As the only Hungarian competitor, his grade 1 student achieved such a prestigious ranking for the first time at the prestigious event held for the 24th time
Éva Julianna Pollák is student at the ballet school of the Hungarian State Opera House! She danced Lise’s variation from Broniszlava Nisinszka and Dimitri Romanoff’s ballet The Badly Guarded Girl in the pre-competitive classical ballet category for the age group between 9 and 11 years old. She danced under the tutelage of her masters, Olga Chernakova and Dmitri Tarasovich Kirejko, similar to the semi-final held in Paris in November 2022 , from which Julianna advanced as first place.
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The 2023 season finale of the Youth American Grand Prix was held in Florida with the participation of more than 1,500 ballet students from 35 countries on 5 continents, following more than 45 semi-finals held worldwide over the past year. At the world’s largest ballet competition, Julianna finished in the top 12 among the 162 students entered in her category.
The more than 30-member jury included representatives of prestigious ensembles and institutions, such as Kathryn Morgan, former soloist of the New York City Ballet, Karine Plantadit, former dancer of the American Dance Theater , as well as prominent figures from the Royal Ballet School in London, the Joffrey Ballet, the European Ballet School and the Berlin State Ballet School. More than 30 of the world’s leading dance academies offered scholarships to students who achieved outstanding results, so Julianna also had the opportunity to participate in a summer master class at the prestigious John Cranko School of the Stuttgart Ballet.
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the students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute won 10 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals, as well as the best school prize, at the VIBE international ballet competition
The news of Éva Julianna Pollák’s success came just a few days after the students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute won 10 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals, as well as the best school prize, at the VIBE international ballet competition in Vienna. In the light of these and similar results of the past years, it is particularly regrettable that during the evaluation of the application for the position of general director of the Hungarian State Opera, several candidates who put their professionalism on the banner declared as an indisputable fact the termination of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute, which does not use state resources, but only tuition fees, donations and tender grants , that he does not have any practical experience of the high-quality professional work of the almost 20 ballet masters working there, as well as the self-sacrificing activities of 140 students and their families.
The next time the public can meet the members of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute, including its award-winning students, is at the May 6, 2023 presentation of the ensemble’s production called KisCsipke at the Eiffel Workshop. The performance – similar to the Little Swan Lake production that ran in front of full houses – tells the story of Tchaikovsky’s fairytale ballet accompanied by narration and dance pieces by children for children.
