The Universal Ballet Competition (UBC) is one of the leading student ballet competitions in the United States. It provides young dancers with opportunities to compete, receive education, be scouted by professionals, and earn scholarships to advance their careers.
Founded by former principal dancers Lissette Salgado and David Lucas of the Joffrey Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, UBC has quickly gained recognition for its combination of competition and education. Each event features master classes and allows dancers to be seen by directors of renowned schools, companies, and institutions worldwide.
UBC awards over $300,000 annually in scholarships to prestigious summer and year-round programs. The competition has expanded to several major cities across the United States, reflecting its growing popularity within the ballet community.
UBC's mission is to support dancers' growth by fostering their skills and helping them achieve their dreams through high-quality competitions and educational opportunities.
For more information, visit Universal Ballet Competition.
UBC 2025 Awards for N&D Ballet
Special Award: Outstanding Classical Coach
PRIMARY COM CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Evelyn Shen – Cuban Cupid
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3rd Place: Yue Wu – La Esmeralda
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5th Place: Anna Wang – Graduation Ball
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6th Place: Weiwei Mao – Graduation Ball
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7th Place: Laura Xu – Paquita
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9th Place: Rachel Ye – La Fille Mal Gardée
PRIMARY INT CLASSICAL
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2nd Place: Angela Liu – Graduation Ball
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3rd Place: Rachel Su – La Fille Mal Gardée
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5th Place: Lillian Wei – Graduation Ball
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8th Place: Lamay Zhang – Harlequinade
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9th Place: Elaine Zhou – Flames of Paris
PRIMARY COM CONTEMPORARY
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6th Place: Evelyn Shen – Shenanigans
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9th Place: Anna Wang – Airy Atmosphere
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10th Place: Laura Xu – Reminiscence
PRIMARY INT CONTEMPORARY
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1st Place: Lillian Wei – Endless Memories
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3rd Place: Lamay Zhang – Barbie
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5th Place: Rachel Su – Exciting Event
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6th Place: Elaine Zhou – Elements
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7th Place: Gabriella Zhang – Good Day
PRE-COMPETITIVE INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Mary Zhou – Fairy Doll
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2nd Place: Megan Qin – Flames of Paris
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3rd Place: Cynthia Cai – Paquita
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5th Place: Annabelle Meng – Fairy Doll
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6th Place: Liuyi Qi – Fairy Sleeping Beauty
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7th Place: Joy Li – Cupid
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9th Place: Xiaoxiao Huang – Princess Florine, Sleeping Beauty
PRE-COMPETITIVE INT CONTEMPORARY
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1st Place: Mary Zhou – My Bubble
JUNIOR INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Aimi Yuan- GISELLE
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7th Place: Cindy Wei – Harlequinade
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9th Place: Ruo Zhu Wang – Graduation Ball
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10th Place: Alice Meng – Raymonda
JUNIOR COM CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Elizabeth Palka – Raymonda
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2nd Place: Jenna Migliorelli – Paquita
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3rd Place: Chloe Wang – Aurora Act I, Sleeping Beauty
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4th Place: Juliana Kuang – La Esmeralda
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8th Place: April Gao – Medora
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12th Place: Siqi Wang – Variation from Swan Lake
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13th Place: Katherine Palka – Flames of Paris
JUNIOR INT CONTEMPORARY
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1st Place: Isabella Lu – Run with Your Heart
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3rd Place: Aimi Yuan – Dancing with Fire
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4th Place: Keira Lu – Flower
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9th Place: Emma Yu – Sprout
JUNIOR COM CONTEMPORARY
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7th Place: Chloe Wang – Spring Is Coming
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9th Place: Juliana Kuang – Opera
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13th Place: Elizabeth Palka – Kaleidoscope
SENIOR INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Rachel Lei – Giselle
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3rd Place: Emma Feng – Flames of Paris
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10th Place: Jocelyn Chen – Giselle
SENIOR COM CLASSICAL
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4th Place: Angela Yuan – Variation from Giselle
SENIOR INT CONTEMPORARY
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3rd Place: Rachel Lei – Rain Ritual
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4th Place: Emma Feng – November
PRIMARY COM ENSEMBLE
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2nd Place: Unanimous Team – N&D Ballet
PRE-COMPETITIVE COM ENSEMBLE
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1st Place: Waltz of the Hours – N&D Ballet
UBC 2024 Awards for N&D Ballet
PRIMARY INT CLASSICAL
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2nd Place: Cindy Wei - Variation from La Esmeralda
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3rd Place: Rachel Su - Fairy Doll Variation
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5th Place: Alice Meng - Variation from Raymonda
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6th Place: Anna Wang - Variation from Paquita
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7th Place: Vivian Wang - Variation from La Esmeralda
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9th Place: Laura Xu - Variation from Graduation Ball
PRIMARY COM CLASSICAL
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2nd Place: Juliana Kuang - Variation from Fairy Doll
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3rd Place: Evelyn Shen - Variation from Fairy Doll
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5th Place: Aimi Yuan - Variation from Paquita
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6th Place: Siqi Wang - Cupid Variation from Don Quixote
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7th Place: Katelyn Qin - Variation from Flames of Paris
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8th Place: Lamay Zhang - Variation from Flames of Paris
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9th Place: Yue Wu - Cupid
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10th Place: Isabella Lu - Medora Variation from Le Corsaire
PRIMARY INT CONTEMPORARY
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3rd Place: Alice Meng - Let's Go for a Walk
PRIMARY COM CONTEMPORARY
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4th Place: Juliana Kuang - Game Over
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7th Place: Evelyn Shen - Shenanigans
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9th Place: Siqi Wang - New Girl
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10th Place: Isabella Lu - Casual Day
PRE-COMPETITIVE INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Rachel Ye - Variation from Flames of Paris
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2nd Place: Weiwei Mao - Cupid Variation from Don Quixote
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3rd Place: Gabriella Zhang - Princess Florine Variation from Sleeping Beauty
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4th Place: Mary Cheng - Variation from Sleeping Beauty
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5th Place: Angela Liu - Variation from Graduation Ball
JUNIOR INT CLASSICAL
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4th Place: Bella Zhao - Variation from Paquita
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5th Place: Ruozhu Wang - Variation from Graduation Ball
JUNIOR COM CLASSICAL
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2nd Place: Chloe Wang - Variation from Paquita
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5th Place: Emma Tian - Variation from Graduation Ball
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6th Place: Jenna Migliorelli - Variation from Talisman
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9th Place: Nathalie Turovskiy - Variation from Harlequinade
JUNIOR INT CONTEMPORARY
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3rd Place: Bella Zhao - Visual Voice
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10th Place: Emma Feng - Serenade
JUNIOR COM CONTEMPORARY
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5th Place: Nathalie Turovskiy - A Plastic Ocean
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10th Place: Chloe Wang - Root
SENIOR INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Michelle Lei - Variation from Paquita
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2nd Place: Allison Ma - Variation from Paquita
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9th Place: Jocelyn Chen - Variation from Harlequinade
SENIOR COM CLASSICAL
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3rd Place: Angela Yuan - Variation from Satanella
SENIOR INT CONTEMPORARY
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1st Place: Michelle Lei - The Trouble Notes
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5th Place: Allison Ma - My Reflection
SENIOR COM CONTEMPORARY
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4th Place: Angela Yuan - Back in Time
PRE-COMPETITIVE INT ENSEMBLE
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1st Place: Tarantella - N&D Ballet
UBC 2023 Awards for N&D Ballet
PRIMARY INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Aimi Yuan - La Esmeralda
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2nd Place: Juliana Kuang - Queen of the Dryads from Don Quixote
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3rd Place: Alice Meng - Variation from Fairy Doll
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5th Place: Katelyn Qin - Harlequinade
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6th Place: Bella Zhao - Cupid Variation from Don Quixote
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8th Place: Lamay Zhang - Lilac Fairy from The Sleeping Beauty
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9th Place: Stephanie Yang - Variation from La Fille Mal Gardée
PRIMARY COM CLASSICAL
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2nd Place: April Gao - Raymonda
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3rd Place: Jenna Migliorelli - Talisman
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6th Place: Emma Tian - Variation from Coppélia
PRIMARY INT CONTEMPORARY
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2nd Place: Juliana Kuang - The Framework
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3rd Place: Bella Zhao - Marionette
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5th Place: Lamay Zhang - Toy Book
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7th Place: Aimi Yuan - Chameleon
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8th Place: Stephanie Yang - The Haunted Path
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9th Place: Katelyn Qin - Paddle to the Ocean
PRIMARY COM CONTEMPORARY
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3rd Place: April Gao - Field of Flowers
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4th Place: Emma Tian - Under the Stars
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5th Place: Jenna Migliorelli - Magical Time
PRE-COMPETITIVE INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Evelyn Shen - Variation from Fairy Doll
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2nd Place: Yue Wu - Talisman
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3rd Place: Iris Lan - Graduation Ball
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4th Place: Angela Liu - Silver Fairy Variation from Sleeping Beauty
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5th Place: Gabriella Zhang - Variation from Paquita
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7th Place: Rachel Ye - Princess Florine Variation from Sleeping Beauty
JUNIOR INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Michelle Lei - Variation from Talisman
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2nd Place: Nathalie Turovskiy - Variation from Harlequinade
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3rd Place: Rachel Lei - Raymonda
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5th Place: Emma Feng - Variation from Graduation Ball
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6th Place: Elsa Newbower - Variation from Fairy Doll
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8th Place: Yuxin Fiona Fu - Variation from Paquita
JUNIOR COM CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Chloe Wang - Variation from Harlequinade
JUNIOR INT CONTEMPORARY
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1st Place: Rachel Lei - Calm the Soul
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2nd Place: Nathalie Turovskiy - Transformation
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3rd Place: Michelle Lei - Undercover
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6th Place: Emma Feng - Waiting
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7th Place: Yuxin Fiona Fu - Grow Wings Fly Away
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8th Place: Elsa Newbower - My Upside-Down World
JUNIOR COM CONTEMPORARY
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4th Place: Chloe Wang - The Departure
SENIOR INT CLASSICAL
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1st Place: Allison Ma - Variation from Raymonda
SENIOR COM CLASSICAL
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4th Place: Angela Yuan - Variation from Le Corsaire
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8th Place: Mimiq Soong - Variation from Paquita
SENIOR INT CONTEMPORARY
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1st Place: Allison Ma - The Call
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2nd Place: Katie Lin - Stepping Outside the Box
SENIOR COM CONTEMPORARY
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11th Place: Mimiq Soong - Daydream
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14th Place: Angela Yuan - Canvas
PRIMARY INT ENSEMBLE
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1st Place: My Childhood - N&D Ballet
JUNIOR INT ENSEMBLE
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1st Place: Soft Intersection - N&D Ballet
JUNIOR COM ENSEMBLE
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1st Place: The Unanimous Team - N&D Ballet