DIRECTORS 2016 - 2026
Brussels • Barcelona • Paris • Budapest • Amsterdam
Grand Audition Paris 2023 image by Emma Kauldhar. / Chun-Wing Lam, Javier Torres Lopez, Stanton Welch, David Makhateli, Elisabeth Platel, Jose Martinez, Judith Turos, Dominic Antonucci
At GRAND AUDITION, our goal is to provide professional dancers and graduate students with a platform to plan their futures and discover their ideal dance companies. We offer a unique opportunity for dancers to present their exceptional talent in front of esteemed Artistic Directors from leading ballet companies.
Kevin McKenzie
Artistic Director - American Ballet Theatre
Kevin O'Hare
Artistic Director - The Royal Ballet
Kenneth Greve
Artistic Director - Finnish National Ballet
José Martinez
Artistic Director - Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris
Mikhail Messerer
Artistic Director - Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre
Ruta Butviliene
Head - Lithuanian National Ballet
Vyacheslav Samodurov
Artistic Director - Ural Ballet
Krzysztof Pastor
Artistic Director - Polish National Ballet
Ernst Meisner
Incoming Artistic Director - Dutch National Ballet
Ingrid Lorentzen
Artistic Director - Norwegian National Ballet
Madeleine Onne
Artistic Director - Finnish National Ballet
Aida Orillac
Artistic Representative - National Ballet of Panama
Gennadi Nedvigin
Artistic Director - Atlanta Ballet
Ashley Wheater
Artistic Director - Joffrey Ballet
Stanton Welch
Artistic Director - Houston Ballet
Aaron S. Watkin
Artistic Director - Semperoper Ballett
Septime Webre
Artistic Director - Hong Kong Ballet
Yuri Fateev
Artistic Director - Mariinsky Ballet
Nicolas Le Riche
Artistic Director - Royal Swedish Ballet
Laurent Hillaire
Artistic Director - Bayerische Staatsballett
Kader Belarbi
Artistic Director - Ballet Theatre Du Capitole Toulouse
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Christian Spuck
Artistic Director - Ballet Zürich
Mario Radacovsky
Artistic Director - Ballet of the National Theatre Brno
Javier Torres López
Artistic Director - Finnish National Ballet
David Nixon
Artistic Director - Northern Ballet
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Mario Schröder
Artistic Director - Leipziger Ballet
Dominic Antonucci
Artistic Representative - Birmingham Royal Ballet
Xin Peng Wang
Artistic Director - Ballett Dortmund
Christopher Moore
Artistic Director - Ballet Theatre UK
Ana Pavlovič
Artistic Director - National Theatre Ballet Belgrade
Thiago Soares
Artistic Director - Ballet de Monterray
Filip Barankiewicz
Artistic Director - The Czech National Ballet
Charles Jude
Artistic Director - Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux
Nina Polakova
Artistic Director - Slovakian National Ballet
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Ovidiu Dragoman
Artistic Director - Sibiu Ballet Theatre
Lenka Dřimalova
Artistic Director - National Moravian-Silesian Theater Ostrava
Michael Fichtenbaum
Artistic Director - Europa Ballet
László Velekei
Artistic Director - Gyõri Balett
Raimondo Rebeck
Artistic Director - Staatsballett Karlsruhe
Thomas Mayr
Head Ballet Master - Bayerische Staatsballett München
Julie Kent
Artistic Director - Houston Ballet
Kinsun Chan
Artistic Director - Semperoper Ballet
Debbie Turner
CEO - Cape Ballet Africa
Anders Hellstrom
Artistic Director - The Royal Swedish Ballet
Cathy Marston
Artistic Director - Ballet Zurich
Julien Favreau
Artistic Director - Béjart Ballet