This episode coincides with the announcement of the 2021 candidates for the Prix de Lausanne!  Ava shares wonderful insight to her training as she prepared for the event, where in 2020 she took home the Silver Medal and the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation's Best Young Talent Prize; all at just 15 years old!  Ava is also from Dallas, Texas and trained at Elite Classical Coaching under the Direction of Catherine Lewellen.  As one of the winners of the Prix de Lausanne, her prize was to select and train at the school of her choice.  Ava currently trains at the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, Germany! 

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