Jury Members of EBGP Vienna

Mauro Astolfi

Rome, Italy

Aritsic Director, Choreographer of the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet

EBGP jury member in 2025

Mónika Barna,

Mónika Barna

Budapest, Hungary                                      Honorary Associate Professor, Master Teacher, Hungarian Dance Academy, Budapest

EBGP jury member in 2023

Jean-Guillaume Bart

Paris, France

Étoile Dancer, Choreographer, and Ballet Master at Paris Opera

EBGP jury member in 2026

Jan Broeckx

Münich, Germany

Director, Ballett-Akademie Hochschule für Musik und Theater, München; Former Principal Dancer

EBGP jury member in 2024 & 2025

Theodore Constant

Sacramento, USA

Founder & Artistic Director of Theodore Constant Dance Academy, USA                 

Jury member at the EBGP edition in 2020

Ovidiu Dragoman

Sibiu, Romania

Director of Sibiu Ballet Theatre, Romania

Jury member at EBGP edition in 2022

Lenka Drimalova

Ostrava, Czech Republic

Artistic Director of the National Moravian-Silesian Theater Ostrava, Czech Republic

EBGP Audition member 2025

Jan Fousek

Olomouc, Czech Republic

Artistic Director, Moravian Theater Olomouc

EBGP Jury member in 2025

Alin Gheorghiu

Bucharest, Romania

Ballet Director of the National Romanian Opera in Bucharest, Romania; Former Principal Dancer

Jury member at the EBGP edition in 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025

Hana Kosaki

Tokyo, Japan

CEO of the Ballet Company Unblanché, Tokyo

EBGP Jury Member 2025

Rainer Krenstetter

Miami, USA

Artistic Director, Unblanché Japan; Associate Artistic Director, Fonteyn Academy USA; International Principal Dancer

Jury member at the EBGP edition in 2024

Arianne Lafita Gonzalez

Havanna, Cuba

International Principal Ballet Dancer, Cuba

Jury member at the EBGP edition in 2022

Dimitri Magitov

Stuttgart, Germany

Ballet Teacher at the John Cranko Ballet School, Stuttgart Germany 

Jury member at EBGP edition 2023

Caterina Mantovani

Vienna, Austria

Ballet teacher at the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera, Austria

Jury member at EBGP 2025 & 2026

Oliver Matz

Zurich, Switzerland

Director of Tanzakademie Zürich, Switzerland       

Jury member at EBGP editions in 2018 & 2020

Jed O´Grady Weiss

Adelaide, Australia/ Vienna, Austria

Contemporary Dance Teacher at the Ballet Academy of Vienna State Opera, Austria

Jury member at EBGP 2026

Ana Pavlović 

Belgrade, Serbia

Artistic Director of Ballet of the National Theatre of Belgrade, Serbia

Jury member at the EBGP 2024 & 2025

Élisabeth Platel

Paris, France

Director of the Paris Opera Ballet School, France                         

President of the jury at the EBGP edition in 2017 

Jana Přibylová

Brno, Czech Republic

Ballet Mistress of the Ballet NdB

Jury member at the EBGP edition in 2023

Marek Rózycki

Berlin, Germany

Deputy of the Artistic Leader of Dance Education at the State Ballet School of Berlin, Germany                                  

Jury member of EBGP editions in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 & 2024

Gisèle Santoro

Brasilia, Brazil/ Dresden, Germany

Former soloist, and ballet teacher at Pallucca University of Dance, Dresden, Germany

EBGP Jury member 2025 & 2026

Steffi Scherzer

Zürich, Switzerland

Director of Tanzakademie Zürich, Switzerland         

Jury member at the EBGP editions from 2017, 2019 & 2022

Dr. Svebor Sečak

Zagreb, Croatia

Associate Professor, Dean of the Alma Mater Europaea Dance Academy; President of the Croatian Society of Professional Ballet Artists;  Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

President of the Jury at the EBGP 2023 

Gregor Seyffert

Berlin, Germany

Director of Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Germany   

Jury member at the EBGP editions in 2017 & 2018

Toru Shimazaki

Kobe, Japan

Directing Professor of The Dance Program in the Music Department of Kobe Jogakuin College, Japan                                                             

Jury member at the EBGP editions from 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020

Mihail Sosnovschi

Vienna, Austria

International Guest Ballet Dancer

Jury member at EBGP edition in 2022

György Szákaly

Budapest, Hungary

Rector of the Hungarian Dance Academy, Budapest, Hungary            

Jury member of the EBGP editions from 2017, 2018 & 2019

Mário Radačovský

Brno, Czech Republic

Artistic Director, Ballet of the National Theatre Brno, Czech Republic                                                     

President of the jury at the EBGP editions from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 & 2026

Jury member 2025

Evelyn Teri

Vienna, Austria

International Professor of Ballet                               

Jury member of EBGP editions in 2017, 2018 & 2019

Adriana Villela

Bel Horizonte, Brazil

Director of the International Festival Arte Minas, Brazil

Jury member of EBGP 2026

Beate Vollack

Toulouse, France

Artistic Director,of the Theatre du Capitole, de Toulouse

EBGP Audition member 2025

Qu Zijiao

Liaoning, China

Art Director and President at Liaoning Ballet of China                                                                     

Jury member at the EBGP edition in 2017