Dance Grand Prix Sofia in brief
Dance Grand Prix Sofia is an yearly dance forum for children and young people. The event is created with the idea to bring together young passionate dancers and dance teachers from around the world to exchange experience and ideas so that they all improve and empower each other.
Dance Grand Prix Sofia is offering its participants a unique experience.
The event is held in the heart of Sofia - a modern European capital combining contemporary with it's rich history and cultural heritage. DGPS team is selecting only the best locations for the forum - easily accessible, excellent technical quality, comfort of the participants, jury and audience.
Our main goal is to help all participants learn valuable things, perfect their skills, find motivation for self-improvement and have fun with new friends.
The event consists of two parts - educational and competitive.
The educational phase of the contest offers the participants the unique experience of attending master classes with internationally recognised choreographers. This will give the dancers precious knowledge and skills to help them in their future dance education and performance.
More details about the master classes will be published here closer to the event dates.
The competitive phase of the contest consists of two parts - qualification and final competition. The qualification consists of online submission of video of the performance and photos of the dancers. These videos are rated by qualified choreographers and dance experts and only the best are accepted to attend Dance Grand Prix Sofia.
The final competition gives dancers, as well as choreographers, unique opportunity to present themselves alongside the best qualified competitors from around the world and in front of the meticulous eyes of some of the most prominent dance professionals.
Only qualified dancers are eligible for the master classes.
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Our team
Dance Grand Prix Sofia is an event organized by Thousand Smiles.
The company was founded in 2009 as event management agency. For many years the young and energetic team of Thousand Smiles created successful events for various organizations and causes, incl. for film production companies, music production companies and more. Deepening its experience with projects in the field of culture and arts, the team focuses more and more on supporting different cultural projects for young people in Bulgaria.
For the past few years Thousand Smiles is working extensively with dance schools and organizations supporting and promoting the art of dance for children and young people.
Throughout our projects at Thousand Smiles we see the importance of culture, and dance in particular, for bringing together young people from around the world. We see how important this is for the cultural exchange, but also these initiatives help for the personal development of each participant. Not only do young people perfect their skills. They discover new opportunities for development, make valuable friendships and build confidence, resilience, learn to be more tolerant and positive.
Today we are proud to have a team of energetic people who has the expertise and motivation to organise a high quality international dance forum.
jury
Information coming soon.
Damiano Bisozzi International dancer, choreographer and director Among his most important works are "Notre Dame de Paris", "Tosca" (by Lucio Dalla), "Dracula", "Giulietta e Romeo", "I Promessi Sposi", "Peter Pan", "Cindarella" with world tours, Hollywood film "Nine" directed by Rob...Damiano Bisozzi / Jury
Isabella McGuire Mayes International dance coach and mentor Isabella McGuire Mayes is a graduate of the Vaganova Academy and formerly danced with The Mikhailovsky Ballet and Eifman Ballet. Isabella is now a full time coach and mentor to dancers...Isabella McGuire Mayes / Jury
Grant Martin Scruggs Professor at Akademie Des Tanzes, international juror Grant Martin Scruggs studied in New York City under renowned teachers Stanley Williams, Richard Rapp and Andrei Kramerevsky at the School of American Ballet. His professional career began at the...Grant Martin Scruggs / Jury
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