JURY
During the competition program the jury will judge participants according to “technical specifications”, “artistic values”, “criteria for attitudes”.
The jury is entitled to select the best performances for the final gala.
Furthermore, the jury is authorized to suspend any performance that is in breach with the regulations of the Festival.
JURY 2018
in alphabetical order
Nina Ananiashvili
Artistic Director of Georgian National Ballet Tiflis
Georgia
Stanislav Belyaevsky
Former Assistant Artistic Director of Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, DC
USA
Nadia Deferm
Artistic Director of Royal Ballet School Antwerp
Belgium
Sergey Filin
Director of the Young Artists Ballet Program at the Bolshoi Theatre
Russia
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Gigi Hyatt
Director of the School of the Hamburg Ballett John Neumeier
Germany
Birgit Keil
Ballet Director of Karlsruhe State Theatre of Baden,
Director of the Academy of Dance at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts
Germany
Viara Natcheva
former Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin,
Ballet Master and Choreographer
Bulgaria / Germany
Anna Polikarpova
Hamburg Ballet School John Neumeier
Samira Saidi
Head of intensive courses & international relations
Royal Ballet School London
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Gregor Seyffert
Artistic Director of State Ballet School Berlin,
Germany
Ethan Stiefel
former Principal Dancer at ABT,
Principal Guest Instructor at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
USA
Judith Turos
Ballet Master at Bavarian State Ballet Munich, Kammertänzerin
Germany
Vladimir Vasiliev
People’s Artist of USSR
President of Galina Ulanova Foundation
Russia
Roland Vogel
Ballet and Pas de Deux Teacher at Academie de Danse Princesse Grace
Monaco
Yifei Zhao
Executive Principal of The Ballet School Affiliated to Lioaning Ballet.
China
Anselmo Zolla
Artistic Director and choreographer of Studio 3 Dance Company Sao Paolo
Brazil
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