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Contents Selected Candidates • pages 1, 2, 3, 4 Nationalities Represented • page 5 Schedule of the competition week • page 6 Jury • page 7 Evaluation of career potential • page 8 Classical Variations • pages 9, 10 Contemporary Variations and Choreographers • pages 11, 12, 13 Prizes, networking forum • pages 14, 15 Partner Schools and Companies • pages 16, 17, 18 Coaches, Teachers, Musicians • page 19 Daily Dance Dialogues • pages 20, 21 Interlude performance • pages 22, 23 Budget • page 24 Sponsors, Patrons and Partners • pages 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 TV and internet broadcasts, videoblogs and tweets • page 32 Press contact: Catherine Kopitopoulos Stephan Hardy Tél. +41 (0)21 643 24 08 Fax +41 (0)21 643 24 09 press @prixdelausanne.org 2014 PRIX DE LAUSANNE – 42nd COMPETITION Selected candidates 2014 Prix de Lausanne: Selected candidates Girls Last Name First Name Nationality School Natsuka Abe Japan Acri Horimoto Ballet Academy Precious Adams United States Moscow State Academy of Choreography/Bolshoi Ballet Academy Paula Alves Brazil Especial Academia de Ballet Kana Arai Japan Acri Horimoto Ballet Academy Carollina Bastos Brazil Centro de Dança Rio Belle Beasley Australia National College of Dance Beth Brockett Australia Queensland Ballet Pre-Professional Program, Australian Dance Performance Institute Alexandra Burman United States The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, The Art of Classical Ballet Bethany Cockburn Australia Prudence Bowen Atelier Juliet Doherty United States San Francisco Ballet School Tyler Donatelli United States Houston Ballet Academy Georgina Egan Australia Noosa Professional Dance Academy, Brisbane City Youth Ballet Priscylla Gallo Brazil Akademie des Tanzes, Mannheim - Germany Olivia Gusti United States Next Generation Ballet at Patel Conservatory Jisoo Han Korea Seoul Arts High School Ayane Ikeda Japan Tazuru Ichiyanagi Ballet School Shuri Ishihara Japan Reiko Yamamoto Ballet School Tomoka Kawazoe Japan De-Parc Ballet School Saho Kumagai Japan Pacific Northwest Ballet School Shene' Lazarus Australia Prudence Bowen Atelier Sasha Leong Australia Sydney Ballet School Jingwen Li China Shanghai Dance School nd - 1 - 2014 PRIX DE LAUSANNE I 42 EDITION Selected candidates Girls Last Name First Name Nationality School Sae Maeda Japan Mayumi Kinouchi Ballet Studio Ayuko Ogino Japan Homura Tomoi Ballet School Haruhi Otani Japan Sasaki Mika Ballet Academy JiaYuan Ou China The Secondary Dance School of Beijing Dance Academy Mackenzie Richter United States International City School of Ballet Diane Saller France Terpsichore Sophie Silnicki United States Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School Georgia Swan Australia Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School Rei Takahashi Japan Epris Ballet Studio Toko Tatekawa Japan Fukutani Yoko Ballet Studio Risa Terasawa Japan Goh Ballet Academy Mau Torii Japan Homura Tomoi Ballet School Siloé Vanuxem France Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse Paris Sayaka Wakita Japan Toyota Ballet School, Royal Ballet School of Antwerp Aya Watanabe Japan Reiko Yamamoto Ballet School Xueer Wu China The Secondary Dance School of Beijing Dance Academy HuaHua Wu China The Secondary Dance School of Beijing Dance Academy Natsuki Yamada Japan Hakucho Ballet Academy,The Ballet School Affiliated to Liaoning Ballet Mengting You China The Secondary Dance School of Beijing Dance Academy - 2 - PRIX DE LAUSANNE 2014I 42e EDITION Selected candidates Boys School Last Name First Name Nationality Jivan Barseghyan Armenia Ballettschule Theater Basel Adam Bernstein United States Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Tanner Bleck United States Next Generation Ballet at Patel Conservatory ZhiXu Chang China The Secondary Dance School of Beijing Dance Academy Caleb Durbin Australia National College of Dance, Marie Walton Mahon Dance Academy Xichun Gong China The Ballet School Affiliated to Liaoning Ballet Taiyu He China The Ballet School Affiliated to Liaoning Ballet Jun Joon Hyuk Korea Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Art Mikio Kato Japan Princess Grace Academy Aaron Kok Australia The Dutch National Ballet Academy Kristóf Kovács Hungary Hungarian Dance Academy Yuya Mizushima Japan International Ballet Academy Shunyo Mori Japan Petit Ballet Studio David Fernando Navarro Yudes Spain Princess Grace Academy Meirambek Nazargozhayev Kazakhstan Almaty Ballet School Haruo Niyama Japan Hakucho Ballet Academy Suguru Otsuka Japan K-Ballet School Garegin Pogossian France Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse Lyon Daniel Rodríguez Domenech Spain Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma Frei Ruhl Sweden The Royal Swedish Ballet School Michael Ryan United States Houston Ballet Academy Alexey Seliverstov Russian Federation Perm State Choreographic College Yue Shi China The Ballet School Affiliated to Liaoning Ballet Karl-Erik Wigle Andersson Sweden The Royal Swedish Ballet School Qi Zhang China The Secondary Dance School of Beijing Dance Academy - 3 - PRIX DE LAUSANNE 2014I 42e EDITION Selected candidates Candidates Selected at Danzamerica (Argentina): Last Name First Name Nationality School Maria Clara Marinho Coelho Brazil Balletarrj School of Dance Bianca Teixeira Brazil Estúdio de Dança Adriana Soares, Sao Paulo Vinicius Silva Brazil CEP em Artes Basileu França Pedro Maricato de Carvalho Brazil Pavilhão D, Academia Movimento Salles Candidates Selected at Dresden (Germany): Last Name First Name Nationality School Sara Barbieri Italy Il Balletto Johannes Goldbach Germany Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden - 4 - PRIX DE LAUSANNE 2014I 42e EDITION Nationalities Represented Selected Candidates for the 2014 Prix de Lausanne Nationality Girls Boys Total Armenia 1 1 Australia 7 2 9 Brazil 4 4 China 5 5 10 France 2 1 3 Hungary 1 Japan 16 5 21 Kazakhstan 1 1 Russia 1 1 South Korea 1 1 2 Spain 2 2 Sweden 2 2 USA 7 3 10 Total 42 25 67 Candidates selected at Danzamerica: Nationality Girls Boys Total Brazil 2 2 4 Candidates selected in Dresden : Nationality Girls Boys Total Germany 1 1 Italy 1 1 Nationalities represented: 15 Overall Total 45 28 73 - 5 - 2014 PRIX DE LAUSANNE – 42nd COMPETITION Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 27 January 28 January 29 January 30 January 31 January 1 February Observation Selections Selections Selections Selections Finals 10.00-13.45 9.15-13.00 8.00-10.45 8.15-10.15 8.30-11.45 Girls A Boys A Girls A Girls A Networking forum Girls B Girls B Boys A and B Boys A and B 9.45-12.00 Classical class with non Classical class with jury Classical class with jury Girls B Girls B Girls and Boys A selected candidates Classical Class Classical warm up Classical variation and 10.15-13.45 9.30-13.00 contemporary variation Boys B Girls A 9.30-12.45 9.15-12.30 with jury Boys A Boys B Boys B Girls A Contemporary class Contemporary class Girls B Boys A 13.00-14.00 Contemporary class with jury Contemporary class with jury Press Conference at the 12.00-13.45 11.15-19.45 12.30-13.30 Presbytère Filles A Boys A 9.30-15.45 9.15-13.30 Daily Dance Dialogue 14.45-16.15 Girls B Boys A Boys A “Sports, Science and Dance 14.00-14.30 Girls B Girls A Girls A Girls B training” Press Aperitif at the 16.45-17.45 Boys B Girls B Boys B Patrick Rump, Brian Maloney, Presbytère Boys B Contemporary coaching Boys B Classical coaching Stefanie Arndt 18.45-19.30 Classical coaching Film by Nigel Wattis 14.20 Boys A 14.00-17.45 13.15-16.30 Finalists Run-throuh of the Girls A 13.30-16.45 Girls and Boys B Warm up on stage classical variation Boys B Girls and Boys A Contemporary coaching with Classical class with jury Contemporary coaching with jury 14.45-18.30 jury 14.00-16.30 15.00-18.00 Boys B 14.00-17.15 14.30-18.00 Girls and boys B Finals in public Boys A Boys A Girls and Boys B Classical variation and 2 variations Classical class with jury Girls B 15.45-19.00 Run-through of the contemporary variation Intermission Contemporary class Girls and Boys A contemporary variations with jury Interlude Run-through of the Prize-giving ceremony 14.45-18.15 17.30-18.30 contemporary variations 14.30-18.15 Girls A Daily Dance Dialogue Girls A Girls B Peter Lewton 17.00-18.00 Classical coaching 18.00 18.00 Contemporary class Daily Dance Dialogue Announcement of the results Farewell drink backstage 17.30-19.45 Julio Bocca 17.00-18.00 (20 candidates chosen for Classical and contemporary Daily Dance Dialogue the finals) class for local ballet schools Alessandra Ferri Candidates A: 15 & 16 years old Candidates B: 17 & 18 years old - 6 - 2014 PRIX DE LAUSANNE – 42nd COMPETITION Jury Jury Members The jury of the Prix de Lausanne is composed of nine persons, each of whom meets one or several of the following criteria: • link with our partner schools • link with our partner companies • a prize winner of the Prix de Lausanne. Further aspects are taken into consideration to compose the panel: • wide geographical representation • mix of youth and experience • representation of various styles of ballet. Ms Kay MAZZO Former Priincipal of the New York City Ballet Co-chairman of the School of American Ballet, USA President of the jury of the 2014 Prix de Lausanne Ms Kathryn BENNETTS International Guest Teacher and Coach Stager of William Forsythe’s works Former Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders (B) Ms Alessandra FERRI International Guest Artist, Milan, Italy Prix de Lausanne prize winner in 1980 Ms Gigi HYATT Pedagogical Principal and Deputy Director of the School of Hamburg Ballet, Germany Ms Marilyn ROWE Director of the Australian Ballet School, Melbourne,
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