Prix de Lausanne Prize Winners 2018 and photos

A large audience attended the Prix de Lausanne Finals today, both at the Théâtre de Beaulieu and online.

8 young dancers were awarded a scholarship allowing them to enter one of the 72 partner schools or companies of the Prix de Lausanne. Non-awarded candidates can take part in the Networking Forum tomorrow and have the opportunity to be chosen by Directors of the partner institutions.

The Prix de Lausanne has once again attracted young and promising dancers from all over the world. 74 out of the 78 selected candidates, finally participated in the 46th edition. Yesterday, 21 candidates were chosen at the Selections to compete in the Finals.

During the week, jury members have observed the candidates performing their classical and contemporary variations. This year, the Artistic Director of the HET National Ballet, Ted Brandsen, was President of the 9 jury member panel.

The 8 Prix de Lausanne 2018 Prize Winners are:

WAGMAN Shale – 17.9 years old – Canada

1. Don Quixote
2. Chroma

PARK Hanna – 15.5 years old – South Korea
BOURSE JEUNE ESPOIR

1. La Bayadère
2. 1st Flash solo 1

GUO Wenjin – 16.8 years old – China

1. Don Quixote
2. Rossini Cards

LEE Junsu – 16.1 years old – South Korea

1. La Fille Mal Gardée
2. Furia Corporis

ZHAO Xinyue – 17.11 years old – China

1. Grand Pas Classique
2. Becomings

ARANDA MAIDANA Miguel Angel David – 18.6 years old – Paraguay
FONDATION DES AMIS DU PRIX DE LAUSANNE

1. Paquita
2. Plan to B

GALVAO Carolyne – 17.5 years old – Brazil

1. Grand Pas Classique
2. Chroma

GELFER-MÜNDL Aviva – 16.10 years old – USA

1. Paquita
2. Touch, Feel, Sense

Contemporary Dance Prize
LEE Junsu – 16.1 years old – South Korea
For his interpretation of : Furia Corporis

Audience Favourite Prize
Carolyne GALVAO – 17.5 years old – BRAZIL

1. Grand Pas Classique
2. Chroma

Rudolf Nureyev Foundation Prize
WAGMAN Shale – 17.9 years old – Canada

1. Don Quixote
2. Chroma

Best Swiss Candidate Prize
BAREMAN Lukas – 18.1 years old – Belgium

1. La Bayadère
2. Becomings

Finalists who have not been awarded any prize receive the “Finalist Award” (a sum of CHF 1’000.-)

During the jury deliberations after the Finals, the audience enjoyed a performance in two parts. This year, the interlude began with the 50 students on stage from our Partner Schools resulting in the Choreographic Project which was a creation (Pulse) choreographed by Goyo Montero. It continued with a performance by Kristina Shapran (First Soloist) and Xander Parish (Principal Dancer) from the Mariinsky Theatre.

All photos © Gregory Batardon

Gramilano Editor

Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.