Winners of the WBC 2025 Finals
Congratulations to the winners of the 18th Annual World Ballet Competition held in Orlando, Florida from June 16-21, 2025! This edition attracted participants representing over 20 countries and 19 U.S. states. Our participants were awarded more than $350,000 in scholarships, cash prizes, job contracts and dance apparel.
**SCHOLARSHIP & COMPANY CONTRACT AWARDS**
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Outstanding School Award
Le Jeune Dance
Outstanding Teacher Award
Daoyuan Chen
Encouragement Award
#325 Nam Nam (Hong Kong)
Choreography Award & $500 Cash Prize
Katherine Liljeros & Jhostin Jimenez Castillo for choreographing "Atardecer" #607
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY (AGES 16-24)
Medalists
Female
Gold Medal & $3,000 Cash Prize: Evelyn Yang (United States) #412
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy
Silver Medal & $2,000 Cash Prize: Amanda Hall (United States) #428
Pembroke Ballet
Bronze Medal & $1,000 Cash Prize: Johanna Wu (United States) #406
Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Meghan Gutowski (United States) #416
Alabama Dance Academy
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Manuella Menezes (Brazil) #426
Balé Jovem de São Vicente
Male
Gold Medal & $3,000 Cash Prize: Roberto Nicolau Manzo (United States) #482
Stars Dance Studio and Houston Ballet Academy
Bronze Medal & $1,000 Cash Prize: Mushegh Avetisyan (Armenia) #480
Arka Ballet Academy
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Gabriel Soares (Brazil) #481
Balé Isabel Gusman
Top 12 Female & Male Dancers (in alphabetical order)
Ranking determined by final scores
Male
480 Mushegh Avetisyan (Armenia) of Arka Ballet Academy
484 Aidan Charboneau (United States) of RC Ballet Coaching and Ordway Conservatory of Classical Ballet
482 Roberto Nicolau Manzo (United States) of Stars Dance Studio and Houston Ballet Academy
481 Gabriel Soares (Brazil) of Balé Isabel Gusman
Female
421 Anna De Sousa (Brazil) of Balletarrj Escola de Danca
405 Mya Dzierzawski (United States) of Macomb Ballet Company
416 Meghan Gutowski (United States) of Alabama Dance Academy
428 Amanda Hall (United States) of Pembroke Ballet
426 Manuella Menezes (Brazil) of Balé Jovem de São Vicente
423 Trinity Mijares (United States) of City Ballet San Francisco
418 Veronica SomsakHein (United States) of Le Jeune Dance
415 Yasmim Tavares (Brazil) of Ateliê da Dança
408 Jessica Wang (United States) of Atlanta Professional Dance Academy
420 Kadence Wang (United States) of Atlanta Professional Dance Academy
406 Johanna Wu (United States) of Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre
412 Evelyn Yang (United States) of Atlanta Professional Dance Academy
PRE-PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY (AGES 14-15)
Medalists
Female
Gold Medal & $1.500 Cash Prize: Luisa Costa (Brazil) #312
Ateliê da Dança
Silver Medal & $1.000 Cash Prize: Amelia Legault (United States) #313
Le Jeune Dance
Bronze Medal & $500 Cash Prize: Chloe Wang (United States) #336
N&D Ballet
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Jocelyn Cramer (United States) #341
Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Ella Mo (United States) #327
Morning Star Dance Academy
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Kelly Zhong (United States) #314
MorningStar Dance Academy
Male
Gold Medal & $1,500 Cash Prize: Bryce Young (United States) #380
All American Classical Ballet School
Bronze Medal & $500 Cash Prize: Adler Gorden (United States) #381
In The Spotlight Dance Conservatory
Top 12 Female & Male Dancers (in alphabetical order)
Ranking determined by final scores
Male
381 Adler Gorden (United States) of In The Spotlight Dance Conservatory
380 Bryce Young (United States) of All American Classical Ballet School
Female
312 Luisa Costa (Brazil) of Ateliê da Dança
341 Jocelyn Cramer (United States) of Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching
320 Vivienne Griggs (United States) of Le Jeune Dance
316 Julianne Lee (United States) of J&H Dance School
313 Amelia Legault (United States) of Le Jeune Dance
321 Claire Ling (United States) of Atlanta Professional Dance Academy
325 Nam Nam (Hong Kong) of Supreme Dance Academy
327 Ella Mo (United States) of Morning Star Dance Academy
324 Luana Ribeiro (Brazil) of Inspire Centro De Artes By Marco Sanches
336 Chloe Wang (United States) of N&D Ballet
308 Katherine Yang (United States) of Atlanta Professional Dance Academy
314 Kelly Zhong (United States) of MorningStar Dance Academy
PREPARATORY CATEGORY (AGES 12-13)
Medalists
Female
Gold Medal & $600 Cash Prize: Pietra Landim (Brazil) #221
Pas De Deux Escola De Dança
Silver Medal & $400 Cash Prize: Milania Leone (United States) #222
All American Classical Ballet School
Bronze Medal & $200 Cash Prize: Emma Tian (United States) #218
N&D Ballet
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Sydney Sterling (United States) #219
Palmetto Conservatory of Dance
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Bárbara Lourenço (Brazil) #211
Balletarrj Escola de Dança
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Amelia Abucejo (United States) #209
Ballet Center of Fort Worth
Male
Silver Medal & $400 Cash Prize: Danilo Pereira (Brazil) #283
Inspire Centro De Artes By Marco Sanches
Bronze Medal & $200 Cash Prize: Vinicius Pedroni (Brazil) #280
Balé Isabel Gusman
Top 12 Female & Male Dancers (in alphabetical order)
Ranking determined by final scores
Male
280 Vinicius Pedroni (Brazil) of Balé Isabel Gusman
283 Danillo Pereira (Brazil) of Inspire Centro De Artes By Marco Sanches
Female
209 Amelia Abucejo (United States) of Ballet Center of Fort Worth
212 Annalie Beirens (United States) of Le Jeune Dance
215 Emanuelle Dos Santos (Brazil) of Espaço da dança Clara Bretas
221 Pietra Landim (Brazil) of Pas De Deux Escola De Dança
222 Melania Leone (United States) of All American Classical Ballet School
211 Barbara Lourenco (Brazil) of Balletarrj Escola de Dança
223 Beatriz Lourenco (Brazil) of Sheila's Ballet
217 Maria Lucia Silva (Brazil) of Studio Le Dance
219 Sydney Sterling (United States) of Palmetto Conservatory of Dance
214 Katherine Sun (United States) of Etoile Dance Academy
218 Emma Tian (United States) of N&D Ballet
208 Micaela Vargas (Brazil) of Inspire Centro De Artes By Marco Sanches
INTRODUCTORY CATEGORY (AGES 9-11)
Medalists
Female
Gold Medal & $350 Cash Prize: Elynn Nie (United States) #117
Morningstar Dance Academy
Silver Medal & $250 Cash Prize: Jennifer Wen (United States) #123
Morningstar Dance Academy
Bronze Medal & $150 Cash Prize: Alice Huang (United States) #109
Morning Star Dance Academy
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Evelyn Shen (United States) #141
N&D Ballet
Honorable Mention by the Jury: Oyukhan Sukhbold (Mongolia) #113
La Sylphide Ballet School
Top 12 Female & Male Dancers (in alphabetical order)
Ranking determined by final scores
112 Leticia De Melo (Brazil) of Studio de Dança por Lucinha Azeredo
106 Antonella Febernati Algeri (Brazil) of Ballet Vera Bublitz
134 Enerel Ganzorig (Mongolia) of of La Sylphide Ballet School
109 Alice Huang (United States) of Morning Star Dance Academy
107 Hannah Joines (United States) of Atlanta Professional Dance Academy
137 Melissa Menezes (Brazil) of Balé Jovem de São Vicente
132 Andira Mishell (Mongolia) of of La Sylphide Ballet School
117 Elynn Nie (United States) of Morningstar Dance Academy
104 Leonela Piovesan (Ecuador) - Independent
141 Evelyn Shen (United States) of N&D Ballet
113 Oyukhan Sukhbold (Mongolia) of La Sylphide Ballet School
123 Jennifer Wen (United States) of Morningstar Dance Academy
ENSEMBLE CATEGORY (AGES 9-24)
Medalists
Gold Medal & $1,500 Cash Prize:
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy (United States) #601 for "Harmony of Autumn"
Silver Medal & $1,000 Cash Prize:
All American Classical Ballet School (United States) #606 for "Emociones"
Bronze Medal & $500 Cash Prize:
Katherine Liljeros & Jhostin Jimenez Castillo (Mexico) #607 for "Atardecer"
Honorable Mention by the Jury:
Le Jeune Dance (United States) #608 for “Fisherman’s Pas de Trois”
Honorable Mention by the Jury:
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy (United States) #609 for “Ode to Joy”
Honorable Mention by the Jury:
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy (United States) #611 for "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"
Honorable Mention by the Jury:
Inspire Centro de Artes (Brazil) #604 for "Petrichor"
Top 12 Finalists
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy (United States) for "Harmony of Autumn" — #601
All American Classical Ballet School (United States) for "Emociones" — #606
Katherine Liljeros & Jhostin Jimenez Castillo (Mexico) for "Atardecer" — #607
Inspire Centro de Artes (Brazil) for "Petrichor" — #604
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy (United States) for "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" — #611
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy (United States) for "Ode to Joy" — #609
Le Jeune Dance (United States) for "Fisherman’s Pas de Trois" — #608
Balletarrj Escola de Danca (Brazil) for "Pulsando" — #605
Katherine Liljeros & Jhostin Jimenez Castillo (Mexico) for "Carrusel" — #618
Atlanta Professional Dance Academy (United States) for "Habanera" — #619