Young British Dancer of the Year

Updated on Dec 16, 2023

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The Young British Dancer of the Year Competition began in 2000. It is held annually at the Royal Ballet School, London and the Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden. The competition is open to young British and British-trained classical dancers. The first prize is £3000, second prize £2000 and third prize £1000.

Also presented is the Sibley Dowell Award for Potential, named after Royal Ballet dance partners Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell.

Winners

2000 – 1st Jamie Bond (Birmingham Royal Ballet, principal), 2nd Lauren Cuthbertson (Royal Ballet, principal)

2001 – 1st Lauren Cuthbertson (RB, principal)

2002 – 1st Anniek Soobroy (BRB until 2011)

2003 – 1st Joseph Caley (BRB, principal), 2nd Antoinette Brooks-Daw (Northern Ballet, soloist)

2004 – 1st Aaron Robison (Principal San Francisco Ballet ), 2nd Xander Parish (Mariinsky Ballet, second soloist)

2005 – 1st Ruth Bailey (RB until 2014), 2nd James Barton (BRB, soloist)

2006 – 1st James Hay (RB, soloist), 2nd prize Delia Mathews (BRB, soloist), 3rd prize Andrew Peasgood (Scottish Ballet, soloist)

2007 – 1st Sergei Polunin (Russia, senior principal), 2nd Delia Mathews (BRB, soloist)

2008 – 1st William Bracewell (BRB, soloist), 2nd Tristan Dyer (RB, soloist), Commendation Brandon Lawrence (BRB, first artist)

2009 – 1st Yasmine Naghdi (RB, first soloist), 2nd Sean Bates (NB), 3rd Dominic Whitbrook (National Ballet of Portugal), Sibley Dowell Award Brandon Lawrence (BRB, first artist)

2010 – 1st Francesca Hayward (RB, soloist), 2nd Anna Rose O'Sullivan (RB), 3rd Bruno Micchiardi (Estonian National Ballet, soloist), Sibley Dowell Award Dominic Whitbrook (NBP), Commendations Sean Bates, Roseanna Leney

2011 – 1st Anna Rose O'Sullivan (RB), 2nd Teo Dubreuil (ENB), 3rd Matthew Ball (RB), Sibley Dowell Award Reece Clarke, Commendations Tierney Heap (RB), Greig Matthew

2012 – 1st Reece Clarke (RB), 2nd Barnaby Rook Bishop (Scottish Ballet), 3rd James Stephens (Vienna State Ballet), Sibley Dowell Award Suzan Opperman, Commendations Alexander Bird, Giorgio Garrett

2013 – 1st Chisato Katsura (RB), 2nd Isabelle Brouwers (ENB), 3rd Jerome Barnes, Sibley Dowell Award Barnaby Rook Bishop, Commendations Joseph Sissions, William Beagley

2014 – 1st Erik Woolhouse (ENB), 2nd Joseph Sissens (RB), 3rd Nicholas Landon (Dutch National Ballet, Junior Company), Sibley Dowell Award Ricardo Castellanos, Commendations Jerome Barnes, Scott McKenzie

All of the 1st prize winners are current or former students of the Royal Ballet School.

References

Young British Dancer of the Year Wikipedia

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