2015 Medalists included:
Pre-Professional Women:
Gold: Melissa Chapski
Silver: Eunseo Lee
Bronze: Hyebin Bin
Pre-Professional Men:
Gold: Daniel Durrett
Silver: Kevin Zong
Bronze: August Generalli
Upper Level Girls:
Gold: Dasha Waldemer
Silver: Julia Rust
Bronze: Caroline Perry & Morgan Rust
Upper Level Boys:
Gold: Theopihilus Pilette
Silver: Can Alçiçek
Bronze: Ali Eren Topcu
Lower Level Girls:
Gold: Connor Hamilton
Silver: Juliette Bosco
Bronze: Melinda Gong
A special thanks to the judges and teachers/coaches!
2015 JUDGES:
- Patrick Armand – Associate Director, San Francisco Ballet School
- Edward Ellison – Founder & Artistic Director, Ellison Ballet
- Franco De Vita – Artistic Director, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT
- Hae Shik Kim – Founding Dean, Korean National University of Arts, School of Dance
- Alexei Kremnev – Artistic Director, The Joffrey Academy of Dance
- Tadeusz Matacz – Director, John Cranko Schule
- Shelly Power – Academy Director, Houston Ballet Academy
- Mavis Staines – Artistic Director and CEO, Canada’s National Ballet School
- Demis Volpi – Choreographer-in-Residence, Stuttgart Ballet
2015 TEACHERS/COACHES:
- Patrick Dupond – Former Etoile and Artistic Director, Paris Opera Ballet
- Gonzalo Garcia – Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
- Greta Hodgkinson – Principal Ballerina, National Ballet of Canada
- Susan Jaffe – Dean of Dance, North Carolina School of the Arts
- Monique Loudière – Former Director, Rosella Hightower School, Cannes
- Sofiane Sylve – Principal Ballerina, San Francisco Ballet
Thanks also to Kinney Dancewear, Russian Pointe and Freed of London.