Jury, teachers, coaches, musicians of the Prix de Lausanne 2008
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 John NEUMEIER | Artistic Director and Intendant, Hamburg Ballet, Germany President of the jury of the Prix de Lausanne 2008 |
| Ms Karen KAIN | Artistic Director, National Ballet of Canada, Toronto |
| Ms Kimmy LAUWENS | Artistic Director, Antwerp Royal Ballet School, Belgium |
| Ms Elisabeth PLATEL | Etoile dancer of the National Paris Opera Ballet, Director of the National Paris Opera Dance Ballet School, France |
| Ms Anna Maria PRINA | Director from 1974 to 2006 of the Scala di Milano Ballet School, Italy |
| Mr Gen HORIUCHI | Artistic Director, Saint Louis Ballet, USA Prix de Lausanne prizewinner in 1980 |
| Mr Ivan LISKA | Ballet Director, Bavarian State Ballet, Munich, Germany |
| Mr Matz SKOOG | Artisitic Director from 2001 to 2005 of the English National Ballet, London, Great Britain |
| Mr Asier URIAGEREKA | Principal, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Monaco Prix de Lausanne prizewinner in 1993 |
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 Laura CAZZANIGA | Principal, The Hamburg Ballet-John Neumeier, Germany |
| Mr Kevin HAIGEN | Principal Ballet Master, The Hamburg Ballet-John Neumeier, Germany |
| Mr Yohan STEGLI | Soloist, The Hamburg Ballet-John Neumeier, Germany Prix de Lausanne prizewinner in 1998 |
Teachers
| Mr David ALLEN | Director, Geneva Dance Center, Switzerland |
| Mr Kevin HAIGEN | Principal Ballet Master, The Hamburg Ballet-John Neumeier, Germany |
| Mr Samuel WUERSTEN | Artistic Director, Holland Dance Festival, The Hague, Netherlands Artistic Director, Rotterdam Dance Academy, Netherlands |
Musicians and pianists
| Ms Miroslawa DANIEL | Pianist, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Ms Martine DORE | Pianist, Cannes, France |
| Mr Paul PAVEY | Musician and composer, Great Britain |
Consultant physician
| Dr Carlo BAGUTTI | Physician specialising in sports and manual medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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