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.-.
