Prix de Lausanne features 87 dancers – one Swiss

Eighty-seven dancers (43 girls, 44 boys) from 18 countries are competing in the 52nd edition of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland at the Palais Beaulieu. The participants, aged 15-18, were selected from 425 applicants by video. Nadia Corboud, a student at the Danse Académie in Vevey, Switzerland, was selected for this year’s competition. Throughout the week, the candidates will be judged in dance class and individually on stage. The final, scheduled for Saturday, will bring together the 20 best. Several prizes will be awarded. Between six and eight dancers will also receive a scholarship to study at one of the partner schools or companies. The jury is made up of nine members. This year it is chaired by Darcey Bussell, president of London’s Royal Academy of Dance. + Prix de Lausanne faces storm of indignation over jury make-up The potential of the dancers is assessed according to a number of factors: artistic sense, physical aptitude, technical ease and the ability...