Miscellaneous Nine dance prizewinners at the Prix de Lausanne
The jury of the Prix de Lausanne dance prize selected nine winners from 85 dancers aged 15 to 18, including none from Switzerland. Thousands of spectators watched the final at the Beaulieu Theater on Saturday.
08.02.2025, 19:14
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Thanks to scholarships, these talented dancers from the USA, Japan, South Korea, China and the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) will have the opportunity to join one of the Prix de Lausanne's prestigious partner schools and companies, as the organizers announced on Saturday evening.
The winners were: YounJae Park (South Korea), Eric Poor (USA), Shinnosuke Yasuumi (Japan), Hanxi Wang (China), Hector Jain (USA), Ryan Handa (USA), Hono Hamasaki (Japan), Bogyeong Kim (South Korea) and Jakob Wheway Hughes (United Kingdom).
The candidates from all over the world were judged in dance classes and individually on stage for a week in Lausanne. The 20 best dancers competed against each other in the final on Saturday.
The jury was chaired by French ballet dancer Laurent Hilaire, Director of the Bavarian State Ballet since May 2022. The prestigious Prix de Lausanne was established in 1973.
