YounJae Park from South Korea, winner of the best young talent award and winner of the first scholarship, performs his classical variation during the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne in Lausanne on Saturday.
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The jury of the Prix de Lausanne dance prize has selected nine winners from 85 dancers aged 15 to 18. None was from Switzerland.
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Thousands of spectators watched the final at the Beaulieu Theatre on Saturday.
Thanks to scholarships, these talented dancers from the US, Japan, South Korea, China and the UK will have the opportunity to be accepted into one of the Prix de Lausanne’s renowned partner schools and companies, the organisers said on Saturday evening.
The winners were YounJae Park (South Korea), Eric Poor (US), Shinnosuke Yasuumi (Japan), Hanxi Wang (China), Hector Jain (US), Ryan Handa (US), Hono Hamasaki (Japan), Bogyeong Kim (South Korea) and Jakob Wheway Hughes (UK).
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The candidates from all over the world were judged in dance classes and individually on stage for a week in Lausanne. The 20 best dancers competed against each other in the final on Saturday.
The jury was chaired by French ballet dancer Laurent Hilaire, director of the Bavarian State Ballet since May 2022. The prestigious Prix de Lausanne was established in 1973.
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