The winners of Prix du Nord 2023 were Anna Haidai, 14 years old (junior division) from the Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm Sweden and Alexander Mockrishs, 16 years old (senior division) from Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm Sweden.
Anna Haidai performed two classical variations, a female variation from Grand pas classique and Odette variation from Swan Lake act ll. Alexander Mockrishs performed Colas variation from La Fille Mal Gardée act ll and the contemporary solo Les Ombres du Temps.
There are 3 winners in each division. Third place, second place and first place. The winners share the amount of 2.400 EUR.
Winners of the Junior Division
1# place and the winner of the Junior Division
107 Anna Haidai, 14 years old
Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm Sweden
Award: €600
2# place of the Junior Division
113 Helle Flood, 15 years old
Norwegian National Ballet School, Norway
Award: €400
3# place of the Junior Division
111 Raul Noyola, 15 years old
Swedish National Ballet School, Gothenburg Sweden
Award: €200
Winners of the Senior Division
1# place and the winner of the Senior Division
224 Alexander Mockrish, 16 years old
Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm Sweden
Award: €600
2# place of the Senior Division
227 Yevhenii Ohanian, 16 years old
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
Award: €400
3# place of the Senior Division
236 Nell Ramstad-Pedersen, 17 years old
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
Award: €200
Winners of the Special Scholarship
The Grand Finale special guest Claudine Andreo, Artists Director of Jeune Ballet Méditerranéen Ballet Competition gave out two special scholarships to Helle Flood, 15 years old, Norwegian National Ballet School Norway and Alexander Mockrish, 16 years old, Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm Sweden.
We would like to congratulate all the winners. We would also like to compliment all participating competitors for their work and for participating in Prix du Nord 2023.
The Competition 2023
Two years ago, talented youngsters compete digitally due to the pandemic, but this year we could finally meet live and for the first time the competition was held in the City of Gothenburg.
12 pre-professional schools in the Nordic and Baltic countries have participated in this year´s competition.
Prix du Nord is a non-profit event whose task is to create a context where the next generation of dancers can meet, share experiences and dance together. The purpose of the competition is to motivate young dance talents in the Nordic and Baltic countries and contribute to their dance elite education.
We where very happy to finally be able to invite all schools in the Nordic and Baltic countries to the City of Gothenburg for Prix du Nord 2023. It was nice to see the next generation dancers from our part of the world meet and dance together during the three days here in Gothenburg, says Sebastian Michanek, Artistic Director of the Prix du Nord.
The Jury
The chairman of the jury was Jonas Kåge, former Artistic Director of Malmö Ballet, Ballet West Salt Lake City and Prix du Nord 2012-2020. The other jury members were, Joseph Study, Ballet Master at the Royal Swedish Ballet, Choreographer and Artistic Director of Focus Dance and former dancer at
Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Peter Bo Bendixen, Artistic Director of the Tivoli Ballet Theatre Denmark and former dancer at the Royal Danish Ballet dancer, Johanna Björnson, Artistic Board Member of the Carina Ari Foundation and Dancer of the Royal Swedish Court and Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, Contemporary Ballet Master and Choreographer at Royal Swedish Ballet and former dancer at the Icelandic Dance Company.
Next year the competition will like this year be held at Kronhuset in the City of Gothenburg with the Swedish National Ballet School again as the host.
The semifinal will take place on Friday April 22nd 2024, and the grand finale will be held on Saturday April 23rd 2024. Information will be presented at our website prixdunord.org.
We look forward to seeing you all next year!
The Result of the Semifinals
This year we had 44 competitors, 26 of them competed in the junior division and 18 of them in the senior division. 15 competitors were selected in the semifinals to compete in the final, 8 competitors were selected from the junior division and 7 competitors was selected from the senior division.
Selected finalists from the Junior Division
105 Penelope Hokkanen, Finnish National Ballet School, Finland
106 Leah Holt Solberg, Norwegian National Ballet School, Norway
107 Anna Haidai, Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm Sweden
111 Raul Noyola, Swedish National Ballet School, Gothenburg Sweden
112 Lana Persson, Swedish National Ballet School, Gothenburg Sweden
113 Helle Flood, Norwegian National Ballet School, Norway
114 Johann Lavrans Støvind, Norwegian National Ballet School, Norway
116 Betty Svensson, Swedish National Ballet School, Gothenburg Sweden
Selected finalists from the Senior Division
222 Myrna Lømo, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
224 Alexander Mockrish, Royal Swedish Ballet School, Sweden
226 Akvilė Šulcaitė, National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art, Lithuania
227 Yevhenii Ohanian, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
230 Nina-Sofia Kratz, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
236 Nell Ramstad-Pedersen, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
238 Theodor Bimer, Royal Swedish Ballet School, Sweden
Participating Schools
Here are the participating schools for this year’s edition.
Norwegian National Ballet School, Norway
Alhanko Academy of Ballet, Stockholm Sweden
Finnish National Ballet School, Finland
Helsinki Dance Institute, Finland
Klassíski listdansskólinn, Iceland
National Ballet School of Iceland, Iceland
National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art, Lithuania
Norweigan Ballet Institute, Norway
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm Sweden
Swedish National Ballet School, Gothenburg Sweden
Tivoli Ballet School, Denmark
Foundation and organisation
The competition was made possible through
CARINA ARI FOUNDATION
CITY OF GOTHENBURG
SWEDISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL
Photo: PDN / David Herrero, davidherrero.com