BBC Young Dancer 2019

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A competition for young people, showcasing the very best of young British talent.

Be astounded, mesmerised and amazed as aspiring dancers compete for a life-changing prize. From ballet to street, extraordinary new talents aim to wow the biggest names in dance.

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BBC Young Dancer: 2019: Ballet Final

Ballet Final

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Five contestants compete in the Ballet Final of BBC Young Dancer 2019.

BBC Young Dancer 2019 continues its search to find the UK’s best new dance talent. Having already discovered winners in both South Asian and Contemporary categories, this week it’s the turn of five aspiring dancers to perform in the Ballet category final at The Lowry, Salford.

Presented by Anita Rani and Ore Oduba, the competition showcases dancers aged 16 – 21 in four different categories - Ballet, Contemporary, Street and South Asian Dance. 

The judges for the Ballet Final are David Bintley, director of Birmingham Royal Ballet and also artistic director of the National Ballet of Japan,  along with Zenaida Yanowsky, former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. They are both joined by the general adjudicator across all four dance finals, Jonzi D - associate artist at Sadler’s Wells, founder and artistic director of Jonzi D Projects and Breakin’ Convention.

They’ll decide who will make it through to the BBC Young Dancer 2019 Grand Final and get to perform at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 18th May. 

The Ballet finalists are Chloe Keneally, Hollie Smith Louis Fukuhara, Danila Marzilli and Keiko Tsuchiya.

BBC Young Dancer: 2019

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The search begins to find four extraordinary young dancers.

The search begins to find extraordinary young dancers aged 16 – 21, across four categories - South Asian dance, Contemporary, Street and Ballet.

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