
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 World Ballet Competition OPEN Sao Paulo held September 29 - October 1!
Introductory Category / Contemporary Division:
Special Mention, #1051, Beatriz Fumagalli
Bronze Medal, #1011, Ana Clara Trancolin
Introductory Category / Classical Division:
Bronze Medal, #103, Rafaela Rosolen
Silver Medal, #101, Ana Clara Trancolin
Preparatory Category / Contemporary Division:
Special Mention, #2091, Sophia de Mello
Special Mention, #2031, Leticia Padilha
Preparatory Category / Classical Division:
Special Mention, #207, Bianca Huang
Bronze Medal, #209, Sophia de Mello
Pre-Professional Category - Overall Top 12:
Aline Vitoria Povidaiko Valarini, 313
Camila de Castro, 315
Danielle Cardoso, 321
Isabela de Almeida, 307
Jelena Bozovic, 309
Juliana D’Elia, 301
Livia Aguiar, 331
Luma Nunes, 303
Maria Eduarda Pinto, 305
Nathalia Berganton Picolo, 317
Pietra Orefice Gonzales, 319
Yasmin Cruz Alonso, 335
Pre-Professional Category / Contemporary Division:
Special Mention, #3071, Isabela de Almeida
Special Mention, #3011, Juliana D'Elia
Special Mention, #3031, Luma Nunes
Special Mention, #3191, Pietra Orefice Gonzales
Silver Medal, #3051, Maria Eduarda Pinto
Pre-Professional Category / Classical Division:
Bronze Medal, #307, Isabela de Almeida
Bronze Medal, #303, Luma Nunes
Silver Medal, #305, Maria Eduarda Pinto
Silver Medal, #315, Camila de Castro
Professional Category - Overall Top 12:
Amanda Souza Rodrigues, 425
Ana Caroline Bertazzo, 439
Beatriz Almeida, 417
Carolina Dezani, 441
Davi Chagas, 413
Gabriele D’Amelio Sanches, 427
Leticia Endler, 423
Lorenna Calheiros, 435
Luiz Paulo Martins Carneiro, 409
Sarah Santos, 443
Vitor Oliveira Pires, 405
Yan Eloi, 411
Professional Category / Contemporary Division:
Female
Silver Medal, #4231, Leticia Endler
Male
Silver Medal, #4131, Davi Chagas
Professional Category / Classical Division:
Female
Silver Medal, #435, Lorenna Calheiros
Silver Medal, #423, Leticia Endler
Male
Special Mention, #405, Vitor Oliveira Pires
Bronze Medal, #409, Luiz Paulo Martins Carneiro
Silver Medal, #411, Yan Eloi
Silver Medal, #413, Davi Chagas
Ensemble Category
Special Mention: #615, Academia de Dança Corpo Livre for "Sapateado"
Special Mention: #627, Ballet Evelyn for “Ilari”
Special Mention: #619, Studio de Ballet In-Pulso for "Entre todos, um"
Bronze Medal: #613, Academia de Ballet Iris Ativa Lina Penteado for "Sopro do Alma"
Silver Medal: #611, Balletarrj Escola de Dança for "Toutes les Nuits, Tous les Jours"
Silver Medal: 617, Ballet Evelyn for "O Riso"
Scholarship for 2018 Summer Intensive Faces Oculates:
425 – Amanda Souza Rodriguez
401 – David Loiaconi
Scholarship for 2018 Summer Intensive Mostra Danca:
411 - Yan Eloi
315 - Camila de Castro
Ensemble dancer: Camila Fernandes #617
Scholarship for 2017 Weekend on Cia de Dancas de Diadema:
305 – Maria Pinto
411 – Yan Eloi
Ensemble dancer: Isabella Matsuda #619
Ensemble dancer: Israel Felipe Goncalves da Silva #619
Scholarship for 2018 Summer Intensive of Central Florida Ballet in Orlando, Florida, USA:
101 - Ana Clara Trancolin
303 - Luma Nunes
305 - Maria Pinto
315 - Camila de Castro
Ensemble dancer: Julia Saba de Almeida Cunha #619
Full Year Scholarship to Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C., USA (room and board included), valued at over $40,000 US Dollars:
405 – Vitor Oliveira Pires
Full Year Company Member Contract to the Teatrul de Balet Sibiu in Sibiu, Romania:
435 – Lorenna Calheiros
439 – Ana Caroline Bertazzo
411 - Yan Eloi
413 – Davi Chagas
Best Choreography for Solos:
“Sinopse” choreographed by Carol Segurado (performed by #4231 Letícia Endler)
Best Choreography for Ensembles:
“O Riso” choreographed by Evelyn Esteves (performed by #617 Ballet Evelyn)
Best Teacher Award:
Marcia Pee of Studio de Danças Marcia Pee for teaching #101 Ana Clara Trancolin
Best School Award:
Ballet Evelyn
*Special thank you to So Danca for giving merchandise certificates valued at R $200 for 5 competitors*
Participants Invited to the 2018 World Finals held in Orlando, Florida, USA:
101, Ana Clara Trancolin
103, Rafaela Rosolen
203, Leticia Padilha
207, Bianca Huang
209, Sophia de Mello
303, Luma Nunes
305, Maria Pinto
307, Isabela de Almeida
315, Camila de Castro
405, Vitor Oliveira Pires
409, Luiz Paulo Martins Carneiro
411, Yan Eloi
413, Davi Chagas
423, Leticia Endler
427, Gabriele D’Amelio Sanches
435, Lorenna Calheiros
439, Ana Caroline Bertazzo
619, Studio de Ballet In-Pulso for “Entre todos, um”
613, Academia de Ballet Iris Ativa Lina Penteado for "Sopro do Alma"
615, Academia de Dança Corpo Livre for "Sapateado"
617, Ballet Evelyn for "O Riso"
625, Ballet Paula Gasparini for “Estacao”
611, Balletarrj Escola de Danca for “Toutes les Nuits, Tous les Jours"
Congratulations to the winners of the World Ballet Competition OPEN Romania 2015 held from March 19-22!
Winners of the Introductory Category (ages 8-11):
Contemporary Solo
Not Awarded
Classical Solo
Bronze Medal, Diana Alexandra Nitu Niculae (Romania), Competitor #100
Bronze Medal, Carla Ioana Ana-Maria Popescu (Romania), Competitor #102
Bronze Medal, Andreea Iuliana Tarus (Romania), Competitor #106
Silver Medal, Luca Dobos (Romania), Competitor #104
Winners of the Preparatory Category (age 12-13):
Contemporary Solo
Special Mention, Mara Antonia Tudose (Romania), Competitor #222
Bronze Medal, Andrei Fabian Raschitor (Romania), Competitor #216
Silver Medal, Darius Gramada (Romania), Competitor #215
Classical Solo
Special Mention, Andrei Fabian Raschitor (Romania), Competitor #216
Bronze Medal, Mihaela-Octavia Cristea (Romania), Competitor #208
Bronze Medal, Darius Gramada (Romania), Competitor #215
Silver Medal - Andreea Diana Dumitru (Romania), Competitor #220
Silver Medal - Stefanija Gashtarska (Macedonia), Competitor #214
Winners of the Pre-Professional Category (age 14-17):
Contemporary Solo
Special Mention, Lauren Emery (United Kingdom), Competitor #331
Bronze Medal, Teodora Sabina Cojocariu (Romania), Competitor #304
Silver Medal, Maria Ruxandra Bodea (Romania), Competitor #300
Classical Solo
Special Mention, Teodora Silvia Badea (Romania), Competitor #315
Special Mention, Milena Ogrizovic (Serbia), Competitor #322
Bronze Medal, Viviana Celina Olaru (Romania), Competitor #301
Bronze Medal, Teodora Sabina Cojocariu (Romania), Competitor #304
Silver Medal - Maria Ruxandra Bodea (Romania), Competitor #300
Gold Medal - Momona Sakakibara (Japan), Competitor #310
Winners of the Professional Category (age 18-26):
Contemporary Solo
Not Awarded
Classical Solo
Special Mention, Ho Nyoung Yang (South Korea), Competitor #419
Special Mention, Sung Yoon Park (South Korea), Competitor #416
Bronze Medal, Mayura Takase (Japan), Competitor #403
Silver Medal - Ye Lim Choi (South Korea), Competitor #410
Silver Medal - Elliot Bourke (Australia), Competitor #415
Gold Medal - Arisa Mori (Japan), Competitor #407
Gold Medal - Akane Tanaka (Japan), Competitor #418
Gold Medal - Mihai Cristian Preda (Romania), Competitor #409
Ensemble Category - Winners (age 8-26):
Special Mention, La Sylphide Ballet School (Romania),
Competitors # 601 "Spring's Children" and # 607 "Birds"
Bronze Medal, Liceul de Coregrafie Floria Capsali (Romania),
Competitor # 605 "Someone Like You"
Pas de Deux Category - Winners (age 14-26):
Special Mention, Mayura Takase and Eisho Suzuki (Japan), Competitor #503
Bronze Medal, Yvonne Slingerland (Spain) and Elliot Bourke (Australia), Competitor #500
Bronze Medal, Ada Gonzalez (Spain) and Stefan Mester (Romania), Competitor #502
Best Choreography Awards:
Edward Clug for "Radio and Juliet" performed by #409, Mihai Cristian Preda
Mihaela Iosif for "Prayer" performed by #210, Valentina Turmacu
Best Teacher Award:
Rosina Kovacs-Pop for coaching Competitor #310, Momona Sakakibara (Japan)
Best Ensemble Teacher Award:
Lorelai Bari and Anca Mandrescu for Competitor #607, "Birds"
performed by La Sylphide Ballet School (Romania)
Sibiu Ballet Theater - Special Director's Choice Award:
• Ho Nyoung Yang (South Korea)
• Ji Yun Shin (South Korea)
• So Youn Park (South Korea)
• Sung Yoon Park (South Korea)
• Suwan Lee (South Korea)
• Ye Lim Choi (South Korea)
Scholarships
The following competitors are awarded a Tuition Scholarship for the Central Florida Ballet's 2015 Summer Intensive in Orlando, Florida, USA
#101, Bianca Andreea Badea (Romania)
#104, Luca Dobos (Romania)
#113, Rumelina Dilcheva (Bulgaria)
#115, Diana Andreea Ionita (Romania)
#119, Teofil Cosma (Romania)
The following competitors are awarded a Tuition and Housing Scholarship for the International Ballet Academy of Norwell/New England Movement Arts in Boston Massachusetts for the 2015 Summer Intensive.
#322, Milena Ogrizovic (Serbia)
#313, Maja Stojakov (Serbia)
#220, Andreea Diana Dumitru (Romania)
WBC OPEN EXCELLENCE AWARD
Pre-Professional Category:
Momona Sakakibara (Japan), Competitor #310
with a cash prize of $500 US Dollars
Professional Category:
Akane Tanaka (Japan), Competitor #418
with a cash prize of $500 US Dollars
Mihai Cristian Preda (Romania), Competitor # 409
with a cash prize of $2,000 US Dollars
Invited to the 2015 World Ballet Competition USA Finals this June in Orlando, Florida, USA are:
Luca Dobos (Romania), Competitor #104
Stefanija Gashtarska (Macedonia), Competitor #214
Darius Gramada (Romania), Competitor #215
Andreea Diana Dumitru (Romania), Competitor #220
Maria Ruxandra Bodea (Romania), Competitor #300
Momona Sakakibara (Japan), Competitor #310
Arisa Mori (Japan), Competitor #407
Akane Tanaka (Japan), Competitor #418
Mihai Cristian Preda (Romania), Competitor #409
**Competitors invited to the Orlando Finals - You be receiving an email with information on registration on March 26 (once the WBC STAFF returns to the USA office).
Below you will find the scores for the World Ballet Competition OPEN - Romania 2014.
Introductory Category - Day 1, Solo #1
Pre-Professional Category - Day 1, Solo #1
Professional Category - Day 1, Solo #1
Ensemble Category - Entry #1
Introductory Category - Final Scores
Pre-Professional Category - Final Scores
Professional Category - Final Scores
Pas de Deux Category - Entry #1
Excellence Award Contest - Scores
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