It’s been 25 years since Youth America Grand Prix began, and this week a total of 19 dancers from Australia and New Zealand are competing in the Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals 25th Anniversary Season. Chookas to all the participants listed below!
You can check out hours of recent performance and class footage on YAGP’s YouTube channel right now.
Keep an eye out for Dance Australia’s coverage of this exciting event coming soon.
Australian and New Zealander Participants
Alexis Vlahodimos (10) - Melbourne Academy of the Arts, Melbourne
Lila Forkes (11) - Prima Youth Classical Academy, Queensland
Livinia Hamilton (11) - Bergen Lavelle Classical Coaching, New South Wales
Maci Smith (11) - Classical Coaching Australia, Queensland
Eve Vlahodimos (12) - Melbourne Academy of the Arts, Melbourne
Florence Hanks-Ruttyn (13) - NSW International Ballet Academy, New South Wales
Kasia Macdonald (13) - New Zealand - Papilio Atelier, Auckland
Tamison Soppet (13) - New Zealand - Convergence Dance Studios, Canterbury
Mio Denize (13) - New Zealand - Independent, Wellington
Yve-Noelle Bollinger (14) - Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy, Queensland
Jessica Cooper (14) - Classical Coaching Australia, Queensland
Tallulah Palmer-O'Brien (14) - New Zealand - Mt Eden Ballet Academy, Auckland
Oscar Taggart (14) - Alegria Dance Studios, New South Wales
Benjamin Groen (14) - New Zealand - Papilio Atelier, Auckland
Lila McGrath (15) - Classical Coaching Australia, Queensland
Eva Campbell (15) - The Graduate College of Dance, Western Australia
Summer Edgley (16) - BMC Coaching, Queensland
Ernesto Polack Young (16) - Alegria Dance Studios, New South Wales
Hamish Giddens (16) - New Zealand - Convergence Dance Studios, Canterbury