Winners
Following the final on Saturday 21 March 2026 in Liège, here are the winners of this fifth edition of the Prix des Hivernales:
2026
Classical podium
Corps de ballet
1st Prize + 250€
Maja Mainka
2nd Prize
Melinda Cruz
3rd Prize
Constance Rauly
Coryphée
1st Prize + 250€
Valentina Ramos Mendoza
2nd Prize
Betsy Rose Wernick
3rd Prize
Elisa Giacomin
Étoile
1st Prize + 250€
Antonio Damian Lopez Gil
2nd Prize
Leo Barrios Gutierrez
3rd Prize
Keri Yamane
Grand Prix
+ 2000€ offered by Province de Liège + trophy made by Maison Dejardin
Manuel Leria Vilches
Contemporary podium
Corps de ballet
1st Prize + 250€
Constance Rauly
2nd Prize
Laura-Elena Simonts
3rd Prize ex-aequo
Margaux Hoang & Larco-Angelo Mezzapesa
Coryphée
1st Prize + 250€
Betsy Rose Wernick
2nd Prize ex-aequo
Hélène Ververken & Enora Robyn
3rd Prize
Aline Dumortier
Étoile
1st Prize + 250€
Manuel Leria Vilches
2nd Prize
Keri Yamane
3rd Prize ex-aequo
Justin Mousset & Leo Barrios Gutierrez
Groupe
1st Prizz + 500€
Prière
2nd Prize
Ruichen Sun & Chuyu Lai
3rd Prize
Ballettschule Michna
Grand Prix
+ 2000€ + trophy made by Maison Dejardin
Antonio Damian Lopez Gil
SPECIAL PRIZES – IMMERSIONS
- A one-year scholarship with the Junior Ballet Project: Alonso Nieto, Leo Barrios Gutierrez, Elias Desloover & Izam Cortes
- A one-year scholarship with the Acosta Advanced Training Hub: Leo Barrios Gutierrez
- A 3-day immersion with Béjart Ballet Lausanne: Clarance Perrier
- A one-week immersion with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo: Manuel Leria Vilches
- A one-week immersion with Malandain Ballet Biarritz: Clarance Perrier
- A week’s intensive training with Junior Ballet Antwerp: Keri Yamane & Antonio Damian Lopez Gil
- A one-week immersion with Brussels City Ballet: Lili-Anne Gut
- A one-week immersion with the Area Jeune Ballet: Josepha Voss
- A one-week immersion with Ballet Junior de Genève: Julia Heidig
- An immersion with the Sydney Dance Company: Antonio Damian Lopez Gil
- A one-week immersion with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: Leo Barrios Gutierrez
- A one-week immersion at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp: Hélène Ververken & Léa Herten
- An immersion at the Boston Ballet School: to come
- A one-week immersion at Académie Carole Massoutié: Anastasia Hromei & Rita Gomez Altes
- An immersion at Pro Ballet School: Léa Herten
- A one-week invitation Opera Di Roma Ballet School: Melinda Cruz & Maja Mainka
- A one-week immersion at RCPD Mariemma: Pau Miguez Perez Gallardo
- A one-week invitation at Annarella Sanchez Conservatory: Maja Mainka, Valentina Ramos Mendoza, Elisa Giacomin, Ioana Munteanu & Constance Rauly
SPECIAL PRIZES – INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSES & MORE
- Access to training with dancers from the Béjart Ballet Lausanne during their tour in Belgium: Keri Yamane & Elina Hyytinen
- A one-week scholarship to the Biarritz International Dance Academy + access to summer performances by Malandain Ballet Biarritz: Manuel Leria Vilches
- A scholarship for Area Jeune Ballet‘s Intensive Summer Programme: Sara Francu
- An international Summer Workshop at the Dutch National Ballet Academy: Damian Antonio Lopez Gil & Manuel Leria Vilches
- Access to the International Dance Compus Valencia: Julia Heidig
- Access to the Vitamin D programme of Broto Project: Alonso Nieto
- A summer internship at the Ecole du Ballet de Paris Stanlowa: Lise Vignal & Olivia Szymusik
- A summer internship at Académie Carole Massoutié: Larco-Angelo Mezzapesa
- A scholarship for Cuban Ballet Summer Program 2026: Valentine Ramos Mendoza
- Access to the International Summer School of The Place London: Justin Mousset & Romane Marion
- A scholarship for Castle Summer Intensive 2026: Keri Yamane & Larco-Angelo Mezzapesa
- A scholarship for Bubenicek Ballet Masterclasses 2026: Alonso Nieto, Antonio Damian Lopez Gil, Leo Barrios Gutierrez, Manuel Leria Vilches, Roberto Millanes Melgares & Izam Cortes
- A scholarship for the Revolve Dance Festival Summer Workshop 2026: Summer Wellman & Sara Francu
- A scholarship for the Avraams Summer Intensive 2026: Roberto Millanes Melgares
- A scholarship for the Phoenix 2026 Summer Dance Intensive: Laura-Elena Simonts
- Access to the Summer Intensive Training Program 2026 of the Brussels International Ballet School: Valentina Ramos Mendoza, Josepha Voss, Pau Miguez Perez Gallardo & Valentin Dalili
- A scholarship for the Professional Training Program of the Brussels International Ballet School: Betsy Rose Wernick, Rita Gomez Altes, Alonso Nieto, Leo Barrios Gutierrez, Izam Cortes & Roberto Millanes Melgares
- A scholarship for the Stage International de Châteauroux 2026: Hélène Ververken
- A one-week professional training at the VM Ballet Toulouse International Ballet School: Larco-Angelo Mezzapesa & Pau Miguez Perez Gallardo
- A scholarship for the 1st Brussels Summer Dance Intensive: Valentina Ramos Mendoza
- A scholarship for the 22nd Liège Summer Dance Intensive: Margaux Hoang
- A Training Kit by Balance by Cherevychko: Izam Cortes
- Access to the Summer Intensive of Annarella Sanchez Conservatory: Betsy Rose Wernick, Elisa Giacomin & Valentina Ramos Mendoza
- A one-week scholarship for the World Dance Mouvement-International Festival: Aline Dumortier & Summer Wellman
- A one-week scholarship for the Mosa Ballet School‘s Summer Intensive Courses 2026: Sara Francu, Constance Rauly, Valentina Ramos Mendoza, Antonio Damian Lopez Gil, Leo Barrios Gutierrez & Manuel Leria Vilches
- Nomination for the World Dance Mouvement-International Festival Competition: podium
- Gifts bags offered by Bloch: podium
Congratulations to all the winners, and well done to all the participants of this fifth edition of the Prix des Hivernales. May this experience allow you to grow and flourish in the wonderful Art of Dance.

