Sophia Lucia: Difference between revisions

In 2016, Sophia helped her dance partner [https://www.instagram.com/wmjack_beckham/ William Jackson Beckham], a promising young dancer for the Sylvia Company, Japan, 16 at that time, out of competition - because she was under age limits from 15 to 19 (reg 1.2, because under 15 she violates the Bulgarian (EU) child labor laws; it`s death serious pro in Varna) and competitors may participate also with a partner who is not a competitor at all, when they perform a pas-de-deux or contemporary choreography where more than one performer is required (reg 1.7) <ref>[https://varna-ibc.org/competition/regulations/ Varna IBC regulations]</ref> - at her age of 13 took him home the Gold Medal and the First Class Distinction Diploma in Junior Division <ref>[http://balletfederation.com/?p=912&lang=en IBFC - We are proud to announce the winners of the XXVII International Ballet Competition – Varna]</ref>  ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZN0NU0HJ9M first dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVZgAzWiAQA second dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2MPOGcue8 third dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYAj5T7BDww fourth dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKJQ7DIYDk fifth dance]) at [https://varna-ibc.org/ XXVI. Varna IBC 2016] and were representing the USA. They had trained and rehearsed about 8 months full-time for this event. But being the youngest performing at Varna IBC, she was awarded with a Special Bounty Partnership Award.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxz6fl1NYqE Awards to Sophia Lucia and William Jackson Beckham @VARNA IBC 2016]</ref> Afterwards, Soph is considering herself a professional dancer. Jack won also the “Promising Young Dancer” award in Varna. As of 2018, he was promoted to main company at the Tusla Ballet in Oklahoma. <ref>[https://tulsaballet.org/company/dancers/william-jackson-beckham/ Tusla ballet JP Jack Beckham]</ref>  Sadly he quited pro ballet dance later; maybe due injuries and has became a pilot. To understand, the Varna IBC is considered as the "Olympics of Professional Ballet and Contemporary Dancing", it was the very first professional ballet competition, which is hold every two years since 1964 (2020 was an exception due Coronavirus and lack of sponsorship). About 40 countries send up 150 of their most promising young dancers to the Bulgarian city. The faculty of Varna IBC are members of the best experts around the globe and also known as the toughest judges you can ever get, and because Ballet is an academic field in many countries, a lot have a professorship as well. So the Junior Winners don`t just win a medal, they get strait a First and Second Class Distinction Diploma. It´s like ''`how to get a college degree summa cum laude within 15 days`''. The most prestigious Ballet companies and theaters on the world request the winners become a member in their ensembles, because many winners of the Varna IBC, such as, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, Sylvie Guillem, Vladimir Vasiliev, Natalia Bessmertnova, Patrick Dupont, Yassen Valchanov, Vladimir Derevyanko, Farukh Ruzimatov, Alla Mikhalchenko etc, became the world`s best and finest ballet dancers at their times. And to give outsiders a feeling how Ballet is rated. If you ask any pro dancers around the world about their open top 10 list of the best dancers of all time, the structure is always the same: Nine from Ballet plus Michael Jackson.