apprentice scholarship for awardees over 17 and the sum of CHF 16,000 in ten monthly installments for living expenses. Contemporary Dance Prize - consists of contemporary dance course at one of the partnering institutions and covers both travel and living expenses. Best Swiss Candidate Prize - consists of a cash price of CHF 2,500 awarded to the best finalist residing in Switzerland and having trained in Switzerland for at least 3 years before the competition. All finalists are offered free summer courses (travel and accommodation costs not covered) and receive a diploma and a medal. Finalists not winning a prize receive a consolation cash prize of CHF 1,000. Winners Since 1973 1973 : Michel Gascard, former Soloist with Béjart Ballet, currently co-director of Rudra Béjart Studio-School. 1975 : Philippe Talard, French dancer and choreographer. 1976 : Jana Kurova, Czech ballerina and choreographer. 1976 : Ben Van Cauwenbergh, Belgian, currently director of the Aalto Ballet Essen and choreographer. 1977 : Jean-Christophe Maillot, choreographer and company director of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Paola Cantalupo, Étoile with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and former principal dancer with National Ballet of Portugal 1980 : Nancy Raffa, retired Principal with Ballet de Santiago, Ballet National Francaise, then Miami City Ballet 1982 : Delphine Collerie de Borely 1983 : Miyako Yoshida, retired Principal with The Royal Ballet 1984 : Viviana Durante, former Principal with The Royal Ballet 1985 : Edward Stierle, former leading dancer with the Joffrey Ballet 1986 : Darcey Bussell, retired principal of The Royal Ballet, Julie Kent, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, Kaori Nakamura, former principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet 1987 : Yilei Cai, former Principal with the Scottish Ballet. 1988 : Lisa-Maree Cullum, retired principal with Staatsballett Berlin, Bayerisches Staatsballett and now Associate Artistic Director at the BMICA Academy in Munich, Germany. 1989 : Tetsuya Kumakawa, ex-principal with The Royal Ballet and artistic director of K-Ballet in Tokyo, Japan, and Monica Zamora, retired principal of the Birmingham Royal Ballet 1990 : Carlos Acosta, retired Principal with The Royal Ballet, now Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet 1991 : Aki Saito, principal with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, David Dawson, choreographer, and Christopher Wheeldon, choreographer and artistic director of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company 1992 : Laetitia Pujol, later étoile with the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Jiří Bubeníček, choreographer, principal dancer with Dresden Semperoper Ballett and former