DATE: Thursday April 18th, 2024
TIME: 7:00pm 
VENUE: David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
ADDRESS: 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023

SEE THE FUTURE OF DANCE TODAY! 25 years ago, Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) changed the way the dance world looks for talent. Today, it is the #1 source of talented dancers for the world's dance schools and companies, with 450 YAGP alumni dancing in 80 companies around the globe, including The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.

The YAG 25th ANNIVERSARY GALA is a spectacular evening of dance featuring a stellar international cast from the world's leading dance companies. See electrifying young dance talent ("Stars of Tomorrow") share the stage with today's most celebrated dance stars ("Stars of Today").

Proceeds from the Gala will go directly toward scholarships for gifted young dance students who wish to pursue a professional career in dance - and to help YAG's efforts to help displaced Ukrainian dance students.

Program features two World Premieres; one by James Whiteside with American Ballet Theatre’s Isabella Boylston, Catherine Hurlin, and Jake Roxander, and live accompaniment by pianist Matthew Whitaker; a second World Premiere by Maria Konrad, with Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Adji Cissoko and English National Ballet’s Vsevolod Maievskyi, with music by Karen LeFrak.

Stuttgart Ballet’s Elisa Badenes, Mackenzie Brown, and Gabriel Figueredo will make their New York stage debut’s, as will Mariinsky Ballet’s May Nagahisa and Paris Opera Ballet’s Bianca Scudamore.

An elegant Gala dinner will follow with chairs Paul Arnhold and Wes Gordon, Elissa Brenner, Chelsea Clinton, Melanie Hamrick, Rebecca Hessel Cohen, Courtney Davis, Wes Gordon, Aly Gradone, Sarah Hoover, Marcella Hymowitz, Carrie Kaufman, Lindsay Kraus, Candice Miller, Colby Mugrabi, Grace Pomeranc, Lilah Ramzi, Emily Reifel, Indre Rockefeller, Priya Shukla, Lesley Thompson Vecsler, Lina Wallach, Barbara Tober, and Virginia Wettlaufer Tomenson.

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FIAF’s popular Bastille Day celebration is back in person, happening for the first time on New York’s famed Madison Avenue!

Abounding with French cuisine, musique, dance, and myriad attractions for the whole family, this fête populaire invites New Yorkers to revel in the flavors, sounds, and joie de vivre of France.

For over 20 years, FIAF has hosted the city’s largest celebration of France’s national holiday, Bastille Day on 60th Street. This year’s event will expand to Madison Avenue and include live music and dance performances, wine and champagne tastings, a sneak preview screening of Azuro, fun activities in French for kids and adults, a chance to win a dream getaway to France’s Occitanie region and other exciting prizes, and more than 40 booths showcasing the best of French food and Francophone culture.

Come celebrate with FIAF on Sunday, July 10, from noon to 5pm! The event will take place on Madison Avenue, from 59th to 63rd Street, NYC.