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The 2025 edition of MAB USA ended on 19 April at the KNJ Theater in New York, with participants from the USA, Canada, Italy,
Korea, Japan, Spain, Germany, Brazil and Mexico. The finalists competed in front of a high-profile jury, coordinated by Gisella Zilembo and led by MAB artistic director Caridad Martinez (iconic Prima Ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba and now leading figure of the American Ballet). At his side, to identify the winner (who will have direct access to the final in Milan, next 9 June at the Teatro Manzoni): Vincenzo di Primo (already finalist MAB, known to the general public for participation in Amici di Maria De Filippi and former principal of Complexions a NY), Assaf Shalov (choreographer and international dancer, Faculty member of Peridance), Melanie Person ( co-director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s – Ailey School), Lyn Parkerson (Director of the Brooklyn Ballet), David Parsons (choreographer, founder and director of Parsons Dance), Nikki Holck (Executive Director of Peridance).
The winner was the Spaniard Jorge Lamelas (who took the baton from the triumphant 2024, Penelope Phelan), while a special mention was given to the American Alisa Zacovics.
