DGPS 2025 broke a few records – this year we received entries from 8 countries, 33 schools for around 250 dances. After two wonderful days of workshops and competition, great choreographies and tough competition, we are pleased to announce the winners in Dance Grand Prix Sofia 2025 are:

BABY age group

Solo, Ballet

1. Ela Li, Snow Fairy
2. Katerina Rasheva, The Little Princess
3. Christa Todorova, Snow Princess

Duo/Trio, Ballet

1. Plamena Miteva, Stefaniya Savova, Karolina Markova, Waltz of dolls, pas de trios

Solo, Open

1. Ela Li, Funny Bunny
2. Mariya Mihailova, Little Garfield

Formation, Jazz/Show Dance

1. BS Rali, Princesses

Formation, National/Folklore

1. BS Rali, Tarantella

MINI age group

Solo, Ballet, H

1. Sofia Kirilova, Kitri
2. Kristina Peykova, Doll

Solo, Ballet, Pro

1. Sofia Galova, Swan Overture
2. Pavla Kurova, Morning Star

Solo, Ballet Rep., H

1. Sofia Kirilova, Le Corsaire, 3rd Odalisque variation
2. Alexandra Trunkova, Paquita
3. Nora Georgieva, Little Red Ridding Hood

Solo, Ballet Rep., Pro

1. Sofia Galova, Lilac Fairy Variation-Sleeping Beauty
2. Samuila Stefanova, 3rd Odalisque variation from Le Corsaire
3. Sofia Dyankova, Cupid Varation, Don Quixote

Groups, Ballet

1. Snowflakes, Arabesque
2. Serenade, N. D. Ballet School
3. Dance of the Mice, Ballet School Reverence

Formations, Ballet

1. Waltz, Aurora Dance Academy

Solo, Lyrical/Contemporary, H

1. Mihaela Lazarova, Sinnerman
2. Aurora Mitova, Mrs. Marple

Solo, Lyrical/Contemporary, Pro

1. Hrisiq Dimitrova, Rescue
2. Samuila Stefanova, I’m not saying where
3. Sofia Dyankova, Enigma

Duo/Trio, Lyrical/Contemporary

1. Gabriela Sirakova, Andrea Nedyalkova, Don’t be angry
2. Sofia Dimitrova, Ioana Koleva, The friendship

Quartet, Lyrical/Contemporary

1. Arabesque, Whisper of hope

Solo, Jazz/Show Dance, H

1. Dayan Danailova, Under the Sea

Solo, Jazz/Show Dance, Pro

1. Samuila Stefanova, Hear No Fear
2. Sofia Dyankova, Lasting Effect
3. Hrisiq Dimitrova, A child of love

Formations, Jazz/Show Dance

1. Ballet School Rali, Nu Pogody

Solo, National/Folklore, H

1. Alice DerHacheryan, Slovenian Polka

Solo, National/Folklore, Pro

1. Sofia Galova, Little Carmen
2. Nyssa Mirevska, Variation Tyrolean Doll

Duo/Trio, National/Folklore

1. Michaela Naneva, Polina Leshtakova, Nagada

Formations, National/Folklore

1. BS Rali, Tyrolean Dance
2. BS Rali, Aragonese Hota

Solo, Acro

1. Hrisiq Dimitrova, Headlong Flight
2. Simona Stoyanova, Snake

CHILDREN age group

Solo, Ballet, H

1. Magdalena Tsekova, Bluebird

Solo, Ballet, Pro

1. Elia Hrischeva, The Flames of Paris

Solo, Ballet Rep., H

1. Nokol Karakostova, Grand Pas Classique
2. Eliya Petrova, Variation Odalisque / Alissa Schilke, Cupid Variation from D. Quixote
3. Olivia Welzien, Princess Florine Variation from Sleeping Beauty

Solo, Ballet Rep., Pro

1. Raya Popova, Variation from Raymonda
2. Monica Sabangianu, La fille mal gardee
3. Maria Yordanova, Variation with bells

Solo, Ballet on Pointe, H

1. Nina Czock, Pavillon d’Armida
2. Velena Zhekova, Elegia

Solo, Ballet on Pointe, Pro

1. Donika Manoilova, Moonlight
2. Emma Hristova, Harlequinade Pizzicato

Solo, Ballet on Pointe Rep., H

1. Nina Czock, Pizzicato Raymonda

Solo, Ballet on Pointe Rep., Pro

1. Donika Manoilova, Variation of Odalisque from “Le Corsaire”
2. Amelie Bancilhon, Kitri 3 Akt Variation from D. Quixote
3. Yaroslava Khubetova, Variation from La Esmeralda

Solo, Male Ballet

1. Alexandr Kiselev, Male Variation from La Fille mal Gardeé
2. Yoan Hristov, Drummer Boy Variation

Duo/Trio, Ballet

1. Viktoriq Petkova, Paula Nikova, Aleksandra Aleksandrova, La Bayadere Trio

Pas de Deux/Trois

1. Alissa Schilke, Aleksandr Kiselev, Harlekinade Duo
2. Monica Sabangianu, Ermi Dimitrov, Children’s Pas de Deux

Groups, Ballet

1. Ballet School Reverence, Coppelia Friends

Formations, Ballet

1. N.D. Ballet School, Happiness
2. Tanz Studio Tutzing, SPRING

Formations, Ballet Rep.

1. N.D. Ballet School, Mazurka

Solo, Lyrical, H

1. Velena Zhekova, Je suis ta fille

Solo, Lyrical, Pro

1. Raya Popova, Bring me water
2. Elia Hrischeva, Hunting Fear
3. Liliya Ivanova, Eternal flames

Solo, Contemporary, H

1. Velena Zhekova, Paranormal
2. Nikol Karakostova, In The Eye of The Storm

Solo, Contemporary, Pro

1. Raya Popova, The Image from Within
2. Ema Kostova, Simple
3. Donika Manoilova, Embers

Groups, Contemporary

1. Tanz Studio Tutzing, YOUR DAY / N.D. Ballet School, Colorful Life

Solo, Jazz, Pro

1. Raya Popova, Hit ’em up
2. Donika Manoilova, Business of Love
3. Liliya Ivanova, Lights, velvet, action

Solo, Show Dance, H

1. Ema Kostova, Evara

Solo, Show Dance, Pro

1. Velena Zhekova, Matilda

Solo, National/Folklore, H

1. Velena Zhekova, Kalinka
2. Magdalena Tsekova, Indian classical dance – Lakshmi

Solo, National/Folklore, Pro

1. Daria Ivanova, Mercedes variation from “Don Quixote”
2. Liliya Ivanova, Nune’s variation from the Gayaneh ballet
3. Magdalena Kostadinova, Gypsy Dance

Quartet, National/Folklore

1. Aleksandra Aleksandrova, Eleonora Dimitrova, Plamena Rikova, Dimana Dobreva, Hungarian Dance

Groups, National/Folklore

1. Tanz Studio Tutzing, HIGHLANDS

Formations, National/Folklore

1. BS Rali, Dunghuang – Chinese Ribbon Dance
2. BS, Rali, Musicians from the Tang dynasty palace – Asian Dance

Solo, Acro, H

1. Velena Zhekova, One of all Z,s

Solo, Acro, Pro

1. Liliya Ivanova, Wadget

Solo, Song & Dance / Musical

1. Christin Toneva, Speechless

Groups, Song & Dance / Musical

1. BS Rali, Aladin

JUNIOR age group

Solo, Ballet, Pro

1. Dara Georgieva, Giselle Peasant Pas Version
2. Anelia Garbuzova, Coppelia Folly Varation
3. Vanesa Milanova, Cupid Variation

Solo, Ballet Rep., Pro

1. Daria Maria Toma, TALISMAN VARIATION
2. Ekaterina Stoyanova, Raymonda Dream Varation
3. Militsa Nikolova, Laurencia Variation

Solo, Male Ballet, Pro

1. Valentin Dupriez, Male Variation aus Giselle Paesent Pas de Deux
2. Georgi Jelev, La Papillon – solo part from Pas de Deux
3. Pavel Stoyanov, Variation of Colen from “La fille mal gardee”

Duo/Trio, Ballet, Pro

1. Lotte Kuhn, Valentin Dupriez, Paesent Pas de Deux aus Giselle
2. Adriana Draganova, Aleksandra Trendafilova, Kitri’s friends
3. Georgi Jelev, Gabriela Dobreva, La Papillon

Quartet, Ballet

1. Militsa Nikolova, Danaq Velikova, Aleksandra Trendafilova, Raya Todorova, Esmeralda friends
2. Plamena Rikova, Hristina Rikova, Viktoriq Petkova, Paula Nikova, Esmeralda quartet

Groups, Ballet

1. Tanz Studio Tutzing, Tarantella

Formations, Ballet

1. Tanz Studio Tutzing, Masquerade
2. Ballet School Reverence, Dance of the Keys

Formations, Ballet Rep.

1. Ballet School Reverence, Waltz of the Flowers
2. Ballet School Reverence, Excerpt From Paquita

Solo, Lyrical, Pro

1. Danaq Velikova, Grande Amore
2. Antonina Chikova, The pain of you
3. Dara Georgieva, Golubi

Solo, Contemporary, H

1. Plamena Petrova, Jenny

Solo, Contemporary, Pro

1. Pavel Stoyanov, Fragments of Hope
2. Elena Todorova, Heartbeat
3. Antonina Chikova, Return

Duo/Trio, Contemporary, Pro

1. Plamena Petrova, Michaela Gavrilova, Veronika Georgieva, The three

Formations, Contemporary

1. BS Rali, The Demons in My Head
2. BS Rali, No Bad Day

Formations, Show Dance

1. BS Rali, Мagical time

Solo, National / Folklore

1. Eleonora Kostadinova, Russian dance
2. Dara Georgieva, Russian dance Swan Lake
3. Ekaterina Stoyanova, Don Quixote Act II: Sailor’s Dance-Mercedes

Quartet, National / Folklore, H

1. Plamena Petrova, Ioana Nenova, Veronika Georgieva, Michaela Gavrailova, Kalavinka – Asian Dance

Quartet, National / Folklore, Pro

1. Militsa Nikolova, Danaq Velikova, Aleksandra Trendafilova, Raya Todorova, Spanish dance from Swan Lake

Groups, National / Folklore

1. Ballet School Reverence, Can Can
2. Ballet School Reverence, Hungarian dance from Raymonda

Formations, National / Folklore

1. BS Rali, Greeting princess Wang Jaodzun – Mongolian dance
2. BS Rali, Bole Chudiyan – Indinan Dance

Solo, Acro

1. Militsa Nikolova, Agent M73

Duo / Trio, Acro

1. Militsa Nikolova, Danaq Velikova, Soldiers

Formations, Street Dance

1. BS Rali, It’s show time

SENIOR age group

Solo, Contemporary

1. Pascuale Rulo, Who Am I