One Australian selected for Prix finals
Australian student Emily Sprout, the 2022 winner of the Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Championship, has been selected for the finals of the Prix de Lausanne.
She is one of only 22 finalists chosen from 82 candidates.
Emily is a pupil at Prima Youth Classical Academy in Qld and is only 16 years old. The finals will be held on Saturday, 4 February, at 2.30pm (Swiss time). The livestream, provided by ARTE Concert, will be available on the Prix website, Facebook page, and YouTube channel. The prize winners will be announced around 6pm.
Eleven finalists will receive a scholarship and have the unique opportunity to choose among the most prominent schools and companies of ballet in the world.
See the full list of finalists here: https://www.prixdelausanne.org/finalists-2023/
The ten members of the jury 2023 are:
Jean-Christophe Maillot – Jury President
Choreographer & Director, Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 1977
Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
Diana Vishneva – Jury Vice President
Artistic Director & Founder, International festival of contemporary choreography Context. Diana Vishneva
Prima ballerina, Mariinsky Ballet
Former Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 1994 (Gold Medal)
Sylviane Bayard
Former Artistic Director, Deutsche Oper Ballett Berlin
Etoile, Stuttgart Ballet
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 1973
Julie Kent
Artistic Director, The Washington Ballet
Former Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 1986
Tetsuya Kumakawa
Artistic Director, K-Ballet Company
Former Principal, the Royal Ballet
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 1989 (Gold Medal)
Endalyn T. Outlaw
Dean of Dance, UNCSA School of Dance
Former Principal, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Melanie Person
Co-Director, The Ailey School
Christopher Powney
Artistic Director and CEO, The Royal Ballet School
Martin Schläpfer
Director & Chief Choreographer, Wiener Staatsballett
Artistic Director, Ballettakademie Wiener Staatsoper
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 1977
Christopher Wheeldon
Choreographer & Artistic associate, The Royal Ballet
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 1991 (Gold Medal)
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