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Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix Winners Announced
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Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix Winners Announced

The Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix awards ceremony was held on 1 December. Having watched and analysed the finalists’ performances, the Artistic Council of the Grand Prix agreed unanimously on the list of award-winners.

Each 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.