
Dancer Sara Cook performs at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Dancer Ethan Ross performs at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Hailey Zhao leaps from a chair during a ballet performance at the Youth America Grand Prix, Friday, Jan 17, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Everly Neri completes her performance at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition, Friday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Ballet dancers awaiting their turn watch as a competitor performs under the bright stage lights at the Youth America Grand Prix, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Alex Gladkowski performs as judges take notes at the Youth America Grand Prix, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A dancer performs at the Youth America Grand Prix, Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Coach Julia Morrison makes last-minute alterations for dancer Delaney Rosewell, of St. Paul, Minn., at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Coach Alexandra Koltun advises dancer Vanessa Musch at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Judges Daniel Rubin, second soloist of the Boston Ballet, left, and Dmitri Kulev, former principal dancer of the Pittsburgh Ballet, watch a performance at the Youth America Grand Prix, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)