Sung Woo Han Corps de Ballet of the American Ballet Theatre Dance Open: 2012

Sung Woo Han was born in Seoul, South Korea. He began his ballet training at the Sun-hwa Arts Middle School in his hometown and entered Korea National University of Arts at the age of 17. Han has won numerous awards including Beijing International Ballet Invitational Competition (at which he received the Grand First Prize), International Ballet Competition-Varna, and Youth America Grand Prix. In 2011, Han placed the second prize from Prix de Lausanne and received a full scholarship at the Royal Ballet Company. Han joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in December 2013. His repertoire includes a Cavalier in Frederick Ashton's Cinderella, the Spanish Dance in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, a role in Raymonda Divertissements, as well as roles in all of the Company’s full-length ballets. He created a Fairy Cavalier in Ratmansky's The Sleeping Beauty.

Daniel Ulbricht Principal Dancer of the New York City Ballet Dance Open: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018Dance Open Award: People's Choice Award 2012, People's Choice Award 2013, People's Choice Award 2018

At age of 16, Mr. Ulbricht was invited by the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet. In 2001 he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. In 2005, he was promoted to soloist and principal dancer in 2007. Mr. Ulbricht is a guest teacher at the School of American Ballet, Ballet Academy East and others. He is currently the Artistic Advisor of Manhattan Youth Ballet. Mr. Ulbricht is the Associate Artistic Director of New York State Summer School for the Arts in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Andrei Uvarov People's Artist of the Russian Federation Principal Dancer with the Bolshoi Theatre Dance Open: 2006

Born in Moscow. In 1989, having completed his studies at the Moscow College of Choreography (today the Moscow Academy of Choreography; Alexander Bondarenko's class), he joined the Bolshoi Theatre Company. In 1995, he graduated from the performers' faculty of the Institute of Choreography (today Institute and College have been amalgamated into the Moscow State Academy of Choreography). In 1995, she won 1st prize at International Ballet Competition in Osaka (Japan). In 1996, he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation. In 2001, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. In 2003, Ballet magazine awarded him its Soul of Dance prize (in the Star of Dance nomination).

Yuan Yuan Tan Principal Dancer of the San Francisco Ballet Dance Open: 2016, 2017

In China they call her a living legend, a role model, and compare her with Galina Ulanova. This honorable comparrison has its own history. When Yuan Yuan Tan was 15 she received a Grand-Prix at the 5th International Ballet Competition in Paris, where Ulanova noticed her talent and gave her a highest mark. Yuan Yuan Tan was born in Shanghai, China, and trained at Shanghai Dancing School and Stuttgart’s John Cranko School. She joined San Francisco Ballet as a soloist in 1995 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1997. In 1995 as a part of Shanghai ballet company she toured to the USA, where she received an invitation to join San Francisco Ballet. Two years later being the youngest soloist she became a Principal Dancer. Tan has danced major roles in such classical ballets as Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, performed in contemporary ballets by George Balanchine and Maurice Bejart.