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  2006 USA International Ballet Competition individual competitors announced
More than 121 competitors from 27 countries will vie for cash, medals, scholarships and contracts  
 
     
 

March 21, 2006

USA International Ballet Competition officials announced today that 121 competitors from 27 countries will compete in the 2006 USA IBC, which is designated by Congress as the official USA competition. The event will be held in Jackson, Miss., June 17 – July 2. A complete list of accepted competitors is below.

Senior Male

Armenia
Avetik Karapetyan
Davit Karapetyan

Belarus
Alexandr Buber

Brazil
Gleidson Vasconcelos

China
Du Jichao
Wu Yan

Colombia
Jaime Diaz
Andres Felipe Figueroa Leon

Cuba
Cervilio Miguel Amador
Edgar Anido
Raydel Caceres
Angel Laza
Daniel Sarabia
Eddy Tovar

Germany
Mateo Klemmayer
Daniil Simkin

Great Britain
Aaron Robison

Japan
Keigo Fukuda
Saneyuki Kawashima
Yosuke Mino
Kenya Nakamura
Masayoshi Onuki

Kazakhstan
Doszhan Tabyldy

Korea
Seongho Cha
Choong Hoon Lee
Hyon-Jun Rhee

Mexico
Randy Herrera

Russia
Viacheslav Lopatin
Alexey Safronov
Semyon Chudin

Spain
Olaf Kollmannsperger

Sweden
Jonathan Davidson

Ukraine
Yevgen Babachenko
Viktor Ishchuk
Zherlin Ndudi
Andrei Pisarev
Yaroslav Salenko

USA
Cornell Callender
Joseph Gatti
Brooklyn Mack
Chauncey Parsons
Andrew Skeels
Connor Walsh

 

Senior Female  

Brazil
Carla Amancio

Canada
Carolyn Rose Ramsay

China
Liu Qi
Huang Rui

Colombia
Diana Catalina Gomez Gonzalez

Cuba
Adiarys Almeida Santana

Japan
Yayoi Ezawa
Misa Kuranaga
Hanae Seki
Mami Sugioka
Chiaki Yasukawa
Yui Yonezawa

Korea
Won Jin Choi
Na-Eun Kim
Yu-hee Son

Latvia
Elza Leimane

Lithuania
Jurgita Dronina

Macedonia
Marija Kicevska

Mongolia
Ganchimeg Choijilsuren

Russia
Natalia Domracheva
Yekaterina Khomkina
Nuriya Nagimova
Anna Nikulina
Natalia Osipova

Thailand
Nutnaree Pipit-Suksun

Venezuela
Ezlimar Dortolina

USA
Emily Bromberg
Courtney Clarkson
Erica De La O Garcia
Melody Mennite Herrera
Lauren C. Strongin
Janessa L. Touchet
Caitlin Valentine
Casey Vaughan

Junior Male

France
Jonathan Chmelensky

Japan
Hiroya Fukuda
Ryo Izawa
Keiichiro Motegi
Jun Tanabe
Kyohei Yoshida

Korea
Youn Sik Kim

Mexico
Isaac Hernandez

Ukraine
Denys Cherevychko

USA
Jeffrey Cirio
Kyle Davis
Mathias Dingman
Joseph Gorak
William Moore Jr.
Toshiro Muraoka-Abbley

Junior Female

Argentina
Romina Marisi

Belgium
Nathalie Fernandez

Brazil
Aurora Dickie
Beatriz Hack

China
Cao Shuci

Japan
Reika Miwa
Kayo Sasabe

Korea
Kim Ji A
Mi Hee Park
Sae-Eun Park

Russia
Elena Kazakova
Anastasia Sinitsyna
Natalia Vorontsova

Venezuela
Francesca Dugarte
Isadora Valero Meza

USA
Caroline Betancourt
Amy Marie Briones
Kaleena Burks
Kiri Chapman
Cara Cooper
Sasha De Sola
Emily Ellis
Krista Ettlinger
April Giangeruso
Daisy Long
Grace-Anne Powers
Shelby Ratchford
Christine Shevchenko
Kathryn Tosh