Thousands followed the 47th Prix de Lausanne Finals at the Beaulieu Theatre online through the live streaming. This year, the daily sessions – almost 6 hours live per day – have been watched more than 562 530 times on ARTE Concert, YouTube, Facebook as well as on the Prix de Lausanne website. For the second year, the Selections and Finals were live streamed in China and commented by Chi Cao, Prize Winner at Lausanne in 1994. The Selections have been watched more than 1,199,322 times.
At the end of the Finals, the jury, presided this year by the ballet star and Gold Medal of the Prix de Lausanne 1990, Carlos Acosta, selected eight Prize Winners from among the 21 Finalists. Thanks to their scholarships, these eight dancers will have the opportunity to enter one of the partner schools and companies of the Prix de Lausanne. Yesterday, Sunday 10 February 2019, the candidates took part in the Networking Forum, to meet representatives of the partner institutions.
The 8 Prix de Lausanne 2019 Prize Winners are:
FONDATION CARIS – JEUNE ESPOIR
126 BROWN Mackenzie – United States – 16.9 years old
La Bayadère – Jean-Christophe Maillot's Abstract
OAK FOUNDATION
416 FIGUEREDO Gabriel Brazil 18.3 years old
Paquita – Wayne McGregor's Chroma
EMILE CHOURIET
313 SASAKI Sumina Japan 18.3 years old
La Esmeralda – Wayne McGregor's Chroma
BEAU-RIVAGE PALACE
408 WAKIZUKA Yu Japan 17.7 years old
1. Grand Pas Classique – Heinz Spoerli's Urge
FONDATION ALBERT AMON
412 WU Shuailun China 17.10 years old
Sleeping Beauty – Wayne Mcgregor's Becomings
BOURSE JEUNE ESPOIR
203 DA SILVA João Vitor Brazil 15.9 years old
Coppélia – Mauro Bigonzetti's Furia Corporis
FONDATION COROMANDEL
418 JOAQUIM Alexandre Portugal 18.7 years old
Paquita – Jean-Christophe Maillot's Abstract
HARLEQUIN FLOORS
316 SUMIYAMA Mio Japan 18.9 years old
La Bayadère – Richard Wherlock's (A) Swan Lake
Other Prizes:
MINERVA KUNSTSTIFTUNG
Contemporary Dance Prize
126 BROWN Mackenzie United States 16.9 years old
La Bayadère – Jean-Christophe Maillot's Abstract
NUREYEV FOUNDATION
Best Young Talent Prize
117 SHUGART Julia United States 16.1 years old
La Bayadère – Mauro Bigonzetti's Rossini Cards
ANONYMOUS DONOR
Best Swiss Candidate Prize
313 SASAKI Sumina Japan 18.3 years old
La Esmeralda – Wayne McGregor's Chroma
AUDIENCE FAVOURITE PRIZE
126 BROWN Mackenzie United States 16.9 years old
La Bayadère – Jean-Christophe Maillot's Abstract
WEB AUDIENCE FAVOURITE PRIZE – CO-ORGANISED BY ARTE CONCERT
125 CHOI Jihyun South Korea 16.6 years old
Paquita – Richard Wherlock's (A) Swan Lake
Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.
His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia' column for Dancing Times magazine.
