015 | Company Life
Theo Pilette performs at the 2015 YAGP Finals. Photo by Taylor Brandt, Courtesy Ellison Ballet Youth America Grand Prix, the world’s largest ballet scholarship competition, is about to get even bigger. The organization is holding its first semi-final in Beijing,...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 12, 2014 | Company Life
If you’re a fan of First Position, you may want to tune in this Friday to “Dance School Diaries” on the DanceOn YouTube channel. The new web-based reality series follows four Southern California students as they prepare for the 2014 Youth America Grand Prix Finals in...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
How do choreographers create a ballet? Youth America Grand Prix invites audiences to take a peek inside the process this Monday, February 4, with a special benefit program called “Creating the Dance with Marcelo Gomes.” Although the American Ballet Theatre...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Leave it to Nigel to utilize all available outlets in his quest to bring dance to a wider audience. His latest project is Dance School Diaries, a web-based reality series that follows four Southern California dancers as they prepare for Youth America Grand Prix. The...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
International ballet competitions are designed to showcase a dancer’s talent and performance skill—which also happen to be the two aims of Victor Gsovsky’s Grand Pas Classique. The female variation consists of steps that align with the music, supporting...