YAGP 2015 Semi-finals
Atlanta, GA
January 23 - 25, 2015
Dear Participants, Parents and Teachers,
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the YAGP 2015 Semi-Finals in Atlanta, GA! We hope
you will enjoy learning from each other as well as the many distinguished dance professionals gathered here.
As many of you already know, we have designed the YAGP experience in such a way that every participant,
regardless of their level of training or career goals, can benefit greatly from the multitude of educational and
professional opportunities available throughout the event.
Competition entries are organized by birth date starting with our youngest participants. The
only exceptions to this order are special considerations due to costume changes.
We are proud to say that in only 16 short years YAGP has become the largest student
scholarship competition in the world. This is in large part due to the support of our participants and
participating schools. In particular, we would like to thank the Atlanta, GA participating schools:
A Class Act Dance Center, GA
Academie De Ballet, VA
Alabama Ballet, AL
Alius Dance School, FL
All American Classical Ballet School, FL
Andalusia Ballet, AL
Atlanta Academy of Ballet and Dance, GA
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy, GA
Ballet Arts Conservatory of Tallahassee, FL
Birmingham Ballet Academy, AL
Bonita's School of Ballet, NC
Bravo Dance Center, GA
Bravo School of Dance, FL
British Academy of Performing Arts, GA
Buford School of Ballet, GA
Carolina Dance Conservatory, SC
Cary Ballet Conservatory, NC
Celestial Stars Arts Academy, SC
Center for Dance Education, SC
Center Stage Dance Studio, NC
Center Stage Dance Studio, NY
Charleston Ballet Theatre Center for Dance
Education, SC
Chattanooga Dance and Performing Arts
Center, TN
Ryen McGee
Anora Hummel, Melissa Moore, Andrei Yemelianov, Natallia
Yemelianova
Tracey Alvey, Roger Van Fleteren, Michael Fothergill
Alexia Adcock-Stanford, Alexa Mieses
Terri Howell, Julio Montano, Gissell Durand
Meryane Martin Murphy, Laura Wells
Susan Beebe, Candice Ulbrich, Rachel Truitt
Wei Dongsheng, Dongsheng Wei, Sarah McCaffery
Amy Lowe, Roberto Sifontes
Cindy Free, Beth Hughes, Elizabeth Ross
Bonita Simpson, Tara Beaver, Skyla Caldwell
Carolyn Crumpton Perry, Stevan Novakovich, Reiko Kimura,
Reiko Kimurk, Carissa Shanks
Anne Booras, Lindsay Lynch
Marsha Newton, Marina Lavashava, Bethany Elias, Marina
Levasheva
Bernadette Cambell, Bernadette Campbell, Savannah Long
Amy Belknap, Amy DeShong, Danielle Banks
Suzanne Laliberté-Clark, Heather Iler, Anna Penny, Kat Murphy,
Alina Ramirez
Gabrielle Celeste
Mimi Worrel, Anna Porter
Michele Lee
Annette Osinski
Patricia Cantwell, Don Cantwell, Jill Eatthorne-Bahr, Patricia
Cantwell
Nisa Hooper, Caitlyn Lynn
Columbia Conservatory of Dance, SC
Dance Arts Greenville, SC
Dance Dynamics, GA
Destiny Dance Institute, NC
English Theater Arts, SC
Georgia Dance Conservatory, GA
Grebel Center for Dance, AL
Gulf Coast Dancenter, FL
Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, GA
Hahira Middle School, GA
Huntsville Ballet School, AL
In Motion School of Dance,
Independent, FL
Independent, GA
Independent, GA
Infinity Ballet, NC
International Ballet Academy - SC, SC
International City School of Ballet, GA
Julia Moiseeva Ballet School, SC
Kelly and Company Studios, GA
Kingsport Ballet, TN
Litchfield Dance Arts Academy, SC
Madeleine Walker Coastal Ballet Theater, GA
MorningStar Dance Academy of Atlanta, GA
Mount Dora School of Ballet, FL
North Atlanta Dance Academy, GA
North Carolina Dance Institute, NC
Northwest Florida Ballet, FL
Piedmont School of Music and Dance, NC
Plainfield Dance Academy, IL
Portsmouth School of Ballet, NH
Royal Dance Academy - GA, GA
School of Ballet Arts, FL
Shreveport Dance Academy, LA
South Carolina Governor's School for the
Arts and Humanities, SC
Southwest Virginia Ballet, VA
Stepping Out Performing Arts Center, GA
Steps of Faith Dance Studio, GA
Still Pointe Studios, GA
Sugarloaf Ballet, GA
The Academy of Dance Arts, IL
The City Gate School, GA
The Dance Centre of Southwest Virginia, VA
The Florida Ballet at Jacksonville, FL
Mariclare Miranda, Katie Smoak, William Starrett
Hernan Justo, Adair Keller, Anita Pacylowski-Justo, Francesca
Genovese
Melanie Emory, Kathryn Ginaldi
Patty Ogden, Ruth Leney-Midkiff, Hong Yang
Barbara English, Anna English
Lisa Toups, Ashleigh Whitworth, Kathryn McBeth
Deborah Grebel, Stevan Grebel
Anne Cichra, Nicole Stuart
Wade Walthall, Whitney Sue Snuggs, Rebecca Harman
Rachel Butler, Phillip Otto, Desmond Nunn
Lizz Pimentel, Jennifer Spafford
Angela Zintchenko
Tatiana Makarova
Debra Sayles Senchak, Cari-Lenn Orr
Lena Forster, Vlada Kysselova, Juliana Jordan
Georne Aucoin, Musashi Alvarez, Mikhail Ilyin
Julia Moiseeva, Sergei Chtyrkov
Shannon Kelly, David Greenberg
Valeria Sinyavskaya, Bertina Sixto Dew, Vadim Burciu
Ilka Doubek, Dusty Button, Alexey Kulpin
Gaye Baxley, Erin Demers
Xiao Chen, Wynne Huo, Sohee Bae, Yan Li, Chiaki Yasukawa
Kathryn Wheeler, Luis Eduardo Gonzalez
Michael Garrison, Stacey Slichter,Tatiana Makarova, Caroline
Simpkins, Christina Simpkovich, Erin-Elizabeth Morton, Lisa Lock,
Robert Chabot, Rebecca Metzger Hirsch
Kirstie Spadie, Melody Staples Hammell
Todd Eric Allen, Katia Garza
Rebecca Massey Wiley, Courtney Stewart, Rebecca Wiley, Daniel
Wiley
Askar Alibetovn Corinne Alimbetov, Ariel Cisneros, Catie DeitzGriffith
Megan Edmonds, Kristen Ferullo, Megan McCoy
Sarah Haslock Johnson, Jay Johnson, Susan Mcgraw
Deborah Marquez, Irmah Del Valle
Kendra Meiki
Josee Garant, Miriam Mesa Pelly, Irina Ushakova, Tracy Vogt,
Sarah Ber
Pedro Szalay, Abigail Furry
Autumn Ritter, Heather Knight
Julie Reeves, Ashleyanne Hensley, Anna Gilbert
Eleanor Rogers, Rebekah Diaddigo, Rob Rogers, Kayla Lynch
Lori Zamzow-Wire, Heather Hatzenbuhler, Krysten Hill, Whitney
Suave, Reyna O’Leary, Michelle Bourgeois
Sherry Moray, Irina Starovoitova, Ricky Ruiz
Robert E. Mason II, Jennifer Mason, Rudolf Nureyev
Sandra Smeltzer, Pedro Szalay
Laurie Picinich-Byrd, Linda Reifsnyder Jenkins, Bryan Jenkins
The Pointe Dance Arts, AL
The Rock School For Dance Education, PA
The Sarasota Ballet's Margaret Barbieri
Conservatory, FL
The Studio, GA
Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance, GA
University of North Carolina School of the
Arts, NC
Virginia Regional Ballet, VA
Woodstock School of Ballet, GA
World Ballet Inc., FL
Shannon Denney, Michael Fothergill, Catherine Garratt
Bojan Spassoff, Stephanie Spassoff, Mariaelena Ruiz, Eva Szabo,
Sebastien Riou, Natasha Zeiger, Jody Anderson, Justin Allen, B.
Asafiev
Iain Webb, Margaret Barbieri, Dex Honea, Isabel Dubrocq, Javier
Dubrocq, Sara Sardelli, Ricardo Graziano, Kate Walsh Honea
Maryann Duffy Dewberry
Nancy Tolbert Yilmaz, Tracey Bayly, Orlando Molina, Kassandra
Taylor Newberry, Tracey Yanckello-Bayly, Tracy Vogt
Susan Jaffe, Matthew Donnell, Alana Niehoff
Heidi Robitshek, Adelle Carpenter
Dana Crain, Elizabeth Fisher
Henry Hernandez, Marleena Huckaba
Competition will take place at Ferst Center for the Arts
Georgia Institute of Technology 349 Ferst Dr. Atlanta, GA 30332-0468
Workshops will take place at Atlanta Ballet 1695 Marietta Blvd. NW Atlanta, GA 30318
YAGP would also like to extend its special thanks to the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
165 Courtland St. NE Atlanta, GA 30303