JURY
During the competition program the jury will judge participants according to “technical specifications”, “artistic values”, “criteria for attitudes”.
The jury is entitled to select the best performances for the final gala.
Furthermore, the jury is authorized to suspend any performance that is in breach with the regulations of the Festival.
JURY & MASTER CLASSES TEACHERS 2024
JURY & MASTER CLASSES TEACHERS 2024
in alphabetical order
Kevin Durwael
Royal Balletschool Antwerp
Artistic Director
Netherlands
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Revue Theater
Artistic Director
Germany
Sawako Haruyama
Sawako Murase Ballet School
Passion du Ballet Kyoto Competition
Artistic Director
Japan
Tim Almaas Jakobsson
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Professor and Head of Bachelor degree Program in Classical Ballet, Academy for Dance
Norway
Geung Soo Kim
Chung Ahn Korean National Dance University
TANZOLYMP Asia
Founder and Director
South Korea
Andrey Klemm
Ballet Master
Paris Opera Ballet
France
Tadeusz Matacz
John Cranko Ballettschule
Stuttgarter Ballett
Director
Germany
Kirill Melnikov
University of Music and Theatre Munich
Professor & Ballet Master
Germany
Olga Morozenko
Soloist of Ukrainian National Opera Ballet Company
Deputy director and Public Relations of Kyiv State Ballet College
Ukraine
Cecilia Selander Moss
Swedish Royal Ballet
Royal Ballet School Stockholm
Artistic Director
Sweden
Kelvin O'Hardy
State Ballet school Berlin
Ballet master
Germany
Anna Polikarpova
Prima Ballerina Hamburg Ballett John Neumeier
Hamburg Ballett Ballet School
Germany
Nadja Saidakova
First Ballet Soloist
Staatsballet Berlin
Germany
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer
Staatsballet Berlin
Germany
Steffi Scherzer
Prima Ballerina
Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
Germany
Barbara Schröder
Ballet Master
Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Polina Semionova
Prima Ballerina
Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
David Soares
Principal Dancer Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
György Szakaly
Hunguarioan National Ballet Academy
Artistic Director
Hungary
Isabelle Stanlowa
Paris Ballet Academy Stanlowa
Artistic Director
France
Dinu Tamazlacaru
Principal Dancer Staatsballett Berlin
State Ballet School Berlin
Ballet Master
Germany
José Luis Vieira
Dance Conservatory Lisbon
National Ballet School
Artistic Director
Portugal
Roland Vogel
Princess Grace Ballet Academy of Monaco
Ballet Master
Monaco
Doreen Windolf
First Soloist Staatsballett
State Ballet School Berlin
Artistic Director
Germany
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2023
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2023
in alphabetical order
Nina Ananiashvili
Artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia
Georgia
Jan Broeckx
Head of Ballet Academy
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
Germany
Nathalie Caris
Ballet Master at the National Ballet Academy of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Maria Grazia Garofoli
Dance director of the Arena di Verona Foundation.
Italy
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Chan Hon Goh
Director of the Goh Ballet Academy
Japan
Sawako Haruyama
Director of Passion du Ballet à Kyoto Competition
Japan
Valery Hristov
The Royal Ballet School
Great Britain
Geung Soo Kim
Founder and Organizer of TANZOLYMP ASIA
South Korea
Kateryna Kukhar
Principal Dancer at the National Opera of Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine
Tadeusz Matacz
Director of the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart
Germany
Anna Polikarpova
Hamburg Ballet School John Neumeier
Germany
Elena Pris
Formal principal dancer at Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Cecilia Selander Moss
The Royal Swedish Ballet School
Sweden
Oleksandr Stoyanov
Principal Dancer at National Opera of Ukraine
Artistic Director of Kharkiv National Opera Theater
Ukraine
Judith Turos
Bavarian State Ballet
Germany
José Luís Vieira
Artistic Director of the National Conservatory Dance Art School Lisbon
Portugal
Doreen Windolf
Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin
Germany
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2022
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2022
in alphabetical order
Jan Broeckx
Head of Ballet Academy
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
Germany
Nathalie Caris
Ballet Master at the National Ballet Academy of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Nadia Deferm
Dance Teacher at Classical Ballet Tanzgysmasium Essen-Werden
Germany
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Kateryna Kukhar
Principal Dancer at the National Opera of Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine
Ernst Meisner
Artistic Director
Junior Company, Dutch National Ballet Academy
The Netherlands
Samira Saidi
Head of Intensive Courses & International Relations
Royal Ballet School London
Great Britain
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Geung Soo Kim
Founder and Organizer of TANZOLYMP ASIA
South Korea
Christiana Stefanou
Director of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy
Austria
José Luís Vieira
Artistic Director of the National Conservatory Dance Art School Lisbon
Portugal
Julie Christie Wherlock
Director Junior Ballettschule Theater Basel
Switzerland
Doreen Windolf
Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin
Germany
Sara Zuccari
Journalist, critic, teacher of history of dance and ballet
Italy
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2022
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2022
in alphabetical order
Jan Broeckx
Head of Ballet Academy
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
Germany
Nathalie Caris
Ballet Master at The National Ballet Academy of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Nadia Deferm
Dance Teacher at Classical Ballet Tanzgysmasium Essen-Werden
Belgium
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Kateryna Kukhar
Principal Dancer at the National Opera of Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine
Ernst Meisner
Artistic Director
Junior Company, Dutch National Ballet Academy
The Netherlands
Samira Saidi
Head of Intensive Courses & International Relations
Royal Ballet School London
Great Britain
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Geung Soo Kim
Founder and Organizer of TANZOLYMP ASIA
South Korea
Christiana Stefanou
Director of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy
Austria
José Luís Vieira
Artistic Director of the National Conservatory Dance Art School Lisbon
Portugal
Julie Christie Wherlock
Director Junior Ballettschule Theater Basel
Switzerland
Doreen Windolf
Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin
Germany
Sara Zuccari
Journalist, critic, teacher of history of dance and ballet
Italy
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2021
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2021
in alphabetical order
Аmanda Bennett
Director of Ballet School Theater Basel
Switzerland
Jan Broeckx
Head of Ballet Academy
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
Germany
Kevin Durwael
Artistic Director
Royal Ballet School Antwerp
Belgium
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Siri Aarset Johansen
Artistic leader of Den Norske Ballettskole & Akademi
Norway
Norway
Geung Soo Kim
Founder and Organizer of TANZOLYMP ASIA
South Korea
Kateryna Kukhar
Principal Dancer at the National Opera of Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine
Ernst Meisner
Artistic Director
Junior Company, Dutch National Ballet Academy
The Netherlands
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Samira Saidi
Head of Intensive Courses & International Relations
Royal Ballet School London
Great Britain
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Christiana Stefanou
Director of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy
Austria
José Luís Vieira
Artistic Director of the National Conservatory Dance Art School Lisbon
Portugal
Julie Christie Wherlock
Director Junior Ballettschule Theater Basel
Switzerland
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2020
JURY & SCHOLARSHIPS 2020
in alphabetical order
Nina Ananiashvili
Artistic Director of Georgian National Ballet Tiflis
Georgia
Jan Broeckx
Head of Ballet Academy
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
Germany
Sergey Filin
Director of the Young Artists Ballet Program at Bolshoi Theatre
Russia
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Chan Hon Goh
Principal Dancer of the National Ballet of Canada
China
Wilfried Jacobs
Educational & Artistic coordinator of the Finnish National Ballet School
Finnland
Leonard Jakovina
Artistic Ballet Director of Croatian National Theater in Zagreb
Croatia
Siri Aarset Johansen
Artistic leader of Den Norske Ballettskole & Akademi
Norway
Norway
Geung Soo Kim
Founder and Organizer of TANZOLYMP ASIA
South Korea
Kateryna Kukhar
Principal Dancer at the National Opera of Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine
Szilard Macher
Director of the Institute for Training Dance Artists of the Hungarian Dance Academy.
Hungary
Sawako Haruyama
Director of Passion du Ballet à Kyoto Competition
Japan
Johannes Öhman
Intendant von Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Samira Saidi
Head of intensive courses & international relations
Royal Ballet School London
Great Britain
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Michael Shannon
Former Principal Dancer,
Artistic Adviser Architanz Tokyo
Japan
José Luís Vieira
Artistic Director of the National Conservatory Dance Art School Lisbon
Portugal
Beate Vollack
Ballet Director of Oper Graz
Austria
Julie Christie Wherlock
Director Junior Ballettschule Theater Basel
Switzerland
Anselmo Zolla
Artistic Director and choreographer of Studio 3 Dance Company Sao Paolo
Brazil
in alphabetical order
Nina Ananiashvili
Artistic Director of Georgian National Ballet Tiflis
Georgia
Nadia Deferm
Artistic Director of Royal Ballet School Antwerp
Belgium
Sergey Filin
Director of the Young Artists Ballet Program at the Bolshoi Theatre
Russia
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Geung Soo Kim
Founder and Organizer of TANZOLYMP ASIA
South Korea
Kaie Kõrb
Artistic Director of Tallinn State Ballet School
Estonia
Kateryna Kukhar
Principal Dancer at the National Opera of Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine
Ivan Kuznetsov
Choreographer, artistic director of Rostov-on-Don Opera and ballet theatre
Russia
Agnès Letestu
Étoile de l'Opéra de Paris
France
Malou Fenaroli Leclerc
Artistic Director of Cinevox Junior Dance Company
Switzerland
Johannes Öhman
Intendant von Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Anna Polikarpova
Hamburg Ballet School John Neumeier
Germany
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Yannick Sempey
Ballet Master at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Oleksandr Stoyanov
Principal Dancer at National Opera of Ukraine
Artistic Director of Kharkiv National Opera Theater
Ukraine
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Vladimir Vasiliev
People’s Artist of USSR
President of Galina Ulanova Foundation
Russia
José Luís Vieira
Artistic Director of the National Conservatory Dance Art School Lisbon
Portugal
Julie Christie Wherlock
Director Junior Ballettschule Theater Basel
Switzerland
Zhou Zhi
Head of Ballet Department, Affiliated Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy
China
Anselmo Zolla
Artistic Director and choreographer of Studio 3 Dance Company Sao Paolo
Brazil
in alphabetical order
Nina Ananiashvili
Artistic Director of Georgian National Ballet Tiflis
Georgia
Stanislav Belyaevsky
Former Assistant Artistic Director of Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, DC
USA
Nadia Deferm
Artistic Director of Royal Ballet School Antwerp
Belgium
Sergey Filin
Director of the Young Artists Ballet Program at the Bolshoi Theatre
Russia
Alexandra Georgieva
Ballet Director of Revue Theater
Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Germany
Gigi Hyatt
Director of the School of the Hamburg Ballett John Neumeier
Germany
Birgit Keil
Ballet Director of Karlsruhe State Theatre of Baden,
Director of the Academy of Dance at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts
Germany
Viara Natcheva
former Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin,
Ballet Master and Choreographer
Bulgaria / Germany
Anna Polikarpova
Hamburg Ballet School John Neumeier
Samira Saidi
Head of intensive courses & international relations
Royal Ballet School London
Iana Salenko
Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Germany
Steffi Scherzer
Artistic Director of Dance Academy Zurich at the Zurich University of Arts
Switzerland
Gregor Seyffert
Artistic Director of State Ballet School Berlin,
Germany
Ethan Stiefel
former Principal Dancer at ABT,
Principal Guest Instructor at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
USA
Judith Turos
Ballet Master at Bavarian State Ballet Munich, Kammertänzerin
Germany
Vladimir Vasiliev
People’s Artist of USSR
President of Galina Ulanova Foundation
Russia
Roland Vogel
Ballet and Pas de Deux Teacher at Academie de Danse Princesse Grace
Monaco
Yifei Zhao
Executive Principal of The Ballet School Affiliated to Lioaning Ballet.
China
Anselmo Zolla
Artistic Director and choreographer of Studio 3 Dance Company Sao Paolo
Brazil
in alphabetical order