Results Announced at the 9th International Yury Grigorovich Contest “World Ballet Youth”

This year, the Contest was hosted from October 16-22, 2023 by the Winter Theater in Sochi, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of establishment of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (the Bolshoi Ballet Academy).

Fifty performers from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea and Japan competed in Juniors and Adults nominations.

Mayuko Fujii, 2nd year student from Japan, won a Recognition Diploma in the Juniors nomination for her performance of the cachucha from Le Diable Boiteux (the Lame Devil) by Jean Coralli. Mayuko also received a special award from the Ballet Magazine, Russia’s oldest periodical dedicated to dance, for “Superb Performance of Vernacular / Character Dance”.

Our congratulations to Mayuko, Lyudmila Ermakova and Svetlana Ivanova, her teachers! We wish them new accomplishments and triumphs!