2015 - 2016 YAGP Alumni Success Stories As the world’s largest network of resources and opportunities for young dancers, Youth America Grand Prix offers its participants a chance to be seen and evaluated by the directors and representatives of the world’s leading dance companies. As a result, over 300 YAGP alumni have joined 80 dance companies around the globe. Below is a list of companies which YAGP alumni have joined. ALBERTA BALLET (CANADA) Garrett Groat - (JKO/ABT, USA; Dance Unlimited, CANADA) Taryn Nowels - (The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, USA; Orange County Dance Center, USA) Nicolas Pelletier - (Canada’s National Ballet School, CANADA; San Francisco Ballet School, USA) AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE (NY, USA) Mai Aihara - (Sasaki Mika Ballet Academy, JAPAN; John Cranko School, GERMANY) Kathryn Boren - (JKO/ABT, USA; Ballet Academy of Texas, USA) Isabella Boylston - Principal (Harid Conservatory, USA; Academy of Colorado Ballet, USA) Skylar Brandt – Soloist (JKO/ABT, USA; Scarsdale Ballet Studio, USA) Puanani Brown - (School of American Ballet, USA; The Washington School of Ballet, USA) Jeffrey Cirio – Soloist (Boston Ballet; Orlando Ballet, USA; Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, USA) Gray Davis - (South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, USA) Claire Davison - (Boulder Ballet School, CO) Scout Forsythe – (San Diego School of Ballet, USA) Patrick Frenette - (School of American Ballet, USA; Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, USA) April Giangeruso - (JKO/ABT, USA; Valentina Kozlova's Dance Conservatory of New York, USA; Kirov Academy of Ballet, USA) Joseph Gorak - Soloist (Orlando Ballet School, USA; North Central School of Ballet, USA) Melanie Hamrick - (Kirov Academy of Ballet, USA; Eastern Virginia School of the Performing Arts, USA) Gabrielle Johnson - (JKO/ABT, USA; Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy, USA) Jonathan Klein - (VM Dance Studio, FRANCE) Jamie Kopit - (The Royal Ballet School, UK; Southland Ballet Academy, USA) Sarah Lane - Soloist (Draper Center for Dance Education, USA) Courtney Lavine - (School of American Ballet, USA; The Washington School of Ballet, USA; Troy Brown, USA) Betsy McBride - (Texas Ballet Theatre, Texas Ballet Theater School, USA; Ballet Academy of Texas, USA) Cameron McCune - (Raleigh School of Ballet, USA) Kaho Ogawa - (JKO/ABT, USA; Ballet Academy Releve, JAPAN; Yoshimi Ohara, JAPAN) Lauren Post - (Harid Conservatory, USA; Georgia Youth Ballet, USA) Alexandra Pullen - (Joffrey Academy of Dance, The Official School of the Joffrey Ballet, USA) Rachel Richardson – (The Rock School for Dance Education, USA) Calvin Royal III - (JKO/ABT, USA; Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School, USA) Hee Seo - Principal (John Cranko School, GERMANY; Universal Ballet Academy, USA) Christine Shevchenko - Soloist (The Rock School for Dance Education, USA) Cory Stearns - Principal (The Royal Ballet School, UK; Seiskaya Ballet, USA) Gabe Stone Shayer - (Bolshoi Ballet Academy, RUSSIA; The Rock School for Dance Education, USA) Nathan Vendt - (Ballet Academy of Texas, USA; Ballet Tyler, USA) Luciana Voltolini - (Boston Ballet School, USA; Bolshoi Ballet School, BRAZIL) Paulina Waski - (JKO/ABT, USA; Academy of Ballet Etudes, USA) Jennifer Whalen - (The Royal Ballet School, UK; San Francisco Ballet, USA; The Kirov Academy, USA; Ventura County Ballet School, USA) James Whiteside - Principal (Virginia School of the Arts, USA; D’Valda & Sirico Dance and Music Centre, USA) Katherine Williams - (JKO/ABT, USA; Ballet Royale Institute of Maryland, USA) Joo Won Ahn - (Korea National University of Arts, KOREA) Jin Zhang - (Beijing Dance Academy, CHINA; The Rock School, USA) ALABAMA BALLET (AL, USA) Nadine Barton – (Orlando Ballet School, USA) ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER (NY, USA) Danica Paulos – (Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, USA) ASAMI MAKI BALLET TOKYO (JAPAN) Iku Nakagawa – (Tachibana Ballet School, JAPAN) Mariko Oriyama – (Tachibana Ballet School, JAPAN) ALONZO KING LINES BALLET (CA, USA) Courtney Henry - (Fordham University/The Ailey School, USA; Palm Beach Ballet Center, USA) THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET (AUSTRALIA) Ako Kondo - Principal Artist (The Australian Ballet School, AUSTRALIA; The Royal Ballet School, UK; Shiho Kanazawa Ballet Studio, JAPAN) Rina Nemoto - (Cerri Academy de Ballet, USA) BADISCHES STAATSTHEATER KARLSRUHE (GERMANY) Rafaelle Queiroz - First Soloist (Akademie des Tanzes, GERMANY) BALLET ARIZONA (AZ, USA) Nayon Iovino - (Studio Dancarte, BRAZIL; The Washington School of Ballet, USA) Amber Lewis - (The Washington Ballet School, USA) Jessica Phillips - (Kirov Academy of Ballet, USA; Royal Academy of Fine Arts, USA) Carolina Tavarez - (The Washington School of Ballet, USA) Sasha Vincent - (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, USA; The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, USA) BALLET DE MONTE CARLO (MONACO) Michael Grunecker - (Tanz Akademie Zurich, SWITZERLAND) Christian Tworzyanski - (School of American Ballet, USA; Calvert-Brodie School of Dance, USA) BALLET DE SANTIAGO Gustavo Echevarria – (John Cranko School, GERMANY) BALLET IDAHO Adrienne Kerr – Principal – (Karen Alwin, USA) Elizabeth Herrmann-Barreto – (La Grande School of Ballet/Anaheim Ballet School, USA) Ethan Schweitzer- Gaslin – (Amerst Ballet, USA), (University of North Carolina School of the Arts, USA) BALLET JORGEN (CANADA) Kirill Poselyanov - (Elite Danceworx, CANADA; Victoria Ballet Academy, CANADA) Daniel da Silva - (Pacific Dance Arts, CANADA; Santa Barbara D'oeste, USA) BALLET MEMPHIS (TN, USA) Hideko Karasawa - (San Francisco Ballet School, USA; Houyu Ballet, JAPAN) BALLETMET COLUMBUS (OH, USA) Adrienne Benz - (Elaine Kudo and Buddy Balou, USA) Kristie Latham - (The Rock School for Dance Education, USA; Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, USA) Michael Sayre - (Joffrey Academy of Dance, The Official School of the Joffrey Ballet, USA; Southold Dance Theater, USA) Caitlin Valentine Ellis- (Orlando Ballet School, USA) Ao Wang – (Liaoning Ballet Academyn, P.R. of CHINA) BALLET WEST (UT, USA) Katlyn Addison – Demi-Soloist (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, USA; National Ballet School of Canada, CANADA) Kimberly Ballard - (School of International Ballet, USA) Tyler Gum – Demi-Soloist (University of Arizona, AZ, USA; Ballet Society of Colorado Springs, USA; Sangre de Cristo Ballet Theatre, USA) Chelsea Keefer - (Utah Ballet at the University of Utah, USA; Salt Lake City Ballet Conservatory, USA) Christopher Sellars - First Soloist (The Rock School for Dance Education, USA; Orange County Dance Center, USA) Beckanne Sisk - Principal (The Rock School for Dance Education, USA; Studio of Creative Arts, USA) BALLETT DORTMUND (GERMANY) Madeline Andrews - (Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, USA; Ballet West Academy, USA; Classical Ballet Academy, USA) Tiffany Byrd - (Ballet West Academy Professional Trainee Program, USA) Stephen King - (The Washington School of Ballet, USA; Ballet Royale Institute of Maryland, USA) Alysson Rocha - (San Francisco Ballet School, USA; Petite Dance School, BRAZIL) BALLET X (PHILADELPHIA, US) Skyler Lubin- (Miami City Ballet School, USA; The Rock School for Dance Education, USA) BALLET ZURICH (SWITZERLAND) Lauren Baznik - Junior Ballet (Princess Grace Academy, MONACO; John Cranko School, GERMANY; The Academy of Dance Arts, USA) Andrei Cozlac - Junior Ballet (Tanz Akademie Zurich, SWITZERLAND; Choreographic High School, ROMANIA) Surimu Fukushi – Ballet Zurich - Junior Ballet (Ballet Studio - DUO, JAPAN) Madoka Kariya - Junior Ballet (Maison du Ballet Etoile, JAPAN) Caitlin Stawaruk - (Tanz Akademie Zurich, SWITZERLAND; The Australian Ballet School, AUSTRALIA; Kim Harvey School of Dance, AUSTRALIA) Chinatsu Sugishima - Junior Ballet (Ballet Academy Munich, GERMANY; Reika Otsuka Ballet Studio, JAPAN) BAVARIAN STATE BALLET (GERMANY) Nagisa Hatano - (Kamiya Kumiko Ballet School, JAPAN) BERLIN STATE OPERA BALLET (GERMANY) Wei Wang - (Beijing Dance Academy, P.R. OF CHINA) Patricia Zhou - (The Kirov Academy of Ballet, USA) BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET (UNITED KINGDOM) William Bracewell - Soloist (The Royal Ballet School, UK; Pamela Miller Ballet School, UK) Mathias Dingman - Principal (Universal Ballet Academy, USA) Reina Fuchigami - (The Royal Ballet School, UK; Hitomi Takeuchi Ballet School, JAPAN) Maureya Lebowitz - Soloist (Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, CANADA) Alys Shee - (Academy of Ballet and Jazz, CANADA; Canadian Ballet Theatre, CANADA) BOSTON BALLET (MA, USA) Diana Albrecht – Second Soloist (The Washington School of Ballet, USA; Municipal Institute of Arts, PARAGUAY) Paulo Arrais - Principal (The Royal Ballet School, UK; Gustav Ritter Cultural Center, BRAZIL) Jillian Barrell – (Ballet Arizona, USA; Delaware Dance Company, USA) Hannah Bettes – (Royal Ballet School, UK; The Patel Conservatory, USA; The Central Florida Ballet School, USA) Bo Busby - Second Soloist (The Harid Conservatory, USA; Calvert-Brodie Studios, USA) Dusty Button - Principal (JKO/ABT, USA; Birmingham Royal Ballet, UK) Lia Cirio - Principal (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, USA; Swarthmore Ballet Theatre, USA) Albert Gordon – (The Washington Ballet School, USA) Helio Lima - (New Zealand School of Dance, NEW ZEALAND; School of Dance, BRAZIL) Drew Nelson - (Royal Danish Ballet, DENMARK; Patel Conservatory Youth Ballet, USA) Lawrence Rines - (The Rock School for Dance Education, USA; The School of American Ballet, USA) Ricardo Santos - (Conservatorio Brasileiro de Danca, BRAZIL) Irlan Silva – Second Soloist (Centro de Dance Rio, BRAZIL) Brittany Summer - (North Carolina School of the Arts, USA) Junxiong