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| | 9th International Ballet Competition And Contest Of Choreographers |
 | | Yury Grigorovich was the President of the Jury of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th International Ballet Competitions. |
 | | Yuri Grigorovich, the outstanding Russian choreographer, graduate of the Petersburg school of Russian classical ballet, began his career as soloist at the Maryinsky Theatre where he was later to mount his first important choreo-graphic works "Stone Flower" by S.Prokofiev and "Legend of Love" by A.Melikov. |
 | | Grigorovich has headed juries of international ballet competitions in Russia, Finland, the USA, Switzerland, Japan, Bulgaria and the Ukraine and he is the Chairman of the "Benois de la Danse" award, which enjoys the patronage of UNESCO. |
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