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YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX
PRESENTS DAILY ONLINE BALLET CLASSES
TAUGHT BY DIRECTORS, ARTISTS AND ALUMNI
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Maria Khoreva, Mariinsky Ballet
Luca Masala, Princess Grace Academy
Kathryn Morgan, Miami City Ballet
Sasha De Sola, San Francisco Ballet
Peter Stark, Boston Ballet
and more!
Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) – the world’s
largest ballet scholarship competition – is bringing together
their extensive repertoire of alumni and affiliated dance
professionals to offer an array of free online ballet classes.
Starting Monday March 23, 2020 with Luca Masala (Artistic
Director of Monaco’s Princess Grace Academy) and
continuing Tuesday March 24, 2020 with Sasha De Sola (YAGP
Alumna and Principal Dancer at San Francisco Ballet). Upcoming
classes include Maria Khoreva (Mariinsky
Ballet), Kathryn Morgan (Miami City Ballet), Peter
Stark (Boston Ballet) and TONY-nominated Broadway
performer Karine Plantadit (YAGP Judge and
Emcee, former dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance
Theater) who will teach a special course on the Horton technique
for ballet dancers. As the YAGP community practices social
distancing, their social media channels (Instagram, Facebook,
YouTube) will provide these daily classes at 12pm EST, and they
will remain available on each channel permanently.
YAGP’s mission remains - to ensure the future of dance. “A lot
of people are posting guided dance instruction, but it can be
hard for parents and for kids to determine whom to trust, and
how to get quality training from home,” says YAGP Founder and
Artistic Director, Larissa Saveliev. “As a
global network for dance, we are in a unique position to bring
together a group of world-class professionals, whose expertise
meets the high standard of dance education that we’ve upheld
since our founding in 1999. We hope these classes will provide
young dancers with a great challenge to work on while they are
at home.”
These online ballet classes are an addition to YAGP’s existing
roster of online original educational programming, including
YAGP’s existing library of master classes, YAGP’s Q&A series
“Ask the Expert”, and YAGP’s “Tips on Technique” short video
series, featuring mastery of a particular move or exercise.
Youth America Grand Prix
Social Media Channels
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YouthAmericaGrandPrix/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yagp/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/YAGPBalletArchive
EVOLVING LIST OF DANCE PROFESSIONALS TEACHING YAGP
ONLINE CLASSES:
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Luca Masala
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Artistic Director of Princess Grace Academy in
Monaco
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Sasha De Sola
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Principal Dancer at San Francisco Ballet; YAGP
Alumna
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Maria Khoreva
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Soloist at Mariinsky Ballet in Russia; Scheduled to
perform at 2020 YAGP ‘Stars of Today Meets the Stars
of Tomorrow” Gala (before COVID-19 cancellation)
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Philip Neal
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Artistic Director of Next Generation Ballet at the
Patel Conservatory, USA; YAGP 2020 Outstanding
School; Former New York City Ballet Dancer
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Natalia Bashkatova
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Former Principal Dancer at Bolshoi Ballet, Cirque du
Soleil; YAGP Judge
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Dmitri Kulev
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Founder and Director of Dmitri Kulev Classical
Ballet Academy, USA; YAGP 2020 Outstanding School;
Former Dancer with Bolshoi Ballet, Pittsburgh Dance
Theater
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Kathryn Morgan
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Soloist at Miami City Ballet; YAGP Judge
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Christopher Sellars
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Former Principal Dancer at Ballet West; YAGP Judge
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Peter Stark
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Associate Director and Head of the Boston Ballet
Men's Program, Boston Ballet II, USA
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Nilas Martins
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Former Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet;
Repetiteur, Balanchine Trust; YAGP Judge
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Jean Yves Esquerre
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Founder and Director of European School of Ballet,
The Netherlands
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Oliver Matz
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Director of Zurich Dance Academy, Switzerland
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Karine Plantadit
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YAGP Judge and Emcee; TONY-nominated Broadway
performer; former dancer with the Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater; will teach an entire course
on the Horton technique for ballet dancers.
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YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX (YAGP) is
the world’s largest student ballet scholarship competition, and
a global dance network, connecting dance students, teachers,
schools, companies, sponsors, dancers, choreographers and
audiences worldwide. Over 10,000 young dancers ages 9 to 19 from
more than 40 countries participate in YAGP's competition
performances, master classes and educational events each season.
To date, YAGP has facilitated over $4 Million in scholarships to
the world’s leading dance institutions. More than 450 YAGP
alumni are currently dancing in 80 of the world’s leading dance
companies, including American Ballet Theatre, Dutch National
Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera
Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and many more.
For more information, visit WWW.YAGP.ORG.
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