American Ballet Theatre at The Kennedy Center
Congratulations to all of our alumni on their sold out run of
Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Principal Casting included YAGP alumni
Hee Seo, Cory Stearns, Thomas Forster,
James Whiteside,
Isabella Boylston and
Calvin Royal III in his debut of Von Rothbart. We are looking forward to seeing all our alumni perform in ABT's Spring season.
Hee Seo as Odette in Swan Lake.
New York City Ballet
Currently performing in
Sleeping Beauty are YAGP alumni:
Likolani Brown, Zachary Catazaro, Preston Chamblee, Meaghan Dutton O'Hara, Laine Habony,
Ashly Isaacs, Emily Kikta, Isabella LaFreniere, Ashley Laracey, Lauren Lovette, Sara Mearns, Taylor Stanley,
Lara Tong, Indiana Woodward and
Andres Zuniga.
YAGP Alumna and New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Sara Mearns, was featured in the New York Times describing her first time dancing the evil Fairy Carabosse. Click on the picture below to read the full article.
S
ara Mearns at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.
Credit Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times
Prix de Lausanne 2017
The 45th Prix de Lausanne, Janurary 29th - February 5th, featured many YAGP alumni. The second place winner was YAGP alumna Marina Fernandes de Costa Duarte. YAGP alumni who received
scholarships were:
Lauren Hunter (USA), Marina Fernandes da Costa Duarte (Brazil),
Diana Giorgia Lonescu (Romania), Sunu Lim (South Korea),
Denilson Almeida (Brazil) and Stanislaw Wergrzyn (Poland).
Marina Fernandes da Costa Duarte (Brazil)
March Issue of Dance Magazine
Every year the most outstanding performers receive awards for excellence in dance. On Monday February 12th, the annual event took place in London where YAGP's 2014 Grand Prix winner and English National Ballet's first soloist, Cesar Corrales, won "Outstanding Male Dancer", for his performance of Ali the slave in English National Ballet's 2016 production of
Le Corsaire.
Cesar Corrales YAGP 2014 Grand Prix Winner
