YAGP 2015 Semi-finals
Las Vegas, NV
January 30 - February 1, 2015
Dear Participants, Parents and Teachers,
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the YAGP 2015 Semi-Finals in Las Vegas, NV! 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 Las Vegas, NV participating schools:
Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre, NV
Arizona School of Classical Ballet, AZ
Arizona Youth Ballet, AZ
Arte Espacio Fernanda Guerra, MEXICO
ArtisTree, KS
Ballet Arte, CA
Ballet Conservatory of Salt Lake City, UT
Barlow Arts Conservatory, UT
Brooksher Ballet, AZ
Burbank School of the Ballet, CA
Classical Ballet Academy, OR
Classical Dance Center/Corona Dance Academy, CA
Conservatory of Movement, NV
CSDA Ballet Program, CA
Dance Centre of Edinburg, TX
Dance Etc., ND
Dance Precisions, CA
Danceology Academy of Classical Ballet, CA
Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, CA
Elite Ballet Theatre, CA
Evolution Dance Center, CA
Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts, NV
Georgia's School of Dance, CA
Imagine Ballet Theatre, UT
Independent, ARGENTINA
Independent, AZ
Independent, CA/Alexis May
Independent, CA/Celeste Kay Lau
Independent, CA/Jolie Moray
Independent, CA/Sarah Bermel
Independent, CANADA
Independent, TX
Anna Lantz, Terane Comito
Nadya Zubov, Hagop Kharatian, Irina Abramyan
Christina Hampton, Tanya Kline, Angie Messner
Fernanda Guerra
Betsie Andrews, Mara Klenda
Sara Viale, Erlends Zieminch
Rachel Winn, Christobal Marquez
Jenny Hill Barlow, Jamie Butler
Joshua Brooksher, Natasha Brooksher
Miss Lisa Sutton, Jason Coosner
Sarah Rigles, Anne Rigles
Elizabeth Molak-Huebner, Rosemary E McCarter, Camilla Kellogg
Alexander Van Alstyne, Miriam Allen
Leslie Clifford, Andrea Evans
Yvette Iannelli, Yvonne Guajardo
Hovi Heazlette, Laura Goehring
Edith Montoya, Mackenzie Martin
Niki Lucia, Elena Baltovick
Dmitri Kulev, Jennifer Kulev
John Wey Ling, Nina Kolesnikov, Vladimir Kolesnikov
Michelle Clark, Ariana Gonzalez, Arianna Gonzalez, Katie Reese
Fern Adair, April Wexelman, Bri Laderman, Jennifer Van Goecke,
Kelly Ontiberos
Sue Gilson, Cassandra Lund, Pablo Infante, Elaina Baltovick
Raymond Van Mason, Christina Stockdale
Pamela Peluso
Natasha Brooksher, Josh Brooksher
Catherine Goldman
Alla Kaniashvili, Nancy Raffa, Jason Coosner
Caitlin Lockwood, Cyndi Scott
Nancy Fonseca
Independent, WA
Independent, WA
Jimmie Defore Dance Center, CA
Kravenko Youth Ballet & Academy of Dance, NV
Kwak Ballet Academy, NV
Li's Ballet Studio, CA
Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, CA
Master Ballet Academy, AZ
MorningStar Dance Academy of Atlanta, GA
NAU Community Music and Dance Academy, AZ
Next Generation Ballet at the Patel Conservatory, FL
North County Academy of Dance, CA
North County Classical Ballet, CA
Pacific Dance, CA
Palos Verdes Ballet, CA
Panorama School of Dance, BC, CANADA
Park City Dance, UT
Riverside Dance Academy & Performing Arts, CA
Salt Lake City Ballet, UT
South Coast Conservatory, CA
Southland Ballet Academy, CA
Studio Fusion Dance Academy, CA
Tara Foy's Elite Ballet, NV
The Dance Zoo, AZ
The danceLAB, BC, CANADA
The Rock School For Dance Education, PA
Tustin Dance Center, CA
University of Utah - Department of Ballet, UT
Youth American Ballet Company, AZ
Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, CA
Kathryn M. Long
Maricar Drilon
Gloria Defore, Francesca Lee, Maria Elva Sifuentes, Maria Sifuentes
Janet Kravenko, Allison Kravenko-Johnson, Alison KravenkoJohnson, Erina Noda
Yoomi Lee
Li Zhang, Haijuan Fu, Roberto Almaguer
Marat Daukayev, Hasmik Amirian
Slawomir Wozniak, Irena Wozniak, Irena Wazniak
Xiao Chen
Todd Sullivan, Andrew Needhammer
Peter Stark, Ivonne Lemus
Pablo Infante, Cassandra Lund, Ashley Lee, Elena Baltovick
Valeri Tchekachev, Tatiana Tchekacheva
Lori Murphy
Uta-Graf Apostol, Sae Rom Lee, Uta Graf- Apostol
Lisa Brandt, Heather Price
Trish Ryland, Sandy Flury, Juliana Vorkink
Rachel Jacinto, Quincy Jacinto, Evette Swinson, Giselle Demarco,
Jadell Lee
Teruyo Davis, Terry S. Davis
Jena Minnick, Enton Hoxha
Salwa Rizkalla, Lana Brooks, Nazgul shinn, Askar Kettebekov
Cynthia Cairo, Amber Ory, Brittany Barney, Courtney Abrams
Tara Foy
Jeanine Taddeo
Jennifer Hill, Kirsten Sjoman
Bojan Spassoff, Stephanie Spassoff, Mariaelena Ruiz, The Rock
School Faculty
Kelly Meyers
Brent Schneider, Calvin Kitten
Georgi Rusafov
Yuri Grigoriev
Competition will take place at Ham Performance Hall – UNLV
Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, Las Vegas, NV 89154
Workshops will take place at Nevada Ballet Theatre 1651 Inner Cir, Las Vegas, NV 89134
YAGP would also like to extend its special thanks to the Las Vegas Embassy Suites
4315 Swenson St. Las Vegas, NV 89119