{"id":668,"date":"2025-03-10T07:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T05:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/var\/www\/fs4\/52\/ibchelsi\/web\/competition\/tuomaristo-taiteellinen-johtaja\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:04:13","slug":"tuomaristo-taiteellinen-johtaja","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/en\/competition\/tuomaristo-taiteellinen-johtaja\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury and the Artistic Director"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"hibc-hero subhero\">\n                                              <div class=\"bgd\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kilpailu_desktop.jpg.webp)\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"bgm\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hero2m.jpg.webp)\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"content\">\n        <p class=\"ingress\">\n          Competition\n        <\/p>\n        <h1>Jury<\/h1>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"date\">\n        28.5.\u20135.6.2026\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"hibc-column plain\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p class=\"p1\">The chairman of the jury and the artistic director of the competition is<strong> Javier Torres<\/strong>, the artistic director of the Finnish National Ballet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Representatives from well-known international ballet companies will be invited to the jury. The jury will be announced during spring 2026.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<main id=\"main\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n    <section class=\"hibc-column sidebyside\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p class=\"p4\">Artistic Director of the Finnish National Ballet (from 01\/08\/2022)<strong> Javier Torres<\/strong> completed his studies as a classical dancer in 1984, and in 1988 he graduated as a dance teacher of the Cuban method both at the National School of Ballet in Mexico City. From 1988 Torres continued his dance formation by participating in various classical and contemporary dance courses across Europe. In 1989 he joined the Helsinki Dance Company and in 1991 the Finnish National Ballet, where he performed until 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Javier Torres has been working as a choreographer since 1984 and he has created more than 30 works: neoclassical and contemporary, like Kuukylpyj\u00e4 (1991), Unen Iholta (1992), Wild Jealous Beast (1993), Boleros (1995), Poppies (2001), Nereidas (2014) and Flock (2021) and full evening ballets, like The Sleeping Beauty (2008) and The Beauty and the Beast (2014) for the Finnish National Ballet and La Bayad\u00e9re (2014) for the Czech National Ballet.<\/p>\n<p>Javier Torres has lectured at many international dance and medicine symposiums and conferences, e.g.in Helsinki, London, Munich and Basel. He has led international seminars focused on the psychological, physical and methodological aspects of ballet teaching. Javier Torres has been working as a freelance teacher and choreographer for professional ballet companies, including the Stuttgart Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, Czech, Norwegian, Spanish and Mexican National Ballets as well as Dusseldorf Ballet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/javier_torres.jpg.webp);\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/main>\n\n\n    <section class=\"hibc-column sidebyside\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"464\"><strong>O\u011fulcan Borova<\/strong> is Head of Studio Company and Trainee Program at the Grainger Academy of the Joffrey Ballet (the official school of the Joffrey Ballet). He is also a former Ballet Master with the Finnish National Ballet and Opera and the Cincinnati Ballet, and a former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and Ballet Internationale Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"678\">During his career, he has been a gold medalist at the New York International Ballet Competition and the Seoul International Ballet Competition, and a bronze medalist at the Varna International Ballet Competition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"984\">Borova has created staged productions and taught company classes at the following ballet companies: Finnish National Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet, Turkish State Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet West, and BalletMet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1195\">Prior to IBC Helsinki, he served as a judge and teacher at Youth American Grand Prix, World Ballet Competition, Burgas International Ballet Competition Bulgaria, and American Dance Competition.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ogulcan-Borova--1024x576.jpg.webp);\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"hibc-column sidebyside\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p><strong>Nina Ananiashvili<\/strong> was born in Tbilisi, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>While she held the title of Prima Ballerina at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, she also became a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City. She danced as a guest performer with The Royal Ballet, La Scala Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, and toured Japan extensively.<\/p>\n<p>She won Gold Medals at the International Ballet Competitions in Varna and Moscow, and Grand Prix in Jackson, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Nina took on the responsibilities of Artistic Director of the State Ballet of Georgia, the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre\u2019s ballet company, as well as the Vakhtang Chabukiani Tbilisi Ballet Art State School.<\/p>\n<p>She is a People\u2019s Artist of Georgia and a recipient of the Georgian Orders of Honor and Excellence, the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, and the Japanese Emperor&#8217;s Order of the Rising Sun, and Dance Magazine Award winner. She was named as the Honorary President of Europa Nostra Georgia, a pan-European network for cultural heritage protection.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NinaAnaniashvili-1024x683.jpg.webp);\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"hibc-column sidebyside\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Joan Boada<\/strong> is an internationally acclaimed dancer, coach, and artistic leader whose career spans many of the world\u2019s foremost ballet stages. A graduate of Cuba\u2019s Escuela Nacional de Ballet, he continued his training in Paris under revered masters Jacques Hamont, Pierre Lacotte, Manuel Legris, and Gilbert Mayer, refining the technical rigor and dramatic artistry that would define his career.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boada is a laureate of elite international ballet competitions in Paris, Varna, Osaka, and Shanghai, and he has appeared as a guest artist with renowned companies including San Francisco Ballet, Ballet de Nancy Ballet de Marseille, Ballet de Manila, Victor Ullate Ballet, Australian Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, and Ballet de Bordeaux. Celebrated for his crystalline classical technique, musicality, and commanding stage presence, he has earned a distinguished reputation as both a virtuoso performer and a compelling dramatic interpreter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1999 Boada joined San Francisco Ballet as a Principal Dancer, excelling in full\u2010length classics such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don Quixote<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as in signature works by Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins. His versatility led to collaborations with many of today\u2019s most influential choreographers, including William Forsythe, Mark Morris, Roland Petit, Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher Wheeldon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following his acclaimed performance career, Boada served as Rehearsal Director for Spain\u2019s Compa\u00f1\u00eda Nacional de Danza before becoming Artistic Director of the Kirov Academy of Washington, D.C. In 2019, he staged Leonid Yakobson\u2019s Vestris for Boston Ballet, later joining Boston Ballet as Associate Director of Boston Ballet II and as a main faculty member of Boston Ballet School, where he continues to mentor the next generation of artists.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Joan-Boeda-1024x576.jpg.webp);\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"hibc-column sidebyside\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Julie Kent<\/strong> joined Houston Ballet as Artistic Director in July of 2023. The longest serving ballerina in American Ballet Theatre\u2019s 84-year history, she\u00a0danced a vast repertoire of classical and neo-classical roles from 1985\u20132015, working closely with choreographers John Neumeier, Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovitch, Stanton Welch AM, Alexei Ratmansky, Mark Morris, Nacho Duato, James Kudelka, Jorma Elo, Kevin McKenzie and others.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Kent also danced as an international Guest Artist with the\u00a0Mariinsky Theatre, New York City Ballet, Teatro alla Scala, Stuttgart Ballet, Berlin Staatsballett, Australian Ballet, Houston Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsballett, Teatro Colon, Ballet de Santiago and Tokyo Ballet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She won the\u00a0Prix de Lausanne (1986), Erik Bruhn Prize (1993) and was the first American dancer ever to win the Prix Benois de la Danse (2000). In 2012, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a \u201cLifetime Achievement Award\u201d from\u00a0Dance Magazine\u00a0and was conferred an Honorary Doctorate from American University\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences in 2023.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Kent also starred in the films\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dancers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0(1987) and\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centerstage<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0(2000).\u00a0 From 2016\u20132023, she was Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet where she\u00a0brought important classical and contemporary masterworks into the repertoire, commissioning over 26 world premieres.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Julie-Kent-1-1024x576.jpg.webp);\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"hibc-column sidebyside\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p><b>M\u00e1rio Rada\u010dovsk\u00fd<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Bratislava and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He began as a soloist with the Slovak National Theatre (SND) Ballet and briefly danced with the National Theatre Brno (NdB). Internationally, he excelled in the Dutch companies NDT II and NDT I, later becoming a principal dancer with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in Montreal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 2006 to 2010, he was the Artistic Director of the SND Ballet. He then founded and directed Ballet Bratislava. Since 2013, he has been the Artistic Director of the NdB Ballet. In September 2028, he will take over as Artistic Director of the National Theatre Ballet in Prague.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His choreographic career began in 2002 in Montreal. Internationally, he has created works for Jeune Ballet du Qu\u00e9bec (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bolero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2006), Grand Rapids Ballet (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romeo and Juliet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2011; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black and White<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2012; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beethoven<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2015), Diablo Ballet (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compulsive<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2013), Royal New Zealand Ballet (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black and White<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2019), National Theatre in Belgrade (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelangelo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2021), and Theater Plauen-Zwickau (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masken<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Slovakia, his SND repertoire includes <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zmena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2005), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stretnutie s labu\u0165ou I.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warhol<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2007), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">68<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2008), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2009). For Ballet Bratislava, he created <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2012), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the musical <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mata Hari<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Czechia, he guest-choreographed for the Prague Chamber Ballet and J. K. Tyl Theatre. Crucially, he has enriched the NdB Ballet with key productions: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osudov\u00e9 l\u00e1sky<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2012), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black and White<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2015), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spolu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beethoven<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Side Story<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2017), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romeo and Juliet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2019), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beethoven<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2021), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rossini I and II<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unanswered Question<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the Beautiful Blue\u2026<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2022), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Symphony No. 7 Allegretto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2023), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coco Chanel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mario-verkkosivut-1024x576.jpg.webp);\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"hibc-column sidebyside\">\n      <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"text\">\n          <p><strong>Ana Pavlovi\u0107<\/strong> is a principal ballet dancer who was born in Belgrade and graduated from the Lujo Davi\u010do Ballet High School in 1991. In the same year, she began her professional career at the Opera in Graz, Austria.<\/p>\n<p>In 1993, she returned to Belgrade to join the National Theatre in Belgrade, where she was promoted to principal ballet dancer in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>From 2022 to February 2026, Ana Pavlovi\u0107 also served as the Artistic Director of Ballet of the National Theatre in Belgrade.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ibchelsinki.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ana-Pavlovic-1024x576.jpg.webp);\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":300,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-668","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jury and the Artistic Director - 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