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Alumni<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Many of our graduates continue their careers with renowned ballet companies across the globe. Discover below the prestigious contracts our alumni have been awarded.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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2025-2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARISA HIRONO – Ballet Plze\u0148
HALLE MCGREGOR – Staatstheater Cottbus
IN\u00c8S VALET – Ukrainian Classical Ballet
LIZ\u00c9 MENTZ – Vanemuine Ballet
LUDOVICO GALLO – Ballet Plze\u0148
MAHO SHIRAGA – Royal Winnipeg Ballet
PHOEBE WATSON – Opera Musical Theatre Leipzig
SAMUEL KENDALL MU\u00d1OZ – Pozna\u0144 Opera Ballet
SILVIO NIKOLOV – Scapino Ballet
VALENTINE CHAUMET – British Festival Ballet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ELLA MATTHEWS – Badisches Staatsballett Karlsr\u00fche
LETIZIA AUSTONI – Dresden SemperOper Ballett
MAJA GRUBIC – Moravian Theatre Olomouc Ballet
SEOYUN MO – Dresden SemperOper Ballett
JAMES COOPER – Th\u00fcringer Staatsballett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023-2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RINKA MATSUURA – Milwaukee Ballet II
SOAZIG DRION – Estonian National Ballet
LAURA FL\u00dcGEL – Wroclaw Opera Ballet
TILLY WIGHTMAN – Ballett Dortmund, Junior Ballet
LAUREN ALVING – Dresden SemperOper Ballett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2022-2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AKIHITO SHIMOGATA – Vanemuine Ballet 
NATSUKI NISHIYAMA – Czech National Ballet
MARIA GIRARDIN – National Ballet of Portugal
NANAMI AUWERKERKEN – Ballet Preljocaj, Junior Ballet
JOSEPHINE B\u00d8TTGER – Tivoli Ballet Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Natsuki<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Maria<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2021-2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARTA DIAS – Ballet de l\u2019Opera National du Rhin
LARA WOLTER – Ballet de l\u2019Opera National du Rhin
EMILEE BLAKE – Les Ballets de Monte Carlo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2020-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANNA YEH – National Ballet of Brno
RIN ISOMURA – National Ballet of Brno
LAURA ORSI – Bayerisches Staatsballett Munich
YUKINO TAMAI – Pozna\u0144 Opera Ballet
JULIA PAGES – Pozna\u0144 Opera Ballet
MARIA MAZZOTTI – Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin
MARCO TICOZZELLI – National Ballet of Portugal
CECILIA DOSIO – Hungarian National Ballet
KANA IMAGAWA – Theater Hof 
AMELIA COLEMAN – Tivoli Ballet Teatre
FLORIAN CARER – Delattre Dance Company
MANUEL CIRBIAN – Pozna\u0144 Opera Ballet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Anna<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a9 Filip Van Roe & Nicha Rodboon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni Many of our graduates continue their careers with renowned ballet companies across the globe. Discover below the prestigious contracts our alumni have been awarded. 2025-2026 ARISA HIRONO – Ballet Plze\u0148HALLE MCGREGOR – Staatstheater CottbusIN\u00c8S VALET – Ukrainian Classical BalletLIZ\u00c9 MENTZ – Vanemuine BalletLUDOVICO GALLO – Ballet Plze\u0148MAHO SHIRAGA – Royal Winnipeg BalletPHOEBE WATSON – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7806,"parent":0,"menu_order":73,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_about.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7577","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlumni - Junior Ballet Antwerp<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many of JBA's graduate dancers go on to pursue careers with renowned ballet companies around the world. 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