Networking Forum: A springboard organised by the Prix de Lausanne for its candidates

Dear Friends of the Prix de Lausanne,

Organised during the competition week, the Networking Forum gives the candidates who are not selected for the Finals an opportunity to be seen by schools and company directors from all around the world.

Following an audition class, meetings are organised for Prix de Lausanne Partner School
and Company Directors who are interested in making an offer to one or more candidates.
Meetings with finalists who do not receive a prize are also arranged after the prize-giving ceremony.

In 2009, twenty-two Prix de Lausanne Partner Institutions watched the audition class and had a meeting with thirty-five candidates and finalists who received one or more offers during those meetings, most of which were scholarships.

As far as the Prix de Lausanne is informed, twenty-two young dancers decided to take the opportunity to study abroad in a new institution, thanks to the Networking Forum.

Carolina	Coelho Pais	Australian Ballet School, Victoria, Australia
Claudia	Dean	The Royal Ballet School, London, England
Noelia	Garrigós	Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes, Rosella Hightower, Cannes, France
Rhys	Humphreys	Akademie des Tanzes, Mannheim, Germany
Ágnes Anna	Kelemen	The Royal Ballet School, London, England
Sewon	Ko	Hamburg Ballett Schule - John Neumeier, Hamburg, Germany
Meea	Laitinen	English National Ballet School, London, England
Maeva	Lassere	Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto, Canada
Camille	Legray	Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille, Marseille, France
Sujung	Lim	Akademie des Tanzes, Mannheim, Germany
Xue	Lin	Hamburg Ballett Schule - John Neumeier, Hamburg, Germany
Saki	Maeda	Houston Ballet Ben Stevensen Academy, Houston, USA
Akane	Sawada	Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes, Rosella Hightower, Cannes, France
Paula	Segarra	The Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm, Sweden
Joshua	Swain	Akademie des Tanzes, Mannheim, Germany
Hasan	Topcuoglu	John-Cranko Schule, Stuttgart, Germany
Lizhong	Wang	Hamburg Ballett Schule - John Neumeier, Hamburg, Germany
Simon	Yoshida	Staatliche Ballett-Akademie, Munich, Germany

2009 Prix de Lausanne finalists who did not win a prize also received offers after the competition:

Skylar	Campbell	YOU Dance, National Ballet of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Takeshi	Ikeda	Hambourg Ballet Schule - John Neumeier, Hamburg, Germany
Futaba	Ishizaki	Hambourg Ballet Schule - John Neumeier, Hamburg, Germany
Karen	Johnson	John Cranko Schule, Stuttgart, Germany

We wish them all the best for this new turn in their career.

The Prix de Lausanne would like to take this opportunity to thank all its Partner Institutions for their support:
Partner Schools : Link
Partner Companies : Link
Partner Summer Courses and Contemporary Summer Courses : Link

Registration information for the 2010 competition: www.prixdelausanne.org

We wish to thank our sponsors and benefactors, and in particular :

Adveq Management SA
Anonymous donor
Banque Julius Bär
Beaulieu Exploitation S.A.
Beau-Rivage Palace
Bobst SA
Canton de Vaud
Fondation Artephila
Fondation Coromandel
Fondation Leenaards
Fondation Nestlé pour l'Art
Loterie Romande
Oak Foundation
Ville de Lausanne

The complete list of our benefactors can be found here.