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Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix Winners AnnouncedEach one will receive monetary prizes, and each of the participating ballet schools will receive a special grant to help support its teaching staff. GRAND PRIX Kseniya Ryzhkova (Moscow State Ballet Academy) FIRST PRIZE — GOLD MEDAL Marina Volkova (Krasnoyarsk Ballet College) SECOND PRIZE — SILVER MEDAL Yury Kudryavtsev (Krasnoyarsk Ballet College) THIRD PRIZE — BRONZE MEDAL Polina Ryasnaya(Krasnoyarsk Ballet College) ARTISTIC COUNCIL’S SPECIAL PRIZE Mario Labrador (Moscow State Ballet Academy) SPECIAL AWARD FOR STAGE PRESENCE Students of the Bashkir Ballet College Artistic Council of the 2011 Grand Prix Nikita Dolgushin (chairman) — Mikhailovsky Theatre choreographer and ballet coach, People's Artist of the USSR, Professor; Nacho Duato — Artistic Director of the Mikhailovsky Ballet; Mikhail Messerer — Ballet Master in Chief of the Mikhailovsky Ballet; Ivan Liška — Artistic Director of the Bavarian State Ballet; Vadim Gaevsky — ballet and drama critic, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation; Igor Stupnikov — ballet and drama critic, Doctor of Art History, Professor. The participants in the 2011 Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix were: The Moscow State Ballet Academy; The Perm State Ballet College; The Krasnoyarsk Ballet College; The Novosibirsk State Ballet College; The Rudolph Nureyev Bashkir Ballet College; The Vaganova State Ballet Academy. |
