Ballet Grand Prix March 2, 2011

Adult $38 | University Park Student $22 | 18 and Younger $27


Youth America Grand Prix, the world’s largest dance talent network, conducts annual student competitions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. Its annual gala in New York City presents the leading talent from the international competition finals dancing toe to toe with stars from the foremost ballet companies. Youth America Grand Prix alumni have joined fifty of the best ballet companies across the globe, including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and many others. Ballet Grand Prix evokes the spirit of the gala with eighteen exceptional winners of past competitions, now professionals with leading dance companies, and stars of the ballet world together performing selections from popular classical and contemporary ballets. Star dancers scheduled to perform on the tour include New York City Ballet’s Jared Angle (an Altoona native), Kirov Ballet’s Ekaterina Kondaurova and Islom Baimuradov, American Ballet Theatre’s Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Belotserkovsky, Berlin State Opera Ballet’s Mikhail Kaniskin and Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company’s Drew Jacoby and Rubinald Pronk.

Official Website: http://www.cpa.psu.edu/events/ballet.html