Eight Students of School of Dance and KNIGA Sweep Awards at the Korea International Ballet Competition 2022

At the Korea International Ballet Competition (KIBC) from Saturday, Wednesday, 27 to Saturday, 30 July, 2 current students of the School of Dance and 6 current students of the Korea National Institute of Gifted in Arts (KNIGA) accomplished the splendid feat.

Lim Jaewun (22 years old), the current School of Dance student, earned the Bronze in the senior male. Heo Wuhyeong (20 years old) attained the Jury’s Special Award. The students of KNIGA in dance also made great achievements. So Haeun (17 years old, Sunhwa Arts High School) earned the Gold in the junior B female. Kim Minjin (16 years old, Sunhwa Arts High School) won the Gold in the junior A female. In the pre-junior B male, Hong Taeyi (14 years old, Yewon School) seized the Gold, and Hyun Jiho (13 years old, Yewon School) took the Silver. In the pre-junior A male, Park Keunbyeolbit (12 years old, Solmoe Elementary School) took the Gold while Kim Ra-im (12 years old, KNIGA) took the Gold in the same category for the female.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the KIBC is one of the world’s top-class international ballet competitions recognized by the CID-UNESCO and the Federation of International Ballet Competition. This year, competitors from Korea, the US, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, China, Belgium, and Estonia participated in the contest.