Jury
The Jury for Le Prix des Hivernales is exclusively made up of international dancers invited to perform in Les Hivernales de la Danse Gala, most of whom are Principal dancers.
2025
The jury for this third edition is composed of:
Classical jury:
- Maia Makhateli, Principal of the Dutch National Ballet
- Raphaël Bouchard, Principal dancer of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
- Victor Caixeta, Freelance Principal dancer
- Shale Wagman, Paris Opera Ballet
Contemporary jury:
- Maude Sabourin, Principal of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
- Eve-Marie Dalcourt, Freelance Artist
- Toon Lobach, Freelance Artist
- Roger Van der Poel, Freelance Artist
External jury:
- Frederik Deberdt, Ballet Master of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz
- Tommaso Renda, former dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin and Artistic Director of International Summer School Italia
Pre-selection jury:
- Classical: Elsa Godard, former dancer with the Royal Ballet Covent Garden
- Contemporary: George Oliveira, Former First Soloist of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo
- Supervision: Marie Doutrepont, former dancer with the Royal Ballet & Founder of the Hivernales de la Danse
2024
The jury for the third edition is composed of:
Classical jury:
- Nancy Osbaldeston, Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse and International Guest Artist
- Ludmila Pagliero, Principal Dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet
- Alejandro Virelles, Principal Dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin
- Friedemann Vogel, Principal Dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet and International Guest Principal
Contemporary jury:
- Ksenia Ovsyanick, Principal of the Staatsballett Berlin
- Hélias Dorvault, Freelance Artist
- Rosario Guerra, Staatsballett Hannover
- Sandra Salietti Aguilera, Freelance Artist
External jury:
- Frederik Deberdt, Ballet Master of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz
- Sergei Upkin, Principal Soloist of the Estonian National Ballet
2023
The jury for the second edition was composed of:
Classical jury:
- Ludmila Pagliero, Principal Dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet
- Thomas Docquir, Sujet of the Paris Opera Ballet
- Iana Salenko, Principal Dancer of the Berlin State Ballet
- Shale Wagman, First Soloist of the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Contemporary jury:
- Chloé Albaret, ex-Soloist of the Nederlands Dans Theater and now Freelance Artist
- Anne Jung, Freelance Soloist
- Samuel Young-Wright, Freelance Soloist
- Toon Lobach, NDT2 from 2016 to 2020 and now Freelance Artist
2022
The jury for the first edition was composed of:
Classical jury:
- Osiel Gouneo, Principal Dancer of the Bayerisches Staatsballett
- Maria Kochetkova, Freelance Principal Dancer
- Yasmine Naghdi, Principal Dancer of the Royal Ballet in London
- Matthew Ball, Principal Dancer of the Royal Ballet in London
- Myriam Ould-Braham, Principal Dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet
Contemporary jury:
- Sebastian Kloborg, Freelance Soloist
- Toon Lobach, NDT2 from 2016 to 2020 and now Freelance Artist
- Eve-Marie Dalcourt, Freelance Artist
- Frederik Deberdt, Soloist of the Malandain Biarritz Ballet
- Patricia Vélazquez, Soloist of the Malandain Biarritz Ballet