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2. NYIBC Mission
NYIBC’s mission is to discover the world's finest young ballet dancers, ages 17 to 24, provide them
with an extraordinary educational, mentoring and cultural experience; advance their careers by
producing performances in New York City; and promote international understanding and goodwill.

3. What Sets Us Apart
NYIBC is a three-week artistic education, professional training and performance program for forty-
eight talented young dancers from countries around the world— all of whom receive full
scholarships to participate. NYIBC nurtures promising dancers providing them with an
unparalleled career advancement opportunity and enabling them to completely focus on training to
perform at their highest artistic level.
The repertory performed by NYIBC participants is announced upon the arrival of the dancers in
New York. Unlike any other international ballet competition, the classical pas de deux and the
modern/contemporary duet are the core of the repertory that NYIBC participants learn and
perform. The repertory is taught by world-renowned coaches, masters of their profession. In
teaching the repertory, they pass their artistry to the younger artist; they pass on their secrets of
the art of partnering. The opportunity to learn such outstanding repertory from such extraordinary
artists provides the dancers with professional training and artistic education they could not receive
elsewhere.
NYIBC’s unique format in the ballet world provides its participants with a fair level playing field,
and distinguishes it from all other ballet competitions.

4. How We Do What We Do
The first two weeks are devoted to taking classes
and the teaching and coaching of the repertory.
Learning classical and contemporary
masterpieces in such a short time period, and
performing them in New York City, provides the
dancers with a real-life experience of what it
means to work in a first-class ballet company.
NYIBC participants live and work together during
their three-week stay in New York. This gives
them the opportunity to see what’s happening
technically around the world and learn from each
other in a highly collaborative atmosphere. When
they come to NYIBC, they must bring a strong
technical base with them. The judges and the
audience look for the artistry that goes with it.

5. How We Do What We Do
The performance rounds take place during the
third week of NYIBC in the Rose Theater at Jazz
at Lincoln Center. The participants perform for
the public and the illustrious panel of judges.
NYIBC participants have to be fast, accurate,
concentrated, exact and immersed during the
period they learn the repertory and while they
are being coached so that when they get to
perform onstage, they have the intensity and the
artistry that captivates the audience and the jury.
Although participants apply as couples, they are
judged on an individual basis. All participants
perform exclusively with the partner with whom
they apply. All dancers invited to participate in
NYIBC must compete. Eliminations are made
after each round. Dancers must participate in all
rounds unless both partners are eliminated and,
if chosen, perform in the Gala Performance.
The opportunity to perform and be discovered
exists for all participants.
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6. What We Bring To Our Audiences
Audiences delight in the unique format of the performances whereby the dancers perform the
same choreographic version of the pas de deux and contemporary duet chosen for each
progressive round. They learn to differentiate and appreciate the artistic and cultural nuances
every dancer brings to each piece.
NYIBC is an eye-opening look at the spectrum of interpretations and technical abilities that a
single ballet can call forth. Balletomanes and theatergoers alike also experience the dancers’
personal artistry and unique qualities when they perform their solos, which showcase each
dancer’s strengths such as musicality, craftsmanship and technical control to engage the
audience and jury to connect with them as individual artists.

7. What We Bring To Our Audiences
The jury, comprised of leading artistic figures from different countries, awards Gold, Silver and
Bronze medals accompanied by monetary prizes. In addition, the jury gives awards for special
artistic achievements.
The Igor Youskevitch Award (a one-year contract with American Ballet Theatre) and the Arpino
Award (a one-year contract with The Joffrey Ballet) are awarded at the discretion of each of these
companies’ Artistic Directors.
In addition to having access to the professional ballet world stage in New York City, and receiving
contracts, medals, awards and cash prizes, during their time at NYIBC the dancers form a
versatile international company in which lifelong associations are born. NYIBC now has a network
of 480 alumni.

8. Record of Excellence
NYIBC is committed to excellence with a clear vision and a passion for nurturing international
young talent. NYIBC is a bridge for young gifted dancers to advance their careers and it provides
access to the international professional ballet world like no other international ballet competition:
by focusing on teaching and coaching repertory, the art of the pas de deux, providing dancers with
a learning process, and passing the artistry from the mature artist to the young artist.
NYIBC attracts hiring artistic directors and choreographers who are confident that a dancer who
has been mentored and trained at NYIBC can endure the rhythm of work and life in a premier
ballet company.
Since the first NYIBC in 1984, our Alumni have gone on to successful careers with leading
international companies, including: American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, The Royal
Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Danish
Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Shanghai Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Royal
Winnipeg Ballet, Boston Ballet, Washington Ballet, and Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón among
many others.

9. Past NYIBC Participants and
Where They Are Now
1984 - Victoria Mazzarelli, Artistic Director, The Nutmeg
Conservatory for the Arts
1984 - Alexandre Proia, Freelance Teacher and
Choreographer in the process of starting Proia
Dance Theater
1987 - Kenneth Greve, Artistic Director, Finnish National
Ballet
1987 - José Manuel Carreño, Performing Artist, Master
Teacher and Artistic Director of Carreño Dance Festival
1987 - Maximiliano Guerra, Director, Choreographer and
Principal Dancer at Ballet del Mercosur and Co-
Owner/Director of Fábrica de Arte
1987 - Xin Lili, Artistic Director, Shanghai Ballet
1987 - Anders Nordström, Principal Dancer, Royal Swedish
Ballet
1987 - Yang Xin Hua, Director, Shanghai Ballet School
1990 - Barry Hughson, Executive Director, Boston Ballet
1990 - Diliana Nikiforova, Prima Ballerina, Sofia National
Opera and Ballet
1990 - Silvina Perillo, Principal Dancer, Teatro Colón
1996 - Gillian Murphy, Principal Dancer, American Ballet
Theatre and Principal Guest Artist, Royal New Zealand
Ballet

10. Past NYIBC Participants and
Where They Are Now
2000 - Sarah Lamb, Principal Dancer, The Royal Ballet
2003 - Cesar Morales, Principal Dancer, Birmingham Royal
Ballet
2003 - Ludmila Pagliero, Danseuse Étoile, Paris Opera Ballet
2003 - Victoria Jaiani, Company Member, The Joffrey Ballet
2003 - Kathleen Breen Combes, Principal Dancer, Boston
Ballet
2005 - Joseph Gatti, Soloist, Boston Ballet
2005 - Gleidson Soares Vasconcelos, Company Member,
Ballet Arizona
2007 - Eun-Ji Ha, Principal Dancer, Finnish National Ballet
2007 - Wu Husheng, First Principal Dancer, Shanghai Ballet
2007 - Paulo Arrais, Principal Dancer, Boston Ballet
2009 - Amber Neumann, Company Member, The Joffrey Ballet
2009 - John Mark Giragosian, Company Member, The Joffrey
Ballet
2009 - Ricardo Santos, Company Member, The Joffrey Ballet