Selected candidates   First Name Last Name Nationality School Country Female candidates Aviana Adams United States Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School United States Michiru Akiba Japan Hitomi Takeuchi Ballet School, Fukushima Japan Hannah Bettes United States Next Generation Ballet at the Patel Conservatory, Tampa, Florida United States Anna Casasola Fontseca Spain English National Ballet School, London United Kingdom Thamires Chuvas Brazil Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Floor Eimers Netherlands Royal Conservatory, The Hague Netherlands Na Yun Eom South Korea Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, D.C. United States Ayaka Fujii Japan Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, D.C. United States Riko Fujita Japan Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille France Lívia Gil Brazil Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Alice Godfrey South Africa Cape Academy of Performing Arts South Africa Katherine Higgins United States Royal Ballet School of Antwerp Belgium Catherine Hurlin United States Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School At American Ballet Theatre United States Akane Ichii Japan Tanz Akademie Zürich Switzerland Eunyoung Joung South Korea Korea National University Of Arts South Korea JaeEun Jung South Korea Seoul Arts High School South Korea Min Ju Kang South Korea Seoul Arts High School South Korea Serena Landriel Argentina Estudio Katty Gallo, Caba Argentina Ji Hyun Lee South Korea Gimpo KNB Ballet Academy South Korea Shiyin Liang China Guangzhou Art School China Azusa Maumary-Ishizuka Switzerland Miyashita Yasuko Ballet School, Kyoto Japan Ge Miao China Guangzhou Art School China Mai Miyazaki Japan English National Ballet School, London United Kingdom Sophie Moffatt Australia The Conlan College of Classical Ballet, Sydney Australia Andreia Mota Portugal Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional, Lisboa Portugal Yui Negishi Japan Ballet Libre, Kokubunji Japan Daniela Oddi Australia English National Ballet School, London United Kingdom Chisako Oga United States V&T Dance, Laguna Hills, California United States Kaho Ogawa Japan Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School At American Ballet Theatre United States Brooke Ray New Zealand Mt Eden Ballet Academy, Auckland New Zealand Johanna Raynaud France Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower France Alaia Rogers-Maman United States The Art of Classical Ballet, Pompano Beach, Florida United States Juliette Roustan France Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille France Larissa Santos Brazil Centro de Dança Rio, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Amari Saotome Japan Reiko Yamamoto Ballet School, Ota Japan Madoka Sugai Japan Sasaki Ballet Academy, Yamato Japan Yui Sugawara Japan Naoko Fairy Ballet, Kushiro Japan Mayu Takahashi Japan Niigata Ballet School Japan Kozue Tashiro Japan Chikako Tanaka Ballet, Fokuoka Japan Sonia Vinograd Spain Institut del Teatre’s Professional Dance Academy of Barcelona Spain Sayaka Wakita Japan Goh Ballet Academy, Vancouver Canada Joy Womack United States Bolshoi Ballet Academy Russia Jung Yoon Won South Korea Seoul Arts High School South Korea Mika Yanagisawa Japan Reiko Yamamoto Ballet School, Ota Japan Nishimura Yuuka Japan Classical Ballet Academy S.O.U, Oyama Japan Jin Zhang China Beijing Dance Academy China First Name Last Name Nationality School Country Male candidates Eneko Amoros Zaragoza Spain English National Ballet School, London United Kingdom Célestin Boutin France Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower France Davi Chagas de Carvalho Brazil Balletart Escola de Dança, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Ruifeng Chen China Beijing Dance Academy China Cesar Corrales Canada Private Classes Canada Douglas Richard de Almeida Lima Brazil Akademie des Tanzes, Mannheim Germany Lourenço Ferreira Portugal Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional, Lisboa Portugal Edson Ferreira Barbosa Brazil Grupo Cultural de Dança-Ilha, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Yiwen Gong China Beijing Dance Academy China Michael Grünecker Germany Tanz Akademie Zürich Switzerland Ryo Kato Japan Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional, Lisboa Portugal Dongbo Li China Beijing Dance Academy China Alejandro Martinez Azorin Spain Academia de Danza de Jose Antonio Robles Spain Antonio Martínez Cegarra Spain Academia de Danza de Jose Antonio Robles Spain Max Maslen United Kingdom Central School of Ballet, London United Kingdom Calvin Richardson Australia Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Southbank Australia Tomotaro Sano Japan Acri-Horimoto Ballet Academy, Saitama Japan Serio Sasaki Japan Ariake New City Ballet School, Tokyo Japan Ryosei Semba Japan Royal Ballet School of Antwerp Belgium Mengfan Shen China Guangzhou Art School China Daniel Robert Silva Brazil Vortice Escola de Danças, Uberlandia Brazil John-Paul Simoens United States Lauridsen Ballet Centre, Torrance, California United States Kento Sumitani Japan K Classic Ballet Studio, Kyoto Japan Nikolaus Tudorin Australia Tanz Akademie Zürich Switzerland Carl Van Godtsenhoven France Terpsichore, Paris France Wutong Wan China Beijing Dance Academy China Ming-Xuan Wang China Shanghai Dance School China Le Wang China Beijing Dance Academy China Joel Woellner Australia Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy United States Jun Xia China Shanghai Dance School China Illya Zakrevskyy Ukraine Kiev State Choreographic School Ukraine Candidates Selected at Danzamerica (Argentina): Last Name First Name Nationality School Country Paula Cristina Alves Brazil Especial Instituto de Dança, Sao Paulo Brazil Junior Caballero Mendoza Paraguay Instituto Superior de Bellas Artes, Asuncion Paraguay Emilia Haydee Peredo Aguirre Argentina Estudio de Danzas Ferrazzano, Resistencia Argentina