by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 25, 2025 | News, The Latest
The year was 2000. Dancers were listening to music on MP3 players on their way to class, Center Stage was gearing up for its cinematic release, and American Ballet Theatre was about to debut a new Swan Lake. What else was going on in the ballet world? As we continue...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 22, 2024 | News, The Latest
New York City’s midtown streets were abuzz with bunheads last week—it seemed everywhere you looked, you’d see large groups of young dancers, hair slicked and garment bags in tow, rushing to a studio or to Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater for Youth America Grand Prix. It...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 10, 2023 | News, The Latest
After a long week of performances, master classes, and scholarship auditions, Youth America Grand Prix announced the results of its 2023 Final Round yesterday afternoon at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida. Over the course of the last year,...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 6, 2023 | The Latest
This week, more than 1,700 young dancers have been vying for scholarships at the Youth America Grand Prix 2023 Finals in Tampa, Florida, at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts. The finalists are in the process of being narrowed down, with the Junior...
by Amy Brandt | May 27, 2021 | The Latest
Updated on 5/30/2021 Earlier this month, approximately 800 ballet students from around the country headed to Tampa, Florida, for Youth America Grand Prix’s 2021 Finals. After a long, challenging year full of cancelled shows and summer intensives, Zoom classes...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | May 23, 2021 | Site Network
When asked to describe the energy at this month’s Youth America Grand Prix Finals, judge Sascha Radetsky had one word: “Stratospheric.” More than 800 dancers from around the United States—selected from 10,000 who’d taken part in regional...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 1, 2020 | Dance Spirit, News, Training
Last weekend, Youth America Grand Prix took to the internet, hosting its first virtual pas de deux competition. Over the course of three days, YAGP streamed videos from its regional events’ highest-ranked competitors for a panel of esteemed judges. And, drum...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 17, 2020 | News, Viral Videos
Though many young hopefuls competed in Youth America Grand Prix semi-finals this year, the world’s largest ballet competition had to cancel its April New York finals due to COVID-19 shutdowns. But now YAGP is getting creative by hosting a virtual pas de deux...