YAGP GALA 2008

Gala program

Sunday, April 23, 2006 at 3:00pm
NY City Center

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ACT I: STARS OF TOMORROW

Winners of Youth America Grand Prix 2006 
International Student Ballet and Contemporary Dance Scholarship Competition.

Kiril Kulish, 11
(San Diego Academy of Ballet,
California/USA)
"Variation from Le Corsaire"
(Choreography: Marius Petipa)
Megumi Horiuchi, 13
(Kaneta Kouno Ballet Academy, Japan)
"Variation from Paquita"
(Choreography: Marius Petipa)
Students of The Washington School of Ballet "A Celebration of Rebecca":
A special tribute to Rebecca Wright 
(Choreography: John Goding)
Isabella Maylart ,13
(Pavilihao d Centro De Artes, Brazil)
"Variation from Harlequinade" 
(Choreography: Marius Petipa)
Students of Zamuel Ballet School, Colorado/USA "Mozart Pas de Four"
(Choreography: German Zamuel)
Courtney A. Henry, 16
(Palm Beach Ballet Center, Florida/USA)
"There's Only Me"
(Choreography: Stacey Downs)
Leah Burge, 14, Jeffrey Cirio, 14
(The Art of Classical Ballet, Florida/USA)
"Pas de Deux from La Fille Mal Gardee" 
(Choreography: A. Alonso after Jean Dauberval)
Aria Alekzander, 19
(Anaheim Ballet, California/USA)
"Variation from Le Corsaire" 
(Choreography: Marius Petipa)
Students of Valentina Kozlova
Dance Conservatory of New York City,
New York/USA
"Jazz Samba"
(Choreography: Margo Sappington)
Kara Hanretty, 16
(The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA)
"Reflections"
(Choreography: Natasha Bar)
Mathias Dingman, 17
(Universal Ballet Academy, Washington, D.C./USA)
"Variation from La Bayadere"
(Choreography: Marius Petipa)
Students of the Cia De Danca
Escola Municipal De Frevo, Brazil
"Recifervendo"
(Choreography: Alexandre Macedo)
Joseph Gorak, 16
(Orlando Ballet School, Florida/USA)
"Variation from La Fille Mal Gardee" 
(Choreography: N. Romanoff)
Ayano Tsuchiya,18
(Setsuko Ichikawa Ballet, Japan)
"Carmen"
(Choreography: Ayano Tsuchiya)
Sergei Polunin, 16
(Royal Ballet School, United Kingdom)
"Diana and Acteon 
(Choreography: A. Vaganova)
The finalists of the YAGP 2006 International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Scholarship Competition Grand Defilé (piece d’occasion)
Choreography: Carlos dos Santos, Jr. and Mikhail Tchoupakov
Music: Peter Tchaikovsky

ACT II: STARS OF TODAY

Sarah Lane (ABT, YAGP alumna),
Joseph Philips (San Francisco Ballet, YAGP alumnus)
"Diana & Acteon" Pas de Deux
Choreography: Agripina Vaganova
Music: Cesare Pugni
Denis and Anastasia Matvyenko 
(Ukrainian National Opera/Bolshoi Ballet)
"Radio and Juliette" NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Edward Clug
Music: Radiohead
Yasmine Lee (MOMIX) "Orbit"
Choreography: Moses Pendleton
Music: Murray Clerk, Chris Deverell and Rob Ellerby
Irena Veterova (Wiesbaden Ballet),
Gregor Hatala (Vienna State Opera)
"La Vie en Rose" NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Ben van Cauwenbergh
Music: Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel
Veronica Part (ABT), 
Artem Shpilevsky (Berlin State Opera)
"Black Swan" Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Peter Tchaikovsky
Roderick George
(Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble, YAGP alumnus)
"Waters of Proteus"
Choreography: Kevin Wynn
Music: Traditional African
Yana Serebriakova,
Igor Zelensky (Mariinsky Theatre)
"Sheherezade"
Choreography: Mikhail Fokine
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sofiane Sylve (NYCB),
Marcelo Gomes (ABT)
"Tempting Fate"
Choreography: Adam Hougland
Music: Philip Glass
Darcey Bussell,
David Makhateli (Royal Ballet)
"Manon"
Choreography: Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Jules Massenet
Gillian Murphy (ABT), Denis Matvyenko 
(Ukrainian National Opera/Bolshoi Ballet), 
David Hallberg (ABT)
"Le Corsaire" Pas de Trois
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Adolphe Adam