June 19, 2014
June 18 concluded the first eight cycles of the USA International Ballet Competition. Round one, which included 91 dancers, ended with 54 dancers moving to round two.
Eighteen senior male dancers have moved to round two, along with 14 senior female dancers, seven junior male dancers and 15 junior female dancers. The countries with the most dancers entering the round are Japan, the U.S., the Republic of Korea and Brazil.
Here are the competitors.
Senior Males
Aaron Smyth (Australia)
Andile Ndlovu (South Africa)
Byul Yun (Republic of Korea)
Dae Han Na (Republic of Korea)
Gantsooj Otgonbyamba (Mongolia)
Ilya Artamonov (Russia)
Ivan Duarte (Brazil)
Jeong Hansol (Republic of Korea)
Ji-Seok Ha (Republic of Korea)
Jun Tanabe (Japan)
Kota Fujishima (Japan)
Mengjun Chen (Peoples Republic of China)
Mozart Mizuyama (Brazil)
Nayon Rangel Iovino (Brazil)
Rodrigo Almarales (Cuba)
Sebastian Vinet (Chile)
Steven Loch (USA) Telmo Moreira (Portugal)
Senior Females
Arianni Martin (Cuba)
Ga-Yeon Jung (Republic of Korea)
Heewon Cho (Republic of Korea)
Hitomi Nakamura (Japan)
Irina Sapozhnikova (Russia)
Jessica Assef (Brazil)
Kaori Fukui (Japan)
Melissa Gelfin (USA)
Olga Marchenkova (Russia)
Shiori Kase (Japan)
Sirui Liu (Peoples Republic of China)
Tamako Miyazaki (Japan)
Ye Lim Choi (Republic of Korea)
Yui Sugawara (Japan)
Junior Males
Aran Bell (USA)
Blake Kessler (USA)
Daniel Alejandro McCormick-Quintero (Mexico)
Gustavo Carvalho (Brazil)
Jinsol Eum (Republic of Korea)
Taiyu He (Peoples Republic of China)
Yue Shi (Peoples Republic of China)
Junior Females
Ami Naito (Japan)
Gabrielle Chock (USA)
Gisele Bethea (USA)
Katherine Barkman (USA)
Mackenzie Richter (USA)
Mizuho Nagata (Japan)
Olivia Gusti (USA)
Paula Alves (Brazil)
Paulina Guraieb Abella (Mexico)
Rieko Hatato (Japan)
Romina Contreras (Chile)
So Jung Lee (Republic of Korea)
Victoria Wong (USA)
Yasmin Lomondo (Brazil)
Yoshiko Kamikusa (Japan)
"The dancers competing in the 2014 USA IBC are presenting a high caliber of artistic performance and skill,"USA IBC Executive Director Sue Lobrano said in a press release. "Anticipation is high moving into the Contemporary Round II."
The competition hits the pause button tonight, June 19, though, as the Trey McIntyre Project gets ready for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Lobrano said at a press conference that this will be one of the group's last performances. Round two begins June 20 at 7:30 p.m.
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