Event details
- Thursday | April 19, 2018
- 7:00 pm
- David H. Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City
The YAGP 2018 Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala took place once again on the illustrious stage of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, featuring performances by leading dancers from the world’s most prominent companies (Stars of Today—many of whom are YAGP alumni) alongside 2018 YAGP finalists in the audition process for scholarships (Stars of Tomorrow). The program embodied inter-artistic collaboration, showcasing drawings by world-renowned illustrator Hilary Knight and several live musical performances to complement the varied and thrilling dance performances.
| YAGP 2018 GALA: “STARS OF TODAY MEET THE STARS OF TOMORROW” | ||||||
| David H. Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City | ||||||
| Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. | ||||||
| ACT I: STARS OF TOMORROW | ||||||
| HOST: HODA KOTB (NBC TELEVISION) | ||||||
| Featuring original drawings by Hilary Knight and musical interludes by Karen LeFrak, performed live by Jorge Viladoms | ||||||
| ETUDE NO. 8 OP. 10 | ||||||
| Frederic Chopin | ||||||
| Performed by ROSALIA VLAEVA MALIK (Piano) | ||||||
| FAIRY DOLL VARIATION | Rebecca Alexandria Hadibroto | Marlupi Dance Academy, (INDONESIA) | ||||
| VARIATION FROM LE CORSAIRE | Antonio Casalinho | Annarella Academia de Ballet e Danca, (PORTUGAL) | ||||
| BRAZILIAN SAMBA | Carolyn Galvao | Bale do Teatro Escola Basileu Franca, (BRAZIL) | ||||
| BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | En Pro Del Talento Veracruzano | (MEXICO) | ||||
| VARIATION FROM COPPELIA | Jolie Lombardo | Orlando Ballet School, USA | ||||
| VARIATION FROM DIANA & ACTEON | Enrique Emmanuel Bejarano Vidal | Independent, (MEXICO) | ||||
| VARIATION FROM LA ESMERALDA | Elizabeth Beyer | Ellison Ballet, USA | ||||
| MAX | Unison Dance School | (ISRAEL) | ||||
| Choreography by Ohad Naharin | ||||||
| VARIATION FROM DON QUIXOTE | Yuma Matsuura | Endo Ballet, (JAPAN) | ||||
| YAN | Guo Wen Jin | Shanghai Dance School, (CHINA) | ||||
| DANCE OF THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS | Annarella Academia De Ballet E Danca | |||||
| PAS DE DEUX FROM TALISMAN | Sangmin Lee | Korea National University of Arts, (REPUBLIC OF KOREA) | ||||
| Seonmee Park | Korea National University of Arts, (REPUBLIC OF KOREA) | |||||
| INTERMISSION – 15 minutes | ||||||
| ACT II: STARS OF TODAY | ||||||
| EXCERPT FROM IMITATIONS | Whitney Jensen* | Norwegian National Ballet | ||||
| NEW YORK PREMIERE | Garrett Smith | Norwegian National Ballet | ||||
| Choreography: Garrett Smith (YAGP 2016 Outstanding Choreographer) | ||||||
| Music: Michael Gordon | ||||||
| DESERT ROSE | Liubov Kazantseva | Principal Guest Artist | ||||
| Choreography: Natalia Bashkatova | ||||||
| Music: Sting | ||||||
| Performed by Sarah Charness (Electric Violin) and Caleb Spaulding (Djembe) | ||||||
| ON THE NATURE OF DAYLIGHT | Alexandra Mukhamedov* | (New York Professional Debut) Dutch National Ballet | ||||
| Choreography: David Dawson | Constantine Allen* | (New York Professional Debut) Dutch National Ballet | ||||
| Music: Max Richter | Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal | |||||
| TRES HOMBRES | Daniel Ulbricht | New York City Ballet | ||||
| WORLD PREMIERE at Gala de Danza March 2018 | Denys Drozdyuk | World Ballroom Champion | ||||
| Choreography: Daniel Ulbricht, Lex Ishimoto, Denys Drozdyuk | Lex Ishimoto* | Winner, So You Think You Can Dance, Season 14 | ||||
| Music: Astor Piazzolla | ||||||
| Performed by Jorge Viladoms (piano) | ||||||
| FASCINATING RHYTHM, SOLO FROM WHO CARES | Tiler Peck | New York City Ballet | ||||
| Choreography: George Balanchine | ||||||
| ©The George Balanchine Trust | ||||||
| Music: George Gershwin | ||||||
| FINAL PAS DE DEUX FROM BELLS | Jeraldine Mendoza* | Joffrey Ballet | ||||
| Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff | Dylan Gutierrez* | Joffrey Ballet | ||||
| Choreography: Yuri Possokhov | ||||||
| LES BOURGEOIS | Daniil Simkin | American Ballet Theatre | ||||
| Choreography: Ben Van Cauwenbergh | ||||||
| Music: Jacques Brel | ||||||
| PAS DE DEUX FROM DON QUIXOTE | Kimin Kim* | Mariinsky Ballet | ||||
| Choreography: Marius Petipa | Isabella Boylston* | American Ballet Theatre | ||||
| Music: Leon Minkus | ||||||
| EXCERPTS FROM CAPRICE NO. 24 | ||||||
| Niccolo Paganini | ||||||
| Performed by Weixiong Wang (clarinet) | ||||||
| GRAND DEFILÉ | Select Finalists Of The Yagp 2018 Competition Season | |||||
| Choreography: Alexei Moskalenko, Carlos Dos Santos, Mikhail Tchoupakov | ||||||
| Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||||
| * indicates YAGP alumni | ||||||
