Dancers Compete for International Ballet Prize in Siberia

A contestant prepares backstage before her performance during the "Grand Prix of Siberia" international ballet competition, held as part of the 3rd International Forum "Ballet of the XXI Century", at the State Opera and Ballet Theater in Krasnoyarsk October 8, 2014.



About 50 ballet dancers from nine countries including Japan, Italy, Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria took part in the competition judged by a jury headed by the well-known Russian choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, as part of the 5-day-long forum, according to local media and official representatives of the theater.



See also:

World Ballet Day

Contestants prepare backstage before their performance during the "Grand Prix of Siberia" international ballet competition.

A contestant performs during the "Grand Prix of Siberia" international ballet competition.

Contestants prepare before their performance during the "Grand Prix of Siberia" international ballet competition.

A contestant listens to her ballet teacher as she stands in the wings before her performance during the "Grand Prix of Siberia" international ballet competition.

A contestant performs during the "Grand Prix of Siberia" international ballet competition.

Ballet dancer Anna Fedosova uses her smartphone as she stretches backstage before her performance at the 3rd International Forum "Ballet of the XXI Century".

Ballet dancers Yekaterina Bulgutova (C) and Gadzhimurat Daaev rehearse ahead of their performance at the 3rd International Forum "Ballet of the XXI Century".