The names of the contestants and the jury of the XIV International Ballet Competition in Moscow have been announced
343 applications from 33 countries of the world were submitted to the competition this year. According to the results of the qualifying round based on the video recordings 112 dancers from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Greece, Ireland, Romania, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia will be competing. Contestants will traditionally compete in two age categories – the juniors (under 18) and the seniors (under 27).
Svetlana Zakharova, a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, a member of the jury: “There are many ballet competitions in the world, but the Moscow competition stands apart, I associate it with something incredibly significant, powerful, great, because the participants are honored to dance at the Bolshoi theater. And this stage, as you know, requires a completely different output than others. To perform here you need to be prepared not only physically, but also morally..”
The skill of the contestants will be assessed by the eminent jury, which includes famous figures of the world ballet art:
Chairman of the jury – People's Artist of the USSR, choreographer Yuri Grigorovich (Russia); People's Artist of the USSR, Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus Valentin Elizariev (Belarus); People's Artist of Russia, acting Rector of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography Marina Leonova (Russia); People's Artist of Russia, Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Ballet Theater and the Dance Academy Boris Eifman (Russia); People's Artist of Russia, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Svetlana Zakharova (Russia); Honored Artist of Russia, acting head of the ballet company of the Mariinsky Theater Yuri Fateyev (Russia); People's Artist of Russia, acting rector of the Academy of the Russian Ballet named after A.Vaganova Nikolai Tsiskaridze (Russia); People's Artist of Ukraine, Artistic Director of the Donetsk National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after A.Solovyanenko Vadim Pisarev (DPR); ex-prima ballerina of the Rome Opera, member of the Expert Council of the Higher National Education in the field of dance Margherita Parilla (Italy); President of the Korea International Ballet Competition Jae-Keun Park (South Korea); Head of the International Ballet Festival in Bodrum Saadet Zeynep Sunal Ongun (Turkey); People's Artist of Kazakhstan, Artistic Director of the Kazakh National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Abay Gulzhana TutkibayevaHead of the Faculty of Choreography at the Tongji University, former soloist of the Royal Ballet of London ShiNing Liu (China); People's Artist of Armenia, ex-prima ballerina of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after A. Spendiaryan Elvira Mnatsakanyan (Armenia); Professor of the Beijing Academy of Dance Suhua Xiao (China).
The founder of the competition is the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The Organizer – the Federal State-financed Cultural Institution ROSCONCERT.
Online broadcasts of all the phases of the XIV International Ballet Competition will be held with the support of the largest Russian social network VKontakte. From June 4 to June 11 the events of the ballet competition will be available for viewing live on the official website of the Competition moscowballetcompetition.com, in its Vkontakte community .
