Don't Miss Out! Hundreds of Ballerinas in Tutus Competing For Scholarships in Chicago
Jack Meyer via prnewswire.com
Published: January 8, 2019
Youth America Grand Prix 20th Anniversary Season
2019 Regional Semi-Finals
Comes to Chicago, Illinois
Hundreds of Young Ballet Dancers Audition for
Scholarship Competition
Thursday, January 10 - Sunday, January 13, 2019
WHAT:
Hundreds of young ballet dancers - ages 9 to 19 - from all over the Chicago region will be auditioning for the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP). The students will attend workshops, dance classes, and audition to make the Finals Week in New York City, April 2019, where scholarships to top schools and companies will be awarded.
For the past 20 years YAGP has awarded more than $250,000 annually in scholarships to send up-and-coming dancers to prestigious schools and companies around the globe. YAGP Alumni have gone on to join American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, New York City Ballet, among others! This year's international semi-finals held auditions in Brazil, Korea, Australia, Japan, Italy, France and Spain. National semi-finals include 22 cities across North America including Los Angeles, Toronto, Denver, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Tampa, Chicago, Dallas, Boston and Atlanta. A full list can be found at www.YAGP.org.
WHERE:
Lund Auditorium at Dominican University Performing Arts Center
7900 West Division St. River Forest, IL 60305
**Please refer to the link for a more detailed schedule. Please note Saturday and Sunday's Master Class venue location**
WHO:
Hundreds of Chicago's most talented ballet students dancing for judges from top companies and schools from around the world.
WHEN:
Thursday, January 10, 2019 from 6pm-9:30pm
Friday, January 11, 2019 from 12:30pm-9pm
Saturday, January 12 from 9am-6:15pm; Awards Ceremony 7:30-8:30pm
Sunday, January 13 - Master Classes (see link below)
A full schedule can be found here. (If you would like to attend a Master Class, please note the venue location in the link below):
https://yagp.org/misc/Downloads/2019/YAGP%202019%20CHICAGO,%20IL%20(JAN),%20TIMELINE.pdf
ABOUT YAGP:
Youth America Grand Prix is the largest global network of dance. Today, more than 10,000 young dancers – ages 9 to 19 – audition annually. 450 Youth America Grand Prix alumni are now dancing with 80 professional companies around the world. 100 of these alumni are soloists and principal dancers. YAGP fulfills its mission of dance education through scholarship auditions, master classes, alumni services, performances, educational and outreach activities.
2019 is YAGP's 20th Anniversary season! Over the past 20 years the organization has provided opportunities to 80,000 dancers worldwide and have gifted talented young dancers more than $3.5 million in scholarships to leading dance schools and companies around the world.