The 10th Helsinki International Ballet Competition is currently taking place at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet from 28 May to 5 June 2026. During the First rounds held on 28–30 May, 76 dancers from 14 countries performed for the international jury. The jury selected 42 dancers to advance to the Second Round of the competition.
Dancers proceeding to the Second Round:
Juniors
4 Lily Kiyama (Japan / USA)
7 Mikaela Cameron (USA)
8 Noora Mattila (Finland)
10 Sora Sudo (Japan)
11 Jiyoung In (Korea)
12 Sophia Xiao (USA)
14 Ivy Bancoff (USA)
16 Annie Webb (USA)
17 Maria Yoshimoto (Japan)
19 Erica Romanenko (USA)
20 Joseph Kirillov (USA)
22 Channing Dennis (USA)
23 Keri Yamane (Kenya / Japan)
26 Madeleine Lee (USA)
27 Florentina Truempler (Germany)
Young Professionals
29 Aoi Morohashi (Japan)
32 Pinja Elonen (Finland)
33 Uzay Hasanusta (USA)
34 Kenshin Kimura (Japan)
35 Kellan Hayag (USA)
36 Cheuk Ni Cherry Lam (China)
37 Samuel Pereira (Portugal)
40 Ayako Tsukada (Japan)
41 Mingyang Xie (China)
43 Jaewhi Lee (Korea)
45 Christopher Tsukada (USA / Japan)
48 Jaesung Sung (Korea)
49 Parker Rozzano-Keefe (USA)
50 Ha-eun So (Korea)
51 Yujeong Kang (Korea)
57 Tatiana Chen (USA)
Seniors
61 Mitsuki Noda (Japan)
62 Evelyn Robinson (USA)
63 Antonio Gallo (Italy)
66 Anni Martinsén (Finland)
67 Chun Hung Yan (China)
68 Aviva Gelfer-Mündl (USA)
70 Katelyn Yang (USA)
71 Eichi Fujita (Japan)
76 Luciano Ghidoli (South-Africa / Italy)
78 Anri Matsuda (Japan)
80 David Rathbun (USA)