YAGP

Acronym	Definition
YAGP	Youth America Grand Prix (ballet competition)
YAGP	Yale-Affiliated Gastroenterology Program (est. 1965)

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John Selya, a frequent YAGP judge, has watched participants grow into top-notch professionals through the striving that Saveliev fosters.

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AGM: The first time I did a YAGP gala I was starstruck, just looking around and thinking, I can't believe I'm taking class and performing with these people I've admired for so long.

Alicia Graf Mack and Daniil Simkin: the pair take on Judith Jamison and Mikhail Baryshnikovs roles in Alvin Ailey's Pas de Duke

YAGP includes a list of available choreographers across the U.

The contemporary conundrum: an insider's guide to contemporary solos at ballet competitions

Now in its 15th season, YAGP has come a long way from Saveliev's early days of cold-calling ballet schools with invitations.

YAGP, for students ages 9 to 19, takes the opposite approach: School and company directors on the jury and in the audience award scholarships or contracts to promising dancers, whether they win a medal or not.

On the rosters of the world's major ballet companies, you'll find more than 300 YAGP alumni.

Stanton Welch, the artistic director of Houston Ballet who often serves on the YAGP jury (the company's school also awards scholarships), confirms that she is single-minded about this goal.

Through the glass ceiling: three who carved their own paths: Lourdes Lopez, Larissa Saveliev, & Alessandra Ferri

She attended summer programs at ABT and Kaatsbaan Extreme Ballet, and competed in the YAGP finals in NYC.

At a crossroads: Daisy Jacobson's next step

To his credit, one of Kulev's male students, Tate Lee, recently nabbed third place at a YAGP event, partly because of his exceptional beats in a variation from La Fille Mal Gardee.