Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) is the world’s largest global network of dance – and the world’s biggest scholarship audition, celebrating its 20th Anniversary Season.
YAGP fulfills its mission of ensuring the future of dance through scholarship auditions, master classes, alumni services, educational and outreach activities, performances, and films. Each year YAGP travels the globe searching for talented young dancers.
The season culminates in the week-long NYC Finals, where more than 1,200 of the most promising young artists receive in-depth mentoring and greater scholarship, professional, and performance opportunities.
Wednesday, April 17 is the FINAL ROUND of the international ballet scholarship competition. Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19 the YAGP 20th ANNIVERSARY GALA, “Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow,” features the stars of today’s leading dance companies alongside the winners of the international ballet competition.
This year, Principal Dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, Olga Smirnova, will lead an all-star cast for the special 20th Anniversary edition of the YAGP Gala.
YAGP will also present the first-ever INTERNATIONAL DANCE SCHOOL FESTIVAL on April 20, featuring dancers from the world’s leading international dance academies.
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