Prix Nijinsky
Deauville, Centre International · France
Dates confirmed27 – 28 March 2027
- Length
- 2 days
- Entry fee
- €75 (2026 rate) · duos and groups €25 if already entered as a soloist
- Deadline
- Not published
- Age reference
- Age on 1 January 2027
Age categories
- Amateur — Préparatoire — 8–9 years old
- Amateur — Élémentaire — 10–11 years old
- Amateur — Études — 12–13 years old
- Amateur — Intermédiaire — 14–15 years old
- Amateur — Avancé — 16–22 years old
- Pre-pro — Junior 1 — 10–11 years old
- Pre-pro — Junior 2 — 12–13 years old
- Pre-pro — Espoir — 14–15 years old
- Pre-pro — Supérieur — 16–23 years old
Levels
Recreational · Pre-competitive — Two separate tracks: Amateur, six categories with set movements, and Pre-professional, four categories with a free variation.
Variations
- Set variation — Set movements throughout the Amateur track · 8–22 years old
- Free — The whole Pre-professional track · 10–23 years old
- Repertoire — Compulsory in Supérieur and banned below it — so not before age 16 · 16–23 years old
Set movements in Amateur. Free variation in Pre-pro, where repertoire is not allowed until the Supérieur category, in which it becomes compulsory.
Masterclasses. Not published.
Jury. Not published for 2027, nor for 2026. The competition says the jury is chaired each year by a Paris Opera étoile: Élisabeth Platel chaired the 2025 edition, but the official site names no one for 2026.
What you can win. Medals, City of Deauville Prize, Lucien Barrière Prize, special jury prize, course places and cash prizes.
Worth knowing. A pre-professional track from age 10 and a chair of that standing: this is a competition that counts on a CV.
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Built from official websites and published rulebooks, checked in September 2026. Nothing is guessed: where a date, a fee or a jury is not published, the guide says so rather than inventing one. Rules change from season to season — always check the competition's own site before entering.