2024-02-04 16:10:25
– The Grace Academy of Monaco flew over the Prix de Lausanne
In a competition that is more international than ever, the Compagnie du Rocher placed two winners on the podium. The only Swiss woman was not selected for the final on Saturday.
Jean Pierre Pastori
Published today at 5:10 p.m.
Brazilian Joao Pedro Dos Santos Silva, 15, finished first among the winners in his interpretation of Harlequin.
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At such a height, you feel like you’ve reached the summit. It’s difficult to imagine a final of a higher technical and artistic level. Or it would no longer bring together dancer students at the end of their training, but young professionals!
There is already reason to believe that several of the winners of the Prix de Lausanne, Saturday at the Théâtre de Beaulieu, will opt for apprenticeship scholarships to be used in one or other of the 40 partner companies rather than a scholarship in one of the 37 partner schools. Due to his age, 15 years old, the dazzling Brazilian Joao Pedro Dos Santos Silva, at the top of the ranking, hilarious in his “Harlequinade”, has no choice. He will need to continue his training.
This is not necessarily the case for the next two, the Portuguese Martinho Lima Santos, 18 years old, vigorous “Corsaire”, and the Argentine Paloma Livellara Vidart, 18 and a half years old, whose maturity radiates his “Bayadère”. Proof that, often, the appreciations of the public and the jury converge, Joao Pedro once more obtained the Internet Users’ Prize (live broadcast on Arte Concert) and Paloma that of the Beaulieu public (in addition to the Young Star Prize).
The Australian Jenson Blight, 6th in the ranking.
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And in the end, it’s Monaco that wins, one would be tempted to say! As with almost every edition of the competition, the Princess Grace Academy has winners. Second and third, Martinho, the Portuguese, and Paloma, the Brazilian, study there. Just like the Frenchman Juliann Fedele-Malard, 7th in the ranking. No doubt they did not complete all of their training there, but at least they improved greatly.
Another constant of the Prize, the Best Swiss candidate went to a student of the Tanzakademie in Zurich, the Italian Giuseppe Schillaci. As we know, Leysenoude Nadia Corboud, 16 years old, the only Swiss in competition, was not selected for the final. However, she is far from being unworthy. And despite the disappointment, she is positive. “By observing the finalists, I understood what I was missing,” she told us during the intermission.
Moreover, the disappointment was only short-lived. At the end of the traditional meeting, Sunday morning, of the non-laureates with the directors of schools and companies, Nadia was offered the possibility of entering the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and the Ballettschule John Neumeier from Hamburg. She is also invited to participate in the summer internship of the Paris Opera Dance School. It’s up to her to choose!
Crystal Huang, United States.
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The Prix de Lausanne is clearly committed to promoting dance in French-speaking Switzerland. Classes are open to students during the week of the competition, a Vaudois dance scholarship allows young talent to be supported and, upon audition, a summer internship prepares them for the Prize. The trouble is that despite all these incentives we no longer find any compatriots in the final. 2016 marks the last entry of a Swiss woman into the list, Zurich-born Laura Fernandez, now star of the Georgia State Ballet.
Previously, the student who reached the semi-final automatically won the Best Swiss Prize. There is no more semi-final, which in itself is a great thing. All competitors benefit from five full days of lessons, classical and contemporary dance, as well as coaching. But it is all the more difficult to reach the final as the competition is tough. This year, only five competitors out of the 20 were European.
Argentina’s Paloma Livellara, 3rd.
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Let us no longer reduce the Prix de Lausanne to pointe shoes and tutus! It has been many years since the institution underwent its transformation. As noted by the president of the jury, Dame Darcey Bussell, star of the Royal Ballet and Commander of the British Empire, “today companies demand both contemporary and classical training”. Reason why the jurors’ ratings relate equally to these two registers. Martinho, the Portuguese, leaves with, in addition, the Contemporary Interpretation Prize.
It should also be noted that the Career Prize, obviously off the charts, which recognizes an artist with international influence, went to the prima absolute dancer Alessandra Ferri, Prix de Lausanne 1980. In her thanks, the star of the Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theater reminded the competitors that “it is not the speed of the journey that counts, but the trajectory”.
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