The List: All YAGP Asia Pacific placements and winners!

 The Youth America Grand Prix has been forging ahead despite the pandemic. The 2021 Season Asia Pacific Virtual semi-finals were held in December, 2020, and featured more than 400 students, aged nine to 20, of which 202 were from Australia. All performed in studios and in their homes while 16 directors and representatives of the world’s most prestigious dance schools and companies – from seven countries and many different time zones – tuned in to watch the performances and teach master classes virtually, via zoom.

As a result, more than $150,000 in scholarships were awarded to 113 talented young dancers to attend eight of the world’s leading dance schools.

Fourteen Australian dancers placed among the top winners – and 45 won scholarships to such pre-eminent schools as the Royal Ballet (UK), John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet (Germany), Princess Grace Academy (Monaco) and many others. Some even received several offers!

SCHOLARSHIPS

Alberta Ballet School, Canada (short term scholarships): Ava Marenjak (Classica Coaching Australia); Koa Bertossa (Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy); Arielle Taylor (Premiere Studios.

Australian Ballet School (short term scholarships): Elin Burgess (Prima Youth Classical Academy), Bronte Mollison (Kimberley Woodger Dance Academy); Xavier Zue (independent); Bryce King (Karen Ireland Dance Centre).

Ballet Schule Theater, Basel (full year scholarship and acceptance): LilySophia Dashwood (Jane Moore Academy of Ballet); Samuel Lance (Cheryl Juelg Coaching and National Theatre Ballet School); Charlotte Chivers (Classical Coaching Australia); Zane Smith Taylor (Perth Classical and Contemporary Coaching); (short term scholarship): Ava Marenjak (Classical Coaching Australia); Koa Bertossa (Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy); Tashi Goodrich, Ned Manning-Lourey and Liam Strickland (Tanya Pearson Academy).

Bolshoi Summer Intensive: Madison Curtis (independent); Charlotte Menger (Karen Ireland Dance Centre).

Dutch National Ballet Academy (full year scholarship): Ned Manning-Lourey  (Tanya Pearson Academy)

English National Ballet School (full year scholarship): Amber Mitchell-Knight (National Theatre Ballet School).

English National Ballet School (short term scholarship): Ella Cox (Premiere Studios) and (summer) Chloe Lahood (Melbourne Academy of Arts)

European Ballet School, Netherlands (full year scholarship): Xavier Zue (independent); (short term)  Ava Marenjak (Classical Coaching Australia);  LilySophia Dashwood (Jane Moore Academy of Ballet); Zane Smith Taylor (Perth Classical and Contemporary Coaching); (summer) Samuel Lance (Cheryl Juelg Coaching and National Theatre Ballet School); 

John Cranko School of the Stuttgart Ballet (full year scholarship and acceptance): Zane Smith Taylor (Perth Classical and Contemporary Coaching) and Levi Miller (Tanya Pearson Academy); (short term) Emily Sprout (Prima Youth Classical Academ)y and LilySophia Dashwood (Jane Moore Academy of Ballet) 

Oslo National Academy of the Arts (short term): Ava Marenjak (Classical Coaching Australia) and Zane Smith Taylor (Perth Classical and Contemporary Coaching)

Palucca University of Dance, Dresden (short term): Aimee Yong and Zara Beatty (both (Perth Classical and Contemporary Coaching)