Successfully preparing students for their careers, based on results the best ballet academy/school in Orlando for young ballet talents

Orlando MET was the only ballet academy/school to represent Orlando in the YAGP Finals 2023, 2024 and 2025. It moved to the selective final round and place among the top 24 out of 1,800 finalist from around the world selected from about 12,000 competing in the season in the US, Europe, Asia and South America.

2020 Season Awards

Top 24 Junior Classical Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final

2021 Season Awards

Tampa

  • Top 24 Senior Classical Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-finals
  • 3rd Place Ensemble Category

Boston

  • Top 24 Junior Classical Division – YAGP Boston Semi-finals
  • 2nd Place Junior Classical Division – YAGP Boston Semi-finals
  • 1st Place Senior Classical Division – YAGP Boston Semi-finals
2022 Season Awards

Tampa

  • Top 12 Junior Classical Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final
  • Top 12 Junior Contemporary Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final
  • Top 12 Senior Classical Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final
  • Top 12 place Senior Contemporary Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final
  • 3rd Place Senior Classical Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final
  • 3rd Place Ensemble Category – YAGP Tampa Semi-final

Orlando

  • 2nd place Senior Classical Division – YAGP Orlando Semi-final
  • 2nd place Senior Contemporary Division – YAGP Orlando Semi-final
2023 Season Awards

Tampa

  • Top 12 Junior Classical Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final
  • Top 12 Senior Classical Division – YAGP Tampa Semi-final

Boca Raton

  • 1st place Junior Contemporary Division
  • 2nd Place Ensemble Category

Finals

  • Top 24 ensembles (from around the world)
  • Final Round of Top 40 Classical Female Junior Division
2024 Season Awards

Tampa

  • 1st place Junior Classical Division
  • Top 12 Senior Classical Division
  • Top 12 Senior Contemporary Division

Chicago

  • 3rd place Senior Classical Division
2025 Season Awards

Nashville

  • Top 12 Pre-Competitive Classical Division (invitation to Finals)
  • Top 12 Pre-Competitive Contemporary Division
  • Top 12 Junior Classical Division
  • Top 12 Junior Contemporaryl Division

Boca Raton

  • Top 12 Pre-Competitive Classical Division

Youth America Grand Prix Importance

YAGP is the world’s biggest ballet competition and one of the most influential. Since Orlando MET’s first participation in 2020 we have been successfully preparing our students for competing and winning or receiving invitations, scholarships and admittance to the most prestigious ballet schools in the world, such as Princes Grace Academy in Monaco, Nashville Ballet II, John Cranko Ballet Schule, Huston Ballet Academy, Elmhurst Ballet School, Oklahoma City Ballet school, among others.

What she and her organization, Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), does is vital to the future of Ballet.

Susan Jaffe – American Ballet Theater Artistic Director

Youth America Grand Prix has grown to become the largest and one of the most influential youth ballet competitions in the world” and has become “a game changer in the dance world. Almost overnight, Youth America Grand Prix created a central ballet marketplace.

Los Angeles Times

YAGP Outstanding Teacher Award