VKIBC 2018 Jury Includes Liepa, Jude, Tsiskaridze, Ananiashvili, Nissinen, and More

The 8th Edition of the Kozlova International Ballet Competition will take place March 25-30 at Symphony Space, Broadway & 95th Street, NYC. The 2018 event will be dedicated to the memory of Rudoph Nureyev on the 80th Anniversary of his birth. More than 100 dancers from around the world will gather in New York City to dance for scholarships, company contracts, and awards before a distinguished jury.

• ANDRIS LIEPA (Russia), Chairman of the Judges, former principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, guest with American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet, co-founder of the Maris Liepa Charity Fund
• NINA ANANIASHVILI (Georgia), internationally renowned ballerina, Artistic Director of the State Ballet of Georgia
• PATRICIA AULESTIA DE ALBA (Mexico), former principal dancer, founder/director of Ballet Nacional Ecuatoriano
• IVAN CAVALLARI (Italy), Artistic Director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
• MI SOOK JEON (South Korea), international dance educator and choreographer
• CHARLES JUDE (France), former etoile Paris Opera Ballet, former director Ballet de l'Opera de Bordeaux, trustee for Nureyev and Lifar Foundations
• SUN HEE KIM (South Korea), Professor, Korea National University of Arts School of Dance
• CAROLINE LLORCA (Germany), Ballet Professor, University of Performing Arts, Munich
• VICTORIA MORGAN (USA), Artistic Director and CEO, Cincinnati Ballet
• MIKKO NISSINEN (Finland), Artistic Director, Boston Ballet
• TURSYNBEK NURKALIYEV (Kazakhstan), Ballet Director, State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Astana
• RADENKO PAVLOVICH (USA), Artistic Director, Columbia Classical Ballet
• OLGA GUARDIA DE SMOAK (Panama), President of the New Orleans International Ballet Conference
• SERGEI SOLOVIEV (Russia), Teacher, Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse
• NIKOLAI TSISKARIDZE (Russia), Rector of Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburg
• CARLOS VALCARCEL (UK), Director of Dance Designate of English National Ballet

For more information, please visit www.vkibc.org