Prix de Lausanne 2022 – seven winners announced
Thousands of spectators have followed the Prix de Lausanne 2022 Finals at the Auditorium Stravinski and online through live streaming. Among the 20 Finalists, seven were awarded a scholarship allowing them to enter one of the partner schools or companies of the Prix de Lausanne. Today, Sunday 6 February, the candidates will take part in the Networking Forum, which gives them the opportunity to meet representatives of the partner institutions.
The 7 Prix de Lausanne 2022 Prize Winners are:
OAK FOUNDATION
| 404 | SELLMAN Darrion | USA | 17.9 years | 1. Giselle, Prince Albrecht 2. Yugen |
FONDATION CARIS
| 307 | TANAKA Tsukino | Japan | 17.6 years | 1. Giselle, variation for girls 2. ECHO |
BOURSE JEUNE ESPOIR
| 112 | SAGIORO Luciana | Brazil | 15.9 years | 1. Paquita, 1st variation 2. Sarabande |
FONDATION ALBERT AMON
| 202 | XIE Mingyang | China | 15.8 years | 1. Harlequinade 2. Yugen |
FONDATION COROMANDEL
| 406 | PLASSE Dorian | France | 18 years | 1. Sleeping Beauty, Prince Désiré 2. Desde Otello |
LOGITECH
| 306 | SCHONBRUN Maya | USA | 17.5 years | 1. Don Quixote, Queen of the Dryads 2. Sarabande |
LOGITECH
| 316 | RONNFELDT | Amy | 18.5 years | 1. Paquita, Lead variation 2. Suppress |
Other prizes :
MINERVA KUNSTSTIFTUNG
| Contemporary Dance Award | 406 | PLASSE Dorian | France | 18 years | 1. Sleeping Beauty, Prince Désiré 2. Desde Otello |
RUDOLF NUREYEV FOUNDATION
| Best Young Talent Award | 210 | OLIVEIRA Miguel | Brazil | 16.10 years | 1. La Fille Mal Gardée, Colas variation 2. Desde Otello |
ANONYMOUS DONOR
| Best Swiss Candidate | 307 | TANAKA Tsukino | Japan | 17.6 years | 1. Giselle 2. ECHO |
WEB AUDIENCE FAVOURITE PRIZE – CO-ORGANIZED WITH ARTE CONCERT
| 112 | SAGIORO Luciana | Brazil | 15.9 | 1. Paquita, 1st variation 2. Sarabande |
AUDIENCE FAVOURITE PRIZE
| 106 | KAYABAY Yasemin | Turkey | 15.4 years | 1. The Awakening of Flora 2. RAIN |
Finalist Award
Finalists who have not been awarded any prize receive the Finalist Award (a sum of CHF 1’000).
Live streaming
This year, the daily sessions – almost 7 hours per day – and the selections have been watched more than 334,000 times on ARTE Concert, YouTube, Facebook as well as on the Prix de Lausanne website. The Selections and Finals were also streamed in China and commented on by Chi CAO, Prize Winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 1994.
Young Creation Award
The five finalists of the new choreographic programme presented their pieces to the public on Wednesday 2 February. The Prix de Lausanne Jury chose two winners, who were announced during the Finals’ interlude:
LOOCK Milla (Australia), from the School of the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier: Cognition (dancer: Anita FERREIRA)
BRANCA Luca (Italy), from the Princess Grace Academy: Les Ombres du Temps (dancer: Yo NAKAJIMA)
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 Italian ballerina 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.
