The First International Ballet Competition "Maya" took place in August, 1994, in St.-Petersburg.
The most prestigious ballet figures were in the 1994 Jury chaired by legendary Maya Plisetskaya. The names of the laureates of the First Competition are worth to be mentioned: Benjamin Pech, Opera de Paris (Grand Prix and the First Prize male winner); Elena Philipieva, National Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine (the First Prize female winner); Stephane Phavorin, Opera de Paris (the Second Prize male winner); Anna Polikarpova, the Hamburg Ballet (the Second Prize female winner); Victor Alvarez, Deutsche Oper, Berlin (the Third Prize male winner); Egle Shpokaite, the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (the Third Prize female winner). The special prize "For the Best Partnership" was awarded to Ivan Lishka, the Hamburg Ballet. For them "Maya" Comptetition turned out to be a real artistic springboard to the high-professional ballet, a gate that led them to the stages of the world's greatest theaters. The special prize of the Jury "For the Best Choreography of a Contemporary Piece" was given to John Neumeier (Germany).

HARUHISA HANDA Director TACHIBANA SHUPPAN Inc, Tokyo, Japan. General sponsor of the I International Ballet Competition "Maya".

The II International Ballet Competition "Maya"
The III International Ballet Competition "Maya"

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