Prix de Lausanne 2026 finalists and winners

The following are the names of the finalists, scholarship winners and prize winners of the Prix de Lausanne 2026 competition, which took place in 1st-8th February 2026 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The names of scholarship and prize winners are shown in bold fonts. Congratulations!

107 — REGO DE SOUZA Pietra (15.8 years old) — Brazil - Web Audience Favourite Award, supported by la Fondation en faveur de l’Art Chorégraphique and ARTE Concert

112 — LIU Xiner (15.11 years old) — P. R. China

201 — SAI Yusei (15 years old) — Japan - 5th Scholarship – Curél

202 — SENGUPTA Nikhil (15.5 years old) — United States

203 — THIJS Jetro (15.6 years old) — Belgium - 8th Scholarship – Fondation Hélène et Victor Barbour

206 — METCALF Blake (15.8 years old) — United States

213 — CAO Yufei (16.10 years old) — P. R. China - 6th Scholarship – Bourse Jeune Espoir

301 — HUANG Jingxinyu (17.0 years old) — P. R. China - 3rd Scholarship – Bourse Astarte

302 — YEOM Dayeon (17.1 years old) — South Korea - 2nd Scholarship – Bourse Jeune Étoile / Audience Favourite Award, supported by la Fondation en faveur de l’Art Chorégraphique and ARTE Concert

304 — MAIONE Sarah (17.4 years old) — Italy

306 — KIM Tae Eun (17.5 years old) — South Korea - 10th Scholarship – Oak Foundation

308 — ITO Lisa (17.7 years old) — Japan

309 — SHIN Ara (17.9 years old) — South Korea - 7th Scholarship – Fondation Anita et Werner Damm-Etienne

310 — JEON Jiyul (17.9 years old) — South Korea - 14th Scholarship – Fondation Françoise Champoud

314 — QIN Yihan (18.1 years old) — P. R. China - 4th Scholarship – Fondation Maurice Béjart

406 — LU Haowen (17.9 years old) — P. R. China

413 — GRAMADA Dragos (18.1 years old) — Romania - 9th Scholarship – Aud Jebsen Scholarship / Beaulieu Award, offered by Beaulieu SA / Contemporary Dance Award, offered by Minerva Kunststiftung

415 — DEMEULENAERE Milo (18.2 years old) — United States - 13th Scholarship – Rudolf Nureyev Foundation

417 — BANG Suhyeok (18.3 years old) — South Korea - 11th Scholarship – Bourse Roland Petit Zizi Jeanmaire

418 — SON Mingyun (18.3 years old) — South Korea - 12th Scholarship – Fondation Coromandel

424 — GYVES William (18.7 years old) — United States- 1st Scholarship – Fondation Caris /Best Swiss Candidate Award, offered by Fondation Jacqueline de Cérenville

Finalists Award, offered by Bobst SA : Finalists who were not awarded any scholarship will each receive CHF 1,000.-.