The winners in the Modern Dance category of the All-Russian Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers revealedOn April 14, the All-Russian Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers ended with a large-scale gala concert on the stage of the Eric Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

The first prize in the younger group among ladies went to Diana Maksimova (Moscow), the second to Alina Serebryakova (Moscow), and Elizaveta Dormidoshina (Moscow) and Elena Polushina (Yoshkar-Ola) shared the third prize. Among men (the younger group), the first prize was not awarded, the second prize was given to Ivan Odintsov (Yakutsk), and the third prize was given to Bogdan Bakhmatov (Chelyabinsk) and Aleksander Chimaev (Yoshkar-Ola).

The first prize in the senior group among ladies was given to Diana Kusturova (Voronezh), the second to Aigulya Buzaeva (Kazan) and Lily Simonova (Moscow); no less honorable third prize went to Arina Akhmetova (Moscow) and Elizaveta Mazurkevich (Moscow). The first prize in men in the senior group was not awarded, the second prize went to Yuri Vybornov (Moscow) and Vyacheslav Kolesnikov (Barnaul). The third prize was also shared by Roman Mustafin (Moscow) and Mikhail Prisekin (Saint Petersburg).

Sofia Dmitrieva (Yoshkar-Ola) and Ekaterina Kuzovkina (Moscow) became the diploma holders in the junior group. In the senior group, diplomas went to Elina Kavalerova (Saint Petersburg), Yulia Kitik (Moscow); Maksim Mikichuk (Moscow), Roman Starikov (Yoshkar-Ola), Evgeny Surmin (Moscow).

The Best Choreography of Performances Staged for the Competition award was given to Aleksey Rukinov (“The Voice of Silence”), Elina Kavalerova (“1/2 (one half)”), Timofey Zhilin (“Vyud ava”), Sonya Hovsepyan (“Bodhi”).

A special For the Successful Preparation of the Contest Participants prize for teachers was awarded to Viktor Shutylev (Yoshkar-Ola) and Tatiana Frolova (Voronezh).

Andrey Petrov, Chairman of the competition jury, Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer of the Kremlin Ballet Theatre, comments: “We have great results this year; the competition is scaling! In terms of interesting solutions, we saw a great variety of story-based performances with a certain message, even though modern dance is all about avoiding this… Thanks to the excellent organization, the artists had the opportunity to prepare and rehearse; they attended master classes with great pleasure, which turned out to be very useful and interesting for them. We, as the members of the jury, also had the opportunity to meet with the participants at the Round Table and discuss the issues related to evolution of modern dance that concern everyone…”

The competition was established by the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The organization and holding of the competition is carried out by ROSCONCERT.