YAGP

AcronymDefinition
YAGPYale-Affiliated Gastroenterology Program (est. 1965)
YAGPYouth America Grand Prix (ballet competition)
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John Selya, a frequent YAGP judge, has watched participants grow into top-notch professionals through the striving that Saveliev fosters.
Dance Magazine Awards 2014
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
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.
Luckily, she is able to rely on her husband, Gennadi Saveliev, YAGP co-founder and former soloist with ABT, to balance her outsized ideas with pragmatism.
Through the glass ceiling: three who carved their own paths: Lourdes Lopez, Larissa Saveliev, & Alessandra Ferri
Kirk Peterson, then director of ABT Studio Company, spotted the 16-year-old prodigy at the 2006 YAGP Finals and asked him to join the company.
Joseph Gorak: purity and elegance make this ABT corps dancer stand out
The performances at YAGP provide a narrative and run the gamut from triumphant to heartbreaking, but the film's real appeal lies in the dancers' backstories.
Youth America Grand Prix has been a launching pad for ballet careers since 1999
For years I tried to bring her to YAGP, but it never worked out.
Saveliev reports that for the 800 YAGP finalists (ages 9 to 19) present, Obraztsova was one of their favorites.
The Kirov's glowing gem: Yevgenia Obraztsova brings effortless classicism and a sense of drama to her roles
Despite its theme of "Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow," this year YAGP honors a Russian star of yesterday: Vladimir Vasiliev.
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