Young British Dancer of the Year

The Young British Dancer of the Year Competition began in 2000. It is held annually at the Royal Ballet School, London and the Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden. The competition was set up to encourage young, British talent. The first prize is £3000, second prize £2000 and third prize £1000, with the Sibley Dowell Award for Potential of £500. Students from non-vocational schools can win scholarships to summer schools.

Winners

• 2000 - 1st Jamie Bond (Birmingham Royal Ballet, principal), 2nd Lauren Cuthbertson
• 2001 - 1st Lauren Cuthbertson (Royal Ballet, principal)
• 2002 - 1st Anniek Soobroy (Birmingham Royal Ballet)
• 2003 - 1st Joseph Caley (Birmingham Royal Ballet, principal), 2nd Antoinette Brooks-Daw (Northern Ballet)
• 2004 - 1st [[Aaron robison)Barcelona Ballet ,principal 2nd Xander Parish, (Mariinsky Ballet)
• 2005 - 1st Ruth Bailey (Royal Ballet), 2nd James Barton (BRB), 3rd Claire Calvert (RB)
• 2006 - 1st James Hay Royal Ballet, 2nd prize Delia Matthews (BRB), 3rd prize Andrew Peasgood
• 2007 - 1st Sergei Polunin (Royal Ballet), 2nd Delia Matthews (BRB), 3rd Nancy Osbaldeston (ENB)
• 2008 - 1st William Bracewell (BRB), 2nd Tristan Dyer (RB), 3rd Lauretta Summerscales (ENB)
• 2009 - 1st Yasmine Naghdi (RB), 2nd Sean Bates, 3rd Dominic Whitbrook, Sibley Dowell Award Brandon Lawrence (BRB)

Commendations- Barry Drummond (ENB), Evie Ball

• 2010 - Francesca Hayward (Royal Ballet), 2nd prize Anna Rose O'Sullivan, 3rd prize Bruno Micchiardi, Sibley Dowell Award Dominic Whitbrook, Commendations- Sean Bates, Roseanna Leney
• 2011 - 1st Anna Rose O'Sullivan, 2nd Teo Dubreuil, 3rd Matthew Ball, Sibley Dowell Award Reece Clarke, Commendations- Tierney Heap (Royal Ballet), Greig Matthew

All of the 1st prize winners are current or former students of the Royal Ballet School.