The Youth America Grand Prix

SUNY Purchase will be home to the Finals of the world’s largest ballet competition, April 11 – 16 with over 1,000 young dancers competing for scholarships and prizes. The Youth America Grand Prix will then move to Lincoln Center for their Final Round (April 17) and 25th Anniversary Gala (April 18/19).

The first part of Finals competitions and all classes will take place on the picturesque campus of SUNY Purchase College in
Westchester County – the upscale, peaceful suburb of New York City, with a wide array of shopping, dining and entertainment
options nearby. To accommodate the maximum number of participants, on some days competition will be held
simultaneously in two theaters within the performing arts complex. The following events will take place at SUNY Purchase:

-JR & SR Classical competition and JR & SR Contemporary competition
-Pre-Competitive competition
-Ensemble competition
-Pas de Deux competition
-Master Classes
-Grand Defile rehearsals

25 years ago, YAGP revolutionized the world of dance by changing the way the world’s dance schools and companies look for talent. To scout talented young dancers of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, YAGP travels country-to-country, city-to-city, to conduct auditions and provide dancers with resources and visibility to institutions, offering school scholarships and company job contracts. Those young dancers have turned into today’s biggest stars, dancing lead roles on the most prestigious stages around the world.

Hundreds of young dancers will perform alongside today’s biggest ballet stars including Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside, Mariinsky Ballet’s Maria Khoreva, Kimin Kim, May Nagahisa, Royal Ballet’s Melissa Hamilton, ABT’s Chloe Misseldine, Skylar Brandt, Brady Farrar, NYC Ballet’s Isabella LaFreniere, Paris Opera Ballet’s Germain Louvet, Bianca Scudamore, Stuttgart Ballet’s Elisa Badenes, Mackenzie Brown, Gabriel Figueredo.

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