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On a very cold and
snowy, Monday, February 3, 2014 - Kamie Lightburn, Heather
Georges, and Stephanie Foster hosted a elegant luncheon at
Le Cirque (151 East 58th Street) to announce the
Spring YAGP Gala that they will chair.
Guests of honor included NYCB’s former
principal dancer, Charles Askegard and ABT’s principal
dancer, James Whiteside.
Guests
that bared the cold weather in support of YAGP included: Suzie
Aijala, Dr. Lisa Airan, Kate Allen, Charles Askegard, Paige
Betz, Dr. Tevor Born, Phil Chen, Herman Cornejo, Jenny
Frank, Melissa Gibbons, Paige Hardy, Judith Hoffman, Sharon
Hoge, Sharon Hurowitz, Tracey Huff, Nathalie Kaplan, Lisa
Klein, Nyssa Kourakos, Pam Ludwick, Jonathan Marder, Lisa
Morse (Chair,
YAGP),Elyse Newhouse, Ramona Norton, Kate Peck, Kathy
Prounis, Larissa Saveliev (Founder
of YAGP), Dana
Sciff, Jean Shafiroff, Margot Tarkian, Evelyn TAmanda
Tapiero, Kari Tiedemann, Evelyn Tompkins, Alexis Waller,
and James Whiteside.
Guests enjoyed a three-course lunch that
included: the Twice Baked Goat Cheese Souffle, Salad 'Le
Cirque', and Dark Chocolate Mousse.
YAGP’s 2014 New York City Finals will take
place April 3-8. The gala will be held Thursday, April 10 at
Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. For more
information, visit
www.yagp.org
YOUTH
AMERICA GRAND PRIX (YAGP) is the
world’s largest student ballet scholarship competition,
awarding over $250,000 annually to leading dance schools
worldwide ensuring the future of dance. Since its finding in
1999 by two former Bolshoi Ballet dancers, Larissa and
Gennadi Saveliev, YAGP has awarded over $2 million in
scholarships to the leading dance schools worldwide. The
competition is conducted annually throughout the U.S. and
abroad (Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and Italy). YAGP is the
“internet of the dance world,” a global network of
opportunity connecting dancers, teachers, schools and
companies all over the globe. Over 25,000 dancers worldwide
have participated in YAGP’s international workshops,
competitions, and audition classes. Over 300 YAGP alumni are
now dancing with 50 companies around the world, including
American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera
Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, among others.
YAGP’s 2014 season is sponsored by Ballet in
Cinema/Emerging Pictures, Bloch, Capezio, Dance Magazine,
Dance Europe Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine,
Dance Spirit Magazine, Discount Dance Supply, Harlequin
Dance Floors, Gaynor Minden, Grishko, Pointe Magazine,
Russian Pointe, Sansha, SoDanca, and Sylvia Co. |