Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) is the world’s largest dance network - and the #1 source of young dance talent for dance schools and companies worldwide. YAGP is a 501c3 nonprofit education organization that fulfills its mission of ensuring the future of dance by providing scholarship, education and professional development opportunities to talented young dancers, ages 9-19, of all nationalities a
nd all ethnic, social or economic backgrounds. It is the world’s largest student ballet scholarship audition, connecting the world’s leading dance schools, companies, artists, dance professionals and dance students. In 25 years of operations, more than $4.5 million USD has been awarded at YAGP in scholarships to the world’s leading dance schools. More than 200,000 dancers have participated in YAGP’s workshops, scholarship auditions and master classes worldwide. Over 450 YAGP alumni are now dancing with 80 companies around the world. For more information about YAGP, visit www.yagp.org.
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YAGP’S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
YAGP’s JOB FAIR is a special audition program giving YAGP participants and alumni a chance to be seen and hired by the directors of the world’s leading dance companies. YAGP’s EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHER SERIES provides an opportunity for upcoming choreographers to present their work to the international dance community. Brown, Marcelo Gomes, Adam Hougland, Susan Jaffe, and Justin Peck, among others. YAGP’s educational Gala series, LEGENDS IN DANCE, celebrates artists who have helped shape dance history. Honorees have included Peter Pestov, Vladimir Vasiliev, Julio Bocca, and Ballerina Assoluta, Natalia Makarova.
