Jury, teachers, coaches, musicians of the 2007 Prix de Lausanne:
The jury of the Prix de Lausanne is composed of nine persons, each of whom meets one or several of the following criteria:
- link with our partner schools
- link with our partner companies
- an ex-winner of the Prix de Lausanne.
Further aspects are taken into consideration to compose the panel:
- wide geographical representation
- mix of youth and experience.
Jury
| Mr Jean-Pierre BONNEFOUX | Artistic Director, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Charlotte, USA President of the Prix de Lausanne 2007 jury |
| Ms Ramona de SAA | Director, National Ballet School, La Habana, Cuba |
| Ms Aki SAITO | Principal, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium Prix de Lausanne prizewinner in 1991 |
| Ms Cathy SHARP | Director, Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble, Basel, Switzerland |
| Ms Irina SITNIKOVA | Professor, Vaganova Academy, Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
| Ms Monica ZAMORA | Former Principal with the Birmingham Royal Ballet, England Prix de Lausanne prizewinner in 1989 |
| Mr Wim BROECKX | Director, Royal Conservatory, The Hague, Netherlands Prix de Lausanne Finalist in 1980 |
| Mr Tadeusz MATACZ | Director, John Cranko-School, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Mr Frederic OLIVIERI | Director, Ballet of La Scala, Milan, Italy Prix de Lausanne prizewinner in 1977 |
Coaches
| Ms Paola CANTALUPO | Etoile, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Monaco Prix de Lausanne Gold Medal in 1977 |
| Ms Monique LOUDIERES | Etoile, Opéra de Paris, France Artistic Director, Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France |
| Mr Sergiu STEFANSCHI | Principal Teacher, Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto |
| Ms Cora BOS-KROESE | Free lance dancer and choreographer, repetitor and former dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Ms Megumi NAKAMURA | Free lance dancer and choreographer, former dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague, Netherlands Prix de Lausanne prizewinner in 1988 |
Teachers
| Mr David ALLEN | Director, Geneva Dance Center, Switzerland |
| Mr Sergiu STEFANSCHI | Principal Teacher, Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto |
| Mr Samuel WUERSTEN | Artistic Director, Holland Dance Festival, The Hague, Netherlands Artistic Director, Rotterdam Dance Academy, Netherlands |
Musicians
| Ms Miroslawa DANIEL | Pianist, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Ms Martine DORE | Pianist, Cannes, France |
| Mr jB MEIER | Percussionnist, Citypercussion, Geneva, Switzerland |
Consultant physician
| Dr Carlo BAGUTTI | Physician specialising in sports and manual medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland |