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YAGP 2021 FINALS STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS TAMPA, FL Greetings: It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Youth America Grand Prix 2021 United States Season Finals on May 10-16, 2021 at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Tampa, Florida. In its 22nd season, the weeklong event includes the world’s largest youth ballet competition and scholarship audition and features two Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala Performances. This is sure to be a very exciting time for participants and everyone in attendance as the most promising young ballet dancers from all over the nation showcase their talents to the directors of the world’s leading dance academies and compete for scholarships. We are appreciative of the organizers’ efforts in ensuring that both the event and your stay in our great city are safe and enjoyable. The world’s largest global network of dance, Youth America Grand Prix’s (YAGP) mission includes supporting and developing world-class dancers, ages 9-19 of all economic, ethnic and geographical backgrounds. The organization reaches over 12,000 dance students each year by holding workshops, scholarship auditions, and master and audition classes. For those who are visiting, I encourage you to experience our great city. Take the time to discover not only why Tampa is the perfect city for events, but a great place to live and work. We have exciting nightlife, a vast selection of great restaurants and excellent shopping. We also encourage you to enjoy our many attractions, including The Florida Aquarium, Busch Gardens, and Lowry Park Zoo. Of particular significance are the Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Glazer Children’s Museum, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Water Works Park, Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park and Sparkman Wharf, all located along downtown’s riverfront, and nearby Perry Harvey, Sr. Park, each honoring our community’s history, heritage and commitment to the arts. On behalf of our citizens, I welcome you to our city. Best wishes to each participant for a memorable and successful season finals. Sincerely, Jane Castor 1 Pre-Competitive Directory PRE-COMPETITIVE WOMEN SOLOISTS & PAS DE DEUX # Name (Age) School 1 Zoey Reese (9) The Dallas Conservatory, TX 2 Sienna Briella Aller (9) Encore Ballet Conservatory, OK 3 Mckinzie Namauleg (9) Classical Dance Academy- Studio CA, CA 4 Katarina Carney (9) Richter Academy of Classical Dance, CA 5 Kate Baldwin (9) Cache Valley Civic Ballet, UT 6 Alexandra Mishiev (9) Fort Lauderdale Youth Ballet, FL 7 Zoe Holladay (9) Fort Lauderdale Youth Ballet, FL 8 Addison Price (9) The Rock Center for Dance, NV 9 Merritt Crowley (9) Marina Almayeva School of Classical Ballet, TX 10 Maria Qixin Tian (10) MorningStar Dance Academy, GA 11 Alisa Xu (10) Classical Dance Academy- Studio CA, CA 12 Annie Webb (10) Moga Conservatory of Dance, UT 14 Tessa Sanchez (10) American Classical Ballet Academy, TX 15 Fiona Wu (10) Yoko's Dance & Performing Arts Academy, CA 16 Caitlyn Dioneda (10) North County Academy of Dance, CA 17 Laura Lu (10) Ballet Institute of San Diego, CA 18 Mikaela Cameron (10) Kansas City Ballet School, MO 19 Katelynn Larson (10) School of Classical Ballet & Dance, IA 20 Emma Ehrlander (10) Independent, WA 21 Phoebe Ingram (10) Indiana Ballet Conservatory, IN 22 Abigail Pucylowski (10) Stars Dance Studio, FL 23 Sofia Valentina Urcelay Montalvo (10) Ballet Clasico Cancun 24 Sachi Oza (10) Renner Dance Company, NC 25 Siena Pierson (10) Greenwich Ballet Academy, CT 2 # Name (Age) School 26 June Freeman (10) South Coast Conservatory, CA 27 Camilla Sonnier (10) Dance Industry Performing Arts Center, TX 28 Braylynn Grizzaffi (10) The Pointe PAC, OK 29 Lilly Bradley (10) Urbana Fine Arts Center, IL 30 Janel Santoyo (10) Perfect Pointe, CA 31 Ashley Moyzis (10) WestMet Classical Training, MN 32 Alexis Gomez (10) Complexity Dance Center, NJ 33 Chloe Wang (10) N&D Ballet, MA 34 Isabel Lewis (10) Hudson Conservatoryof Ballet, OH 35 Shiloh Greene (10) North County Academy of Dance, CA 36 Sasha Milstein (10) The Industry Dance Academy, CA 37 Afina Gosla (10) Southland Ballet Academy, CA 38 Amelie Hoang (10) Southland Ballet Academy, CA 39 Carrigan Paylor (10) Summit Dance Shoppe, MN 40 Kiera Sun (10) Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, CA 41 Makeila Bartlett (10) DanceLova Dance Academy, CA 42 Lila Bauer (10) Ballet Virginia, VA 43 Silvie Kharatian (10) Arizona School of Classical Ballet, AZ 44 Caroline Lemme (10) Denver Academy of Ballet, CO 45 Bella Rey D'Armas (10) Stars Dance Studio, FL 51 Brooklyn Klein (11) The Dance Studio of Fresno, CA 52 Carlin Ciocchetti (11) Youth American Ballet Company, AZ 53 Ava Ramirez (11) Columbia Conservatory of Dance, SC 54 Shylee Sagle (11) Rocky Mountain Ballet Academy, CO 55 Kaitlyn Pong (11) Long Beach Ballet, CA 56 Clover Brizendine (11) The Ballet Clinic, AZ 57 Sunnie Pelant (11) North County Academy of Dance, CA 59 Channing Dennis (11) Master Ballet Academy, AZ 60 Aaliyah Dixon (11) Summit Dance Shoppe, MN 61 Sarah Prewitt (11) TopFlight Dance Company, Texas 3 # Name (Age) School 62 Annie Laws (11) The Dallas Conservatory, TX 63 Annabelle Jackman (11) Ballet West Academy, UT 64 Melissa Ploshchadina (11) Ballet Academy North, TX 65 Minori De Silva (11) MorningStar Dance Academy, GA 66 Caroline Mcgowan (11) Next Step Dance Performing Arts, TX 67 Lena Garcia (11) Stars Dance Studio, FL 68 Mackenzie Roark (11) Denver Academy of Ballet, CO 69 Aria Clifford (11) Sultanov Russian Ballet Academy, OR 70 Zoë Lyn Tashiro Nafarrete (11) Richter Academy of Classical Dance, CA 71 Holly Mullins (11) Indiana Ballet Conservatory, IN 72 Constanza Medina Salcedo (11) Ballet Clásico Aguascalientes 73 Maddison Lopez (11) Stars Dance Studio, FL 74 Sophia Cherr (11) Naples Dance Conservatory, FL 75 Daniela Jovanovic-Hacon (11) Ballet West Academy, UT 76 Claire Avonne Kingston (11) Richter Academy of Classical Dance, CA 77 Ella Mo (11) MorningStar Dance Academy, GA 78 Abigail Larkin (11) Independent, TN 79 Audrey Domingo (11) The Industry Dance Academy, CA 80 Amelie Bott-Suzuki (11) Ballet Institute of San Diego, CA 81 Jade Bontron (11) Next Step Dance Performing Arts, TX 82 Natalie Truong (11) Richter Academy of Classical Dance, CA 83 Kalyn Hinklin (11) Chamberlain School of Ballet, TX 84 Lexi Pawelchak (11) Level Dance Project, MD 85 Natalie Kulba (11) Richter Academy of Classical Dance, CA 86 Tsumugi Tomioka (11) Hariyama Ballet, NY 87 Campbell Castner (11) Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, CA 88 Charlotte McCormick (11) Odasz Dance Theatre, NY 89 Maria Nakai (11) Hariyama Ballet, NY 90 Iris Yuan (11) Danceology Academy of Classical Ballet, CA 91 Ayelin Vazquez (11) Studio 702 Dance, NV 4 # Name (Age) School 92 Charlotte Diefenbacher (11) Heart of America Youth Ballet, MO 93 Eva Claughton (11) Dance Industry Performing Arts Center, TX 94 Ana Lorenza Blanco (11) Chasse Ballet 96 Skylar Reeve (11) Independent, GA 97 Kyra Davis (11) Art Ballet Academy, TX 98 Morgan Johnson (11) WestMet Classical Training, MN 99 Aubrey Daniels (11) Mitsi Dancing School, TX 100 Angelina Elliott (11) Summit Dance Shoppe, MN 101 Kherrington Turner (11) Florida Schoolfor Dance Education, FL 102 Vivienne Shields (11) International Ballet School, CO 103 Skylar Raphael (11) A&A Ballet, IL 104 Sophia Alonso (11) The Art of Classical Ballet, FL 105 Adeline Dunlap (11) Elite Classical Coaching, TX 106 Hailey Seto (11) Bayer Ballet Academy, CA 107 Livia Bonnie (11) True Dance & Company, NE 108 Meaghan O'Meara (11) Independent, TX 109 Jaida Soleman (11) Dance Center of San Antonio, TX 110 Savannah Hanflig (11) Turning Pointe Dance Studio, MA 111 Giovanna Pascale (11) Arizona School of Classical Ballet, AZ 112 Elise Sullivan (11) Tulsa Dance Company, OK 113 Lilly Hussong (11) Indiana Ballet Conservatory, IN 114 Cypress Schaff (11) Denver Academy of Ballet, CO 115 Jaci Clendaniel (11) Dance Industry Performing Arts Center, TX 116 Ela Sevillia (11) CityDance School and Conservatory, MD 117 Alexa Jensen (11) Academy of INT'L Ballet, PA 118 Olivia Humeniuk (11) West Point Ballet Academy, UT 119 Grace Davis (11) Le Jeune Dance, OH 120 Tristan Lin (11) MorningStar Dance Academy, GA 121 Kaia Landa (11) WestMet Classical Training, MN 122 Nily Samara (11) Bobbie's School of Performing Arts, CA 5 PRE-COMPETITIVE MEN SOLOISTS & PAS DE DEUX # Name (Age) School 151 Charley Toscano (9) North County Academy of Dance, CA 152 Leon Yusei Sai (9) Southland Ballet Academy, CA 153 Michael Savio (9) Stars Dance Studio, FL 154 Tobias Weber (10) The Dallas Conservatory, TX 155 Nikolas Adarmes (10) The Ballet Clinic, AZ 156 Andrei Gronostayskiy (10) Academy of INT'L Ballet, PA 157 Thomas Wilcutts (11) Indiana Ballet Conservatory, IN 158 Kyler Sandoval (11) Denver Academy of Ballet, CO 159 Michael Shishkin (11) Ballet Arte, CA 160 Eric Poor (11) CityDance School and Conservatory, MD 161 Dylan Gaddis (11) Ballet West Academy, UT 162 Adrian Tyukov (11) Rocky Mountain Ballet Academy, CO 163 Liam Geoffroy (11) Independent, CA 164 Noah Lehman (11) Master Ballet Academy, AZ 165 Harrison Cornellier (11) Londonderry Dance Academy, NH 166 William Kinloch (11) Ocean State Ballet, RI JUNIOR WOMEN SOLOISTS & PAS DE DEUX # Name (Age) School 201 Payton Beckmann (12) WestMet Classical Training, MN 202 Clementine Perrott (12) Dancing Arts Center, MA 203 Bella Dinglasan (12) Southland Ballet Academy, CA 204 Julianna McKelvey (12) The Dallas Conservatory, TX 205 Jaslyn Kwan (12) Bayer Ballet Academy, CA 206 Sabrina Dorsey (12) Master Ballet Academy, AZ 207 Julianne Bjerke