Sabrina Matthews
Christopher Hampson
Lynn
Wallis
Dame Antoinette Sibley
Karen Kain
Rex Harrington
Ashely Wheater
Andrei Streliaev
Asia Aronovich
Valentina Gurovsky
Stanton Welch Regrettably,
due to the immense demands on his time, Stanton Welch has had to withdraw
from this year's Judging Panel.
Faculty
| SABRINA
MATTHEWS Commissioned Choreographer  Biography |
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| CHRISTOPHER
HAMPSON Award-winning international choreographer  Christopher will coach the candidates in 19th Century Classical Repertoire Variations and teach the classical classes for the Semi-finals. Biography |
LYNN
WALLIS FISTD |
LYNN WALLIS FISTD
Lynn
Wallis graduated from the 
Royal
Ballet Senior School in 1965 into the
Royal Ballet Touring Company, becoming Ballet Mistress at the school
in 1969, a position she held until 1982, when she was made Deputy
Principal.
During this time she reproduced a great many ballets from classical repertoire
for the school performances
at
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and
other venues.
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Judges
DAME ANTOINETTE SIBLEY DBE
Dame
Antoinette Sibley trained at the 
Arts
Educational and Royal Ballet Schools, dancing Swanhilda in Coppélia at the first ever Royal Ballet School’s
Performance. Upon graduating from the School in 1956 she joined The Royal
Ballet and was promoted to Soloist in 1959, and Principal in 1960.
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more
KAREN KAIN
C.C., L.L.D, L.L.T, O.ONT
One
of the most accomplished and celebrated
ballet
artists of her era, Karen Kain is renowned not just for the passion and
incisive characterization
of her many performances as a dancer, but for the commitment and energy
she has brought
to her role as a spokesperson for and representative of Canada’s
cultural life.
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more
REX HARRINGTON
Recognized
as one of the finest male dancers of 
his
era, a performer admired for both his dazzling and magnetic stage presence
and his incomparable and
sensitive partnering skills, Rex Harrington is one of Canada’s
most renowned stage artists. Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Mr. Harrington
graduated from Canada’s National Ballet School in 1981 and joined
The National Ballet of Canada in 1983.
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more
ASHELY
WHEATER
Born
in Scotland and raised in England, Wheater, 48, was trained 
at
the Royal Ballet School. As a young dancer, he was cast in numerous productions
at the Royal Opera House, including The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo
and Juliet, Anastasia, and Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker. At the age
of thirteen, he worked with Sir Frederick Ashton on the world premiere
of Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice, a production in which Wheater
performed throughout England and Europe.read
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Accompanists
ANDREI STRELIAEV
Andrei
will accompany the rehearsals, Semi-Finals and Final of the two new
Variations which are being choreographed by Sabrina Matthews. read
more
ASIA
ARONOVICH
Asia
will accompany the rehearsals, Semi-Finals and Final of the 19th Century
Classical Repertoire Variations as well as the class work that will be
presented at the Semi-Finals.
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more
VALENTINA GUROVSKY
Valentina will accompany the rehearsals, Semi-Finals and Final of the 20th Century Classical Repertoire Variations. read more
STANTON
WELCH
Regrettably,
due to the immense demands on his time,
Stanton
Welch has had to withdraw from this year's Judging Panel."