Our Alumni
Featured Alumni of the World Ballet Competition
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Sasha De Sola (USA) San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer 2008 Silver Medalist |
English National Ballet Principal Dancer 2009 Gold Medalist |
Isaac Hernandez (Mexico) English National Ballet Lead Principal Dancer 2010 Gold Medalist |
Norwegian National Ballet Principal Dancer 2007 Gold Medalist |
Kiev Opera and Ballet Principal Dancer 2007 Gold Medalist |
Junxiong Zhao (China) Boston Ballet Principal Dancer 2012 Silver Medalist |
San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer 2008 Gold Medalist |
Yoshiaki Nakano (Japan) Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer 2010 Silver Medalist |
Julia Anne Conway (USA) English National Ballet First Artist 2014 Gold Medalist |
Miami City Ballet Soloist 2009 Gold Medalist |
Jonathan Batista (Brazil) Oklahoma City Ballet Principal Dancer 2010 Silver Medalist |
Thomas Mattingly (USA) Ballet West Principal Dancer 2008 Encouragement Award |
Preston Chamblee (USA) New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet 2011 Scholarship Winner |
Avetik Karapetyan (Armenia) Royal Swedish Ballet Soloist 2007 Silver Medalist |
Boston Ballet Second Soloist 2008 & 2011 Silver Medalist |
Nayara Lopes (Brazil) Pennsylvania Ballet First Soloist 2011 Bronze Medalist |
Boston Ballet First Soloist 2007 Gold Medalist |
JoAnna Schmidt (USA) Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Soloist 2010 Scholarship Recipient |
Francesca Velicu (Romania) English National Ballet First Artist 2012 Gold Medalist |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet 2011 Gold, 2013 Silver Medalist |
Cincinnati Ballet, Soloist 2013 Gold, 2014 Silver Medalist |
Alberta Ballet 2014 Gold Medalist |
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2008 Bronze, 2009 Gold, 2011 Gold Medalist |
Royal Swedish Ballet 2008 Gold, 2011 Bronze Medalist |
Tulsa Ballet Demi-Soloist 2011 Silver Medalist |
Veronica Verterich (USA) Stuttgart Ballet Demi-Soloist 2009 Bronze Medalist |
Tarasina Masi (USA) Vanemuine Ballet 2007 Finalist |
Douglas Horne (USA) Orlando Ballet 2010 Bronze Medalist |
Sydney Dolan (USA) Pennsylvania Ballet Soloist 2016 Bronze Medalist |
Giovanna Rotolo (Italy) Czech National Ballet First Soloist 2011 Bronze Medalist |
Washington Ballet 2010 Silver Medalist |
Amber Lewis (Australia) Ballet Arizona 2011 Bronze Medalist |
Kirill Poselyanov (Canada) Canada’s Ballet Jörgen 2012 Scholarship Winner |
Rafael Valdez (Colombia) Dutch National Ballet 2016 Bronze Medalist |
Isaac Akiba (USA) Boston Ballet Soloist 2007 Silver Medalist |
Alvin Tovstogray (Ukraine) Oklahoma City Ballet Principal Dancer 2011 Bronze Medalist |
Sareen Tchekmedyian (USA) Broadway's Anastasia 2007 Bronze Medalist |
Serena Sovdsnes (USA) Cincinnati Ballet 2011 Silver Medalist |
Dresden Opera and Ballet 2007 Silver Medalist |
Oregon Ballet Theatre 2009 Gold Medalist |
Norton Fantinel (Brazil) Washington Ballet Soloist 2008 Encouragement Award |
Kenya Nakamura (Japan) Singapore Dance Theatre First Artist 2007 Encouragement Award |
Gabriele Lukasik (USA) Colorado Ballet Studio Company 2017 Bronze Medalist |
Zherlin Ndudi (Ukraine) Ballet Arizona Soloist 2009 Silver Medalist |
Maria Clara Coelho (Brazil) Tulsa Ballet 2013 and 2014 Gold Medalist |
National Ballet of Canada 2009 Bronze Medalist |
Teatrul de Balet Sibiu (Romania), Atlantic Ballet of Canada 2009 Silver Medalist |
Mackenzie Richter (USA) Houston Ballet Demi-Soloist 2013 Silver Medalist |
Paul Branco (USA) Sarasota Ballet 2011 Scholarship Winner |
Kuei-Hsien Chu (Taiwan) Ballet West 2008 Bronze Medalist |
Koyo Yanagishima (Japan) Cleveland Ballet 2018 Gold Medalist |
Dylan Santos (Brazil) Dance Theatre of Harlem 2011 Bronze Medalist |
Blake Kessler (USA) Cincinnati Ballet 2011 Silver Medalist |
Esmiani Jani (USA) Washington Ballet 2011 Contract Winner |
Abigail Cotter (USA) Colorado Ballet 2008 Bronze Medalist |
Andres Figueroa (Columbia) Tulsa Ballet Best Pas de Deux Award |
Joao Pedro Sampaio (Brazil) Tulsa Ballet 2014 Gold Medalist |
Nayon Iovino (Brazil) Ballet Arizona 2012 Gold Medalist |
Zachary Downer (USA) Broadway's Cats 2015 Bronze Medalist |
Jessica He (USA) Atlanta Ballet 2014 Bronze Medalist |
Minji Nam (South Korea) Stuttgart Ballet Corps de Ballet 2007 Bronze Medalist |
Houston Ballet Corps de Ballet 2014 Bronze Medalist |
Orlando Ballet 2018 Gold Medalist |
Walter Gutierrez Garcia (Cuba) Ballet San Jose 2009 Silver Medalist |
Nikolas Gaifullin (USA) Atlanta Ballet 2012 Silver Medalist |
Taylor Ciampi (USA) Atlanta Ballet 2015 Silver Medalist |
Mary Ann Schaefer (USA) Ballet West 2010 Jury Prize |
Gleidson Vasconcelos (Brazil) Ballet Arizona 2009 Gold Medalist |
Meredith Harrill (USA) State Street Ballet, Joffrey Ballet 2007 Encouragement Prize |
Risa Mochizuki (Japan) New Jersey Ballet 2015 Gold Medalist |
Francesca Dugarte (Venezuela) Ballet MET, Washington Ballet 2013 Silver Medalist |
Austin Eyler (USA) Pennsylvania Ballet Corps de Ballet 2016 Bronze Medalist |
Emmanuel Martirosyan (Armenia) New Jersey Ballet 2018 Finalist |
Sophie Miklosovic (USA) Ballet MET 2017 Gold Medalist |
Ashley Brooke Lunn (USA) Czech Republic Ballet, Slovak National Theatre 2008 Silver Medalist |
Grace-Anne Powers (USA) Ballet MET, Ballet San Jose 2009 Silver Medalist |
Now Training at Vaganova Ballet Academy (Russia) 2018 Gold, 2019 Silver Medalist |
Featured on NBC's World of Dance 2018 Silver, 2019 Gold Medalist |
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