2020 WINNERS
SCHOLARS: Contemporary
Male:
Gold Brady Farrar, 15 (USA)
Silver Alberto Gil Vicente, 14 (Spain)
Bronze Zihan Kong, 15 (China)
Female:
Gold Margarida Gonçalves, 15 (Portugal)
Silver Madison Brown, 15 (USA) and Mengxuan Yan, 13 (China)
Bronze Minseo Chung, 14 (South Korea), Alexia Munn, 13 (South Africa) and Juliana Wilder, 13 (USA)
SCHOLARS: Classical
Male:
Gold Brady Farrar, 15 (USA)
Silver KangWon Lee, 15 (South Korea)
Bronze Alberto Gil Vicente, 14 (Spain)
Female:
Gold MinSeo Chung, 14 (South Korea)
Silver Yoon Seon Jun, 13 (South Korea) and Yujeong Kang, 16 (South Korea)
Bronze Mengxuan Yan, 13 (China) and Yaeri Kim, 15 (South Korea)
JUNIORS: Contemporary
Male:
Gold Francisco Gomes, 17 (Portugal)
Silver Yasiel Bello Hodelin, 18 (Cuba)
Bronze Sun Pengxiang, 18 (China)
Female:
Gold Xinyue Zhao, 20 (China)
Silver Alice McArthur, 16 (New Zealand)
Bronze Ane Bierman, 18 (South Africa) and Margarida Abreu, 17 (Portugal)
JUNIORS: Classical
Male:
Gold Francisco Gomes, 17 (Portugal)
Silver Yasiel Hodelin Bello, 18 (Cuba)
Bronze Sun Pengxiang 18 (China)
Female:
Gold Xinyue Zhao, 20 (China)
Silver Alice McArthur ,16 (New Zealand) and Paige McElligott, 17 (South Africa)
Bronze Brianna Guagliardo, 16 (USA) and Eugin Ahn, 16 (South Korea)
SENIORS: Contemporary
Male:
Gold Chongzheng Guan, 21 (China)
Silver Yeodong Sun, 23 (China)
Bronze Ze Wu, 23 (China)
Female:
Gold Jiayuan Ou, 23 (China)
Silver Yongyu Chen, 21 (China)
SENIORS: Classical
Male
Gold Chongzheng Guan, 21 (China)
Silver Yeodong Sun, 23 (China)
Bronze Ze Wu, 23 (China)
Female
Gold Jiayuan Ou,23 (China)
Silver Yongyu Chen, 21 (China)
The special awards are as follows:
Ted Brandsen, Jury Chair and the Artistic Director of the Dutch National Ballet offered several dancers, both medallists and dancers who didn’t place on the podium, various opportunities at the Dutch National Ballet School, ranging from scholarships, summer schools and student residencies with connections to Dutch National main and junior companies, all to be realised once COVID19 is no longer a threat. They are Paige McElligott, 17 (South Africa), Eugin Ahn, 16 (South Korea), Francisco Gomes, 17 (Portugal), Dane Head, 17 (New Zealand), Navin Jacobs, 17 (South Africa), Alice McArthur, 16 (New Zealand), Sun Pengxiang, 18 (China) and Yasiel Hodelin Bello, 18 (Cuba).
Juliana Wilder, 13 (USA) was granted a week at the Zürich Dance Academy by Juror Roberta Martins, and Gia Lipschitz, 11 (South Africa) and Francisco Gomes (Portugal) were awarded the opportunity to participate in the international ballet competition in Cuba next year, without having to do the first round.
The Ballet Beyond Borders (BBB) Grand Prize was awarded to Anthony Mmesome Madu, 11, from Nigeria. Madu won a full Scholarship to attend BBB in Los Angeles or Montana in 2021, accompanied by his teacher Daniel Owoseni Ajala, with all expenses paid. Additionally, twenty-five contestants have been invited by BBB’s Charlene Campbell Carey to attend the Ballet Beyond Borders (BBB) in Los Angeles or Missoula, Montana next year. They are Soyul Kim, Miguel Kenneth Franco-Green, Yaeri Kim, KangWon Lee, SoJeong Park, Jihye Shin, Seunghwan Hyun, Gia Lipschitz, Madison Brown, Irisa Van Niekerk, Bo Gyeong Kim, Emma Wood, Maria Balinha, Lucas Henry, Mengxuan Yan, Jadeline Gardner – Sandiford, Brady Farrar, Claire Ancell, Wing Yan (Ibby ) Chow, Na-eun Kim, Natalie Henry, Minseo Chung, Sarah Van Breemen, Alberto Gil Vicente, Paige McElligott, Laura Viola, Sun Pengxiang, Francisco Gomes, Yasiel Hodelin Bello, Navin Jacobs, Natalia Bovio Pineda, Tianbao Guo, Alice McArthur, Chloe Windell, Zihan Kong and Larissa Pinto.