Arte e Cultura
The 6th Shanghai International Ballet Competition drew to a successful close
Six days of exciting competition witnessed fruitful harvest of these future ballet stars on this stage. As for the Senior Division, the winners of the gold medals for males and females were Chinese Dancers Shi Yue and Ao Dingwen. The silver prize for women went to Zeisel Prisca from Austria and males to Wang Zhanfeng and Chang Sinuo from China . Mongolian dancer Otgontugs Anujin and Chinese dancer Zhu Qian were awarded the third prize for females. Wang Jiayue and Kou Zuquan, both from China , took the bronze medals for males. In terms of Junior Division, Chinese girl Li Siyi took the crown of the female group. Zhang Yikun, also from China , won the silver prize for females while Chinese dancers Li Hang and Wu Yue claimed the silver prize of the male group. Guo Wenjin ( China ), Seo Hyeseung ( South Korea ) and Park Yujin ( South Korea ) won bronze medals for females while the bronze medal for males was awarded to Chinese contestants Yan Qingchen and Zhang Xuhao. Choreography Award went to four choreographers including Liu Tingting , the choreographer of Bleeding Love, Fei Bo , the choreographer of Tomb Figure, Wang Yuanyuan , the choreographer of Beyond the Smoke and Wu Husheng, the choreographer of Adieu. Australian dancer Aaron Smyth took Special Jury Award for Best Performer with his impressive performance. Ribeiro Brandao Diana from Portugal and Han Zeyuan from China were the winners of Contemporary Performer Award. South African ballerina McElligott Paige, along with Chinese dancers Luo Jingfei, Huang Shaoshuai and Sun Pengxiang were granted with Encouragement Award. Yuan Anpu from China took Partner Award in the competition.