DavidM Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 We are pleased to anounce that 3rd edition of "GRAND AUDITION" will be held on 6-7 February 2018 in Teatre-Auditori Sant Cugat, Barcelona. Grand Audition is for professional dancers and graduate students between the age of 17 -to 26. Our aim is to give professional dancers and graduate students the opportunity to plan their futures and to find their home company. It provides a unique opportunity for dancers to audition for several ballet companies at one time and in one place.Applications are accepted from August 1st 2017 Confirmed participating Company Artistic Directors are: Het National Ballet (Netherlands) Het National Ballet Junior Company (Netherlands( Lithuanian National Ballet (Lithuania) Norwegian National Ballet (Norway) Norwegian National Ballet's Junior Company (Norway) Mariinsky Theatre (Russia) Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Russia) Additional company directors to be announced soon! GRAND AUDITION 2018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Hi David - can you let us know how many contracts were offered from this years Grand Audition. Many thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) Dear Kat09, Graham wrote everything here in detail, not sure if you had seen this but I am going to post it here. GRAND AUDITION REVIEW by G.Watts in addition there were 2 offers (contracts) to Lithuanian National Ballet and several to Novosibirsk Ballet Theatre. Edited June 27, 2017 by DavidM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Thank u ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 We are very excited to welcome former Prima Ballerina of the ABT, Artistic Director of Ballet Estable Del Teate Colon Paloma Herrera to Grand Audition 2018. Paloma will be joining her colleagues from Het National Ballet (Netherlands), Lithuanian National Ballet (Lithuania), Norwegian National Ballet (Norway), Mariinsky Theatre (Russia) and Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Russia). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Grand Audition On 7/13/2017 at 12:58, DavidM said: We are very excited to welcome former Prima Ballerina of the ABT, Artistic Director of Ballet Estable Del Teate Colon Paloma Herrera to Grand Audition 2018. Paloma will be joining her colleagues from Het National Ballet (Netherlands), Lithuanian National Ballet (Lithuania), Norwegian National Ballet (Norway), Mariinsky Theatre (Russia) and Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Russia). GRAND AUDITION On 7/13/2017 at 12:58, DavidM said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Update: • BALLET ESTABLE DEL TEATRE COLON will not take part in Grand Audition 2018. • Xin Peng Wang Artistic Director of - BALLETT DORTMUND TO JOIN GRAND AUDITION 2018. • Ted Brandsen / Ernst Meisner - Het National Ballet and Junior Company (Netherlands) • Ruta Butviliene - Lithuanian National Ballet (Lithuania) • Ingrid Lorentzen / Kaloyan Boyadjiev - Norwegian National Ballet and Junior Company (Norway)• Yuri Fateev - Mariinsky Theatre (Russia)• Denis Matvienko - Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Russia) • Nicolas Le Riche - Swedish Royal Ballet (Sweden)• Xin Peng Wang - Ballett Dortmund (Germany) - Addition There will be another addition!!! Follow this post or the website to be informed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Hello David, I know of a few young dancers in their graduating year who would be interested in applying for Grand Audition. I am aware that the closing date for application is January 5th 2018 and have also noted that " we reserve the rights to close the application process once the amount of accepted candidates reached it's limit" (https://www.grandaudition.net/terms-and-conditions) Could you tell me if, firstly Grand Audition inform potential candidates before they pay the 45 euro registration fee whether or not the audition quota has been filled and also if the Artistic Directors of the Companies mentioned who will be present actually have contracts to offer for next season. Best Wishes, Ellie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 29/10/2017 at 19:10, Ellie said: Hello David, I know of a few young dancers in their graduating year who would be interested in applying for Grand Audition. I am aware that the closing date for application is January 5th 2018 and have also noted that " we reserve the rights to close the application process once the amount of accepted candidates reached it's limit" (https://www.grandaudition.net/terms-and-conditions) Could you tell me if, firstly Grand Audition inform potential candidates before they pay the 45 euro registration fee whether or not the audition quota has been filled and also if the Artistic Directors of the Companies mentioned who will be present actually have contracts to offer for next season. Best Wishes, Ellie Dear Ellie, Yes, we do inform potential candidates once there are no more places, in addition "Online Registration Form" is taken down and dancers are not able to apply. Regrading your second question, we only invite Companies who has contracts to offer, this is the main goal for Grand Audition. This project is created specifically to help dancers to find a job. With best wishes, David 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 12 hours ago, DavidM said: Dear Ellie, Yes, we do inform potential candidates once there are no more places, in addition "Online Registration Form" is taken down and dancers are not able to apply. Regrading your second question, we only invite Companies who has contracts to offer, this is the main goal for Grand Audition. This project is created specifically to help dancers to find a job. With best wishes, David Hello David, Many thanks for your reply. Best Wishes, Ellie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 On 26/10/2017 at 16:43, DavidM said: Update: • BALLET ESTABLE DEL TEATRE COLON will not take part in Grand Audition 2018. • Xin Peng Wang Artistic Director of - BALLETT DORTMUND TO JOIN GRAND AUDITION 2018. • Ted Brandsen / Ernst Meisner - Het National Ballet and Junior Company (Netherlands) • Ruta Butviliene - Lithuanian National Ballet (Lithuania) • Ingrid Lorentzen / Kaloyan Boyadjiev - Norwegian National Ballet and Junior Company (Norway)• Yuri Fateev - Mariinsky Theatre (Russia)• Denis Matvienko - Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Russia) • Nicolas Le Riche - Swedish Royal Ballet (Sweden)• Xin Peng Wang - Ballett Dortmund (Germany) - Addition • Kenneth Greve - Finnish National Ballet - Addition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 GA UPDATE! • Kenneth Greve - Finnish National Ballet to join 2018 Grand Audition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 UPDATEInterview by Graham Watts - In conversation with David Makhateli - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwel Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I see the audition is complete. Can anyone tell me how many dancers received contracts this year? Many thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 According to a post from Graham Watts on Facebook, Chloe Reveillon (currently POB ex RBS) had six job offers, including one from the Mariinsky. Some of us will have seen her dancing at the Natalia Kremen Gala last summer. There doesn't seem to be any other news about contracts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambleton Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 More on Facebook - an Australian boy and Finnish girl have had offers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Also from Facebook (semi-officially it appears): Orine Anzai has had offers from the Mariinsky and Novosibirsk Anatole Blaineau has had offers from Royal Swedish, Lithuanian, Dortmund and Novosibirsk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 And Gabriel Sinclair-Jahnnke has offers from Royal Swedish, Finnish, Novosibirsk and Dortmund. He is currently with Houston Ballet II. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Dear Friends, I know you all want to know how many offers was there, well, there was 23 contract ofers, 19 standby on the waiting list / or interests. Novosibirsk has 4 dancers on stanby and they are concidering them. We are waiting for dancers to confirm their acceptance of the offers, as you have seen on FB / Instagram we post dancers who has confirmed and accepted the positions. We will keep posting all updates. We only have 4 dancers who confirmed acceptance of contracts, they are: Orine Anzai - Japan, confirmed and accepted contract from Mariinsky MARGARIDA TRIGUEIROS - Portugal, confirmed and accepted contract from Lithuanian Ballet company ANATOLE BLAINEAU - France, accepted contract from Royal Swedish Ballet Kira Hilli - Finland, accepted contract from Het National Ballet Junior company We look forward to hear from others. This is it for now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 23 - Contracts have been offered at the 2018 Grand Audition, some have already confirmed and accepted the contracts, others are pending! In adition: 19 dancers have been put on "Interest List" and may be contacted by the directors at a later time or may be asked to attend company class (in this case Company will cover the travel costs of the dancer) This concludes 2018 Grand Audition! Latest confirmations:Táňa Palichova - Czech Republic, accapted contract from Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre Camilla Cerulli - Italy, accepted contract from Royal Swedish Ballet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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