Repertoire

First round: One pdd or two different variations from among the following classical choreographies : La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, Giselle, Grand Pas Classique (Gsovsky), The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, La Sylphide (Bournonville or Lacotte version), The Flames of Paris (pdd), Coppelia, Esmeralda, Paquita, La Fille mal Gardйe (Petipa or Ashton or Lazzini or Spoerli version), Flower Festival of Genzan o pdd (or any other Bournonville), Les Sylphides (Chopiniana), Raymonda, and any other rarely seen or „unknown” Petipa choreographies.

Second round: One pdd or two variations (different from the first round) from any major twentieth-century choreographer’s works from Fokine to Forsythe which are stylistically based on classical techniques (i.e.: pointe for females): Ashton, Balanchine, Cranko, Fokine, Massine, Milloss, Lifar, Lichine (Graduation Ball only), MacMillan, Dollar (The Duel pdd only), Tudor, Bajart, Petit, Robbins, Neumeier, Forsythe, Spoerli or other internationally known choreographers. Recommend the use of „Romeo and Julia” pdd or variations is this round.

Third (Final) round: One classical pdd or two classical variations, but different from those in the first round. Any choreography by Rudolf Nureyev is welcomed.

The following prizes will be awarded:

Grand Prix Rudolf Nureyev to the best male dancer Diploma and prize money 10.000 USD.

For male and female dancers: Diploma and First Prize 6.000 USD. Diploma and Second Prize 3.000 USD. Diploma and Third Prize 2.000 USD.

Special Prizes may be offered to the best young female and male dancer (born in or after 1982) Diploma and Special Prize 500 USD. There will be other Special Prizes, and diploma for all finalists.

Programme: First round on March 12 and 13. Second round on March 14 and 15 Third (Final) round on March 16. The Prize Giving Gala on March 17.

The Jury

Mr NAGY, Ivan President of the Jury, USA, Artistic Director of Chilian National Ballet Ms ARADI, Maria – The Netherlands, Balletmistress at the Dutch National Ballet Mr HARANGOZO, Gyula – Austria, Artistic Director of Hungarian National Ballet Ms KIROVA, Vera – Bulgaria, Prima Balerina at the Sophia National Ballet Ms MAXIMOVA, Ekaterina – Russia, Prima Balerina at the Bolshoi Ballet Mr MUSIL, Karl – Austria, Artistic Director of Music Conservatory Vienna Mr PATEY, Olivier – France, Premier Dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet

Competitors:

Austria (2), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Greece (2), Hungary (4), Kazakhstan (3), Republic of Korea (8), Latvia (1), Moldova (3), Romania (2), Russia (18), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (20), USA (1).

The semi finalists:

Austria: Sandra Mьhlbauer Brazil: Renata Pavam, now JBF, Fran ce Latvia: Margarita Demianoka, with Majan Butkevich non. comp. partner Netherlands : Rosi Soto from Spain, Anton Pankevits from Russia Rep. of Korea: Min Young Cho, Hye Min Hwang, Yae Yong Ohm, Ji Hoon Yeom, Eun Sun Yun Romania: Dragos Mihalcea Russia: Ekaterina Trunina, Stanislav Beliaevski with Anastasia Dounets non. comp. partner, Natalia Kalinitchenko, Anastasya Lomatchenkova, Mailen Tleoubaev, Irina Perren, Dmitri Roudatchenko, Goulsina Mavliukasova, Arkadi Zinov, Gousel Souleimanova, Denis Zaintdinov, Roman Michalev. Slovakia: Nina Polakova. Slovenia: Anton Bogov with Inez Petek, non. comp. partner. Ukraine: Leonid Sarafanov, Yaroslav Salenko, Irina Tchornaia, Anna Shepileva, Sasha Maslyannikov, Kristyna Shishpor, Victor Istiuk, Nina Zmieretz, Ivan Kozlov, Oksana Kutcheruk.

The finalists

Ms SOULEIMANOVA, Gousel (Russia-Ufa) Mr ZAINTDINOV, Denis non comp. partner (Russia-Ufa) : Petipa-Minkus Don Quixote Grand pdd Mr BOGOV, Anton (Slovenia) : Petipa-Drigo Le Corsaire var / Petipa-Glazunov Raymonda var Ms PAVAM, Renata (Brazil) : Talisman / Esmeralda var (Vaganova) Ms DEMIANOKA, Margarita (Latvia) Mr BUTKEVICH, Majan non comp. partner (Latvia) : Petipa-Minkus Don Quixote Grand pdd Ms LOMATCHENKOVA, Anastasya and Mr TLEOUBAEV, Mailen (Russia-St Pburg) : Petipa-Minkus Don Quixote Grand pdd Ms MЬHLBAUER, Sandra (Austria) : Petipa- Tchaikovsky Black Swan var/Petipa-Minkus Don Quixote var Ms KUTCHERUK, Oksana (Ukraine) and Mr MICHALEV, Roman (Russia-St Pburg) : Petipa-A rmsheimer Halte de Cavalerie pdd (Marie and Pierre) Mr OHM, Yae Yong (Rep. of Korea) : Petipa-Minkus Paquita var. / Petipa-Tchaikovsky Swan Lake var. Act III. Ms TCHORNAIA, Irina (Ukraine) : Grigirovits-Tchaikovsky Black Swan var. / Chabukiani-Krein Laurencia var. Ms SHISHPOR, Kristyna (Ukraine) : Esmeralda var. (Vaganova) / Petipa-Minkus La Bayadere var. Mr ISTIUK, Victor (Ukraine) : Petipa-Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Grand pdd var. / Petipa-Minkus Don Quixote Grand pdd var. Ms YUN, Eun Sun (Rep. of Korea) and Mr MIHALCEA, Dragos (Romania) : Petipa- Tchaikovsky Swan Lake pdd, Act III. Ms KALINITCHENKO, Natalia (Russia) and Mr SARAFANOV, Leonid (Ukraine) : Petipa-Minkus Paquita pdd Mr YEOM, Ji Hoon (Rep. of Korea) : Petipa-Minkus Paquita var/ Petipa-Minkus La Bayadere var. Mr SALENKO, Yaroslav (Ukraine) : Vainonen-Tchaikovsky Nutcracker var Act III/ Petipa-Minkus Don Quixote Grand pdd var The Prize Giving Gala was be held in the Opera House, Budapest, on Friday evening (17 March) (Rudolf Nureyev was born on 17 March 1938.)

The Winners:

Grand Prix: not distributed

First Prize Ms Oksana Kutcheruk (Ukraine) Mr Roman Mikhalev (Russia)

Second Prize Ms Sandra Mьhlbauer (Austria) Mr Leonid Sarafanov (Ukraine)

Third Prize Ms Natalia Kalinitchenko (Russia) Mr Dragos Michalcea (Romania)

Special Prize of the Juy for the Most Promosing Dancer Ms Renata Pavam (Brazil) Mr Yaroslav Salenko (Ukraine)

Short bios from the winners:

Ms Eun Sun Jun (Rep. of Korea) b. 1974 She finished her studies at the Ewha Women's University as a Dance Major in Soeul. Since 1996 member of the Universal Ballet Company 5th Luxembourg IBC 1999 - Bronze Medal in pdd category

Ms Natalia Kalinitchenko (Russia) b. 1975 Graduated at the Ballet Academy of Kiev, after this she joined the Ukrainen National Opera and Ballet Company of Kiev. Varna IBC 1993 - diploma

Masako Ohya World Ballet Competition Osaka 1996 - diploma 3rd Serge Lifar IBC Kiev 1999 - Grand Prix

Ms Oksana Kutcheruk (Ukraine) b. 1978 Graduated at the Ballet Academy of Kiev, after this - since 1999 - she joined the Mussorgsky ("Maly") Opera and Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg. She took part in "Maya-98" and in Luxembourg International Ballet Competition (1999).

Ms Renata Pavam (Brazil) b. 1983 Trained 8 years at the Centro Mineiro Dancas Classicas, Brazil. After the 1998 USA IBC, she joined the Jeune Ballet the France. II. International Dance Competition, Alicia Alonso, Havanna 1997 - Gold Medal USA IBC Jackson 1998 - Silver medalist in the Junior Division Concours International de Paris 1998 - Second Prize, Junior category Luxembourg IBC 1999 - Grand Prix

Ms Kristyna Shishpor (Ukraine) b. 1984 Studies at the Ukrainan Dance Academy, Kiev

Mr Anton Bogov (Slovenia) b. 1975 In 1993 finished his ballet training in Almaty, Kazakhstan. From 1994 he joined the Japanese Ballet Theatre Ochi at Nagoya. Presently he is principal dancer at the Slovenian National Theatre in Maribor. Ballet Competition Korea 1995 - Gold Medal Masako Ohya World Ballet Competition Osaka 1996 - Special Prize 3rd IBC Rudolf Nureyev, Budapest 1998 - finalist IBC Nagoya 1999 - Bronze Medal Luxembourg IBC 1999 - Silver Medal

Mr Dragos Michalcea (Romania) b. 1977 Between 1988-92 he studied at the Choreographic Academy of Bucharest, after that from 1992 to 1996 contiuned his studies at the Washington Kirov Academy. 1997-1998 he was soloist at the Universal Ballet in Soeul, from 1999 nominated to principal dancer. 5th Luxembourg IBC (Bronze medal)

Mr Roman Mikhalev (Russia) b. 1976 He finished his studies in 1995 at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, after that he has become member of the Mussorgsky ("Maly") Opera and Ballet Theatre. He took part in "Arabesque98" (Silver medal) and "Maya-98" (Bronze medal) ballet competitions.

Mr Yaroslav Salenko (Ukraine) b. 1981 Finished his ballet studies in Donetsk, and he joined the Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Donetsk.

Mr Leonid Sarafanov (Ukraine) b. 1982 He is still in the graduation class at the Ballet Academy Kiev, but since 1999 he is alredy soloist at the Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev. Vaganova International Ballet Competition St Petersburg, 1998 - diploma.