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The Varna International Ballet Competition is a biennial ballet competition held in
Varna, Bulgaria .
[1] The competition was founded in 1964 and subsequently held in 1965 and 1966, and then every two years starting in 1968.
[1] Many dancers have gained their first international recognition at the competition.
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Since the contest is a fierce one, lasting half a month, the Varna International Ballet Competition has been called the "olympics of dance".
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Winners
1964 :
Vladimir Vasiliev ,
[4] Grand Prix of Varna;
Alla Sizova ,
Ekaterina Maximova ,
Vera Kirova ,
Sergei Vikulov , and
Nikita Dolgushin (all gold medal)
1965 :
Natalia Makarova (gold medal),
Loipa Araújo (gold medal)
1966 :
Aurora Bosch (gold medal),
Martine van Hamel (distinction, junior division),
Mikhail Baryshnikov (first place, junior division)
[5]
1968 :
Marta García (first place, junior division),
Rita Poelvoorde (silver medal)
1970 :
Eva Evdokimova (gold medal),
Rosario Suárez (first place, junior division)
1972 :
Lyubov Gershunova
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1974 :
Fernando Bujones (gold medal),
Yoko Morishita (gold medal),
Tatyana Kapustina (bronze medal)
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1976 :
Patrick Dupond (Special Prize of the Youth Organization of Varna, junior division)
1978 :
Élisabeth Platel (silver medal) //
René de Cárdenas (best duo, junior division)
1980 :
Evelyn Hart (gold medal) and
David Peregrine (bronze medal) //
Karin Averty (Special Prize of the Youth Organization of Varna, junior division)
1983 :
Sylvie Guillem
[8] (Special Prize of the Youth Organization of Varna, junior division)
1984 :
Manuel Legris
1988 :
Virginie Kempf (gold medal)
1992 :
Aurélie Dupont ,
José Carlos Martinez , (gold medals),
Zenaida Yanowsky (silver medal),
Yury Yanowsky //Bernard Courtot de Bouteillier,
Molly Smolen //
Delphine Baey (bronze medals)),
Molly Smolen (Prix de Nina Ricci)
1994 :
Clairemarie Osta (silver medal),
Laetitia Pujol (silver medal)
1996 :
Rasta Thomas (first place, junior)
1998 :
Zhu Yan (gold Medal) //
Chi Cao (gold medal)
2000 :
Lali Kandelaki , Xiao Feng Fan, Shen Yi Sun (gold medal, seniors)
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2002 :
Hélène Bouchet (silver Medal)
2004 :
Daniil Simkin (gold medal, junior),
Yum Yunesava (first place junior),
Arman Grigoryan (gold medal, senior),
Mathilde Froustey (gold medal, senior)
2006 :
Aubert Vanderlinden ,
Ivan Vasiliev (special prize, junior division)
2012 :
Brooklyn Mack (gold medal)
[2] // Denis Cherevichko (gold medal)
2014 :
Soo Bin Lee (special distinction),
Sara Renda (bronze medal),
Ralitsa Ilieva (bronze medal)
2016 :
Amanda Gomes (gold medal) //
Paul Marque (gold medal)
2018 :
António Casalinho (first place, juniors), Siyi Li (first place, girls), Yuan Zhe Zi Huan (gold medal,women),
Katherine Barkman (silver medal), Sinuo Chang (gold medal, men)
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