The II International Ballet Competition "Maya" was held in St.-Petersburg in December of 1996. The international Jury consisted of the world known choreographers, dancers, ballet critics, and impressarios and was chaired by Maya Plisetskaya. Viacheslav Samodurov, Mariinsky Theater, St.-Petersburg (the First Prize male winner); Olga Pavlova, Imperial Russian Ballet (the First Prize female winner); Danila Korsuntsev, Moscow Academic Theater of Classic Ballet (the Second Prize male winner); Igor Yebra, Victor Ullate Ballet, Spain (the Second Prize male winner); Anastasia Yatsenko, Bolshoi Theater, Moscow (the Second Prize female winner); Andrey Ivanov, St.-Petersburg Academic Ballet Theater (the Third Prize male winner) became the laureates of the Second Competition. The special prize "For the Best Partnership" was awarded to Anna Reznik, Moscow Renaissance Ballet. The special prize of the Jury "For the Best Choreography of a Contemporary Piece" was given to Natalie Weir (Australia), Nikolay Androsov and Yury Petukhov (Russia).
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