The Gala program will feature the finalists of YAGP international ballet competition and stars of the world’s leading dance companies.

FEATURING THE STARS FROM:

Darcey Bussell (Royal Ballet)
Ian Carney (Movin’ Out)
Marcelo Gomes (American Ballet Theatre)
David Hallberg (American Ballet Theatre)
Jason Hartley (The Washington Ballet)
Gregor Hatala (Vienna State Opera)
Julie Kent (American Ballet Theatre)
Yasmine Lee (MOMIX)
David Makhateli (Royal Ballet)
Sebastien Marcovici (New York City Ballet)
Denis and Anastasia Matvyenko (Ukrainian National Opera/Bolshoi Ballet), NEW YORK DEBUT
Gillian Murphy (American Ballet Theatre)
Veronica Part (American Ballet Theatre)
Karine Plantadit (Movin’ Out)
Gennadi Saveliev (American Ballet Theatre)
Yana Serebriakova (Mariinsky Theatre)
Artem Shpilevsky (Berlin State Opera), NEW YORK DEBUT
Sofiane Sylve (New York City Ballet)
Irena Veterova (Wiesbaden Ballet)
Wendy Whelan (New York City Ballet)
Igor Zelensky (Mariinsky Theatre)

Hosted by Christopher Wheeldon

 

         
  YAGP 2006 GALA: “STARS OF TODAY MEET THE STARS OF TOMORROW”  
  SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2006 AT 7:00PM  
  NEW YORK CITY CENTER  
     
         
  ACT I: “STARS OF TOMORROW  
         
  The Finalists of Youth America Grand Prix 2006  
  International Student Ballet and Contemporary Dance Scholarship Competition  
         
  Variation from Satanella   Ryosuke Morimoto, 11  
  Choreography: Marius Petipa   (Tanaka Ballet Art School, Japan)  
         
         
  By George!   Mallory Clark, 14  
  Choreography: Charles Maple   (Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, CA/USA)  
         
         
  Pas De Deux from Harlequinade   Mariana Layn Prado, 11,  
  Choreography: Marius Petipa   Alberto Rodriguez Velazquez, 15  
      (Somento Artistico Cordobas, Cuba/Mexico)  
         
         
  Le Corsaire   Hannah Schiller, 13  
  Chorepgrapher: Marius Petipa   (Pacific Coast Academy of Dance,  
      California/USA)  
         
         
  Lacrimosa   Steven Loch,14  
  Choreography: Kelly Lanin   (The Ballet Conservatory, Texas/USA)  
         
         
  Black Swan Variation   Shiori Kase, 14  
  Marius Petipa   (Hirose Kato Ballet Studio, Japan)  
         
         
  Drigo Divertissements   Students of Orlando Ballet School,  
  Choreography: Laurie Jones   Florida/USA  
         
         
  Variation from Giselle   Jeffrey Cirio, 14  
  Choreography: Marius Petipa   (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet,  
      Pennsylvania/USA)  
         
         
  Variation from Harlequinade   Isabella Maylart ,13  
  Choreography: Marius Petipa   (Pavilihao d Centro De Artes, Brazil)  
         
         
  Variation from Diana and Acteon   Jun Tanabe, 17  
  Choreography: A. Vaganova   (The Rock School for Dance Education,  
      Pennsylvania/USA)  
         
         
  Oops   Students of Southland Ballet Academy, California/USA  
  Choreography: Viktor Plotnikov      
         
         
  Rhythm Foot   Mathias Dingman, 17  
  Choreography: Viktor Plotnikov   (Universal Ballet Academy, Washington,  
      D.C./USA)  
         
  Variation from Grand Pas Classique   Ayano Tsuchiya,18  
  Choreography: V. Gsovsky   (Setsuko Ichikawa Ballet, Japan)  
         
         
  Coming of Age   Joseph Gorak, 16  
  Choreography: Salim Gauwloos   (Orlando Ballet School, Florida/USA)  
         
         
  Variaiton from Nutracker   Sergei Polunin, 16  
  Choreography: M. Petipa   (Royal Ballet School, United Kingdom)  
         
         
  Grand Defilé (piece d’occasion)   The finalists of the YAGP 2006 International  
  Choreography: Carlos dos Santos   Ballet and Contemporary Dance Scholarship  
  Music: Peter Tchaikovsky   Competition  
         
         
         
  Intermission  
         
  ACT II: STARS OF TODAY  
         
  Piece d’Occasion   YAGP Alumni currently with ABT:  
  Choreography: Carlos dos Santos, Jr.   Isabella Boylston  
  Music: Emmanuel Chabrier   Melanie Hamrick  
      Hee Seo  
      Gray Davis  
      Matthew Golding  
      Bo Busby  
      Cory Stearns  
         
         
  Giselle   Julie Kent (ABT),  
  Choreography: Pierrot/Coralli   Artem Shpilevsky (Berlin State Opera)  
  Music: Adolphe Adan      
         
         
  Movin’ Out the musical (excerpt)   Karine Plantadit (Movin’ Out)  
  Choreography: Twyla Tharp   Ian Carney (Movin’ Out)  
  Music: Billy Joel      
         
         
  Flight of Angels   Wendy Whelan,  
  Choreography: Edwaard Liang   Sebastien Marcovici (NYCB)  
  Music: John Tavener      
         
         
  Blue Until June (excerpt)   Jason Hartley  
  Choreography: Trey McIntyre   (The Washington Ballet)  
  Music: Songs recorded by Etta James      
         
         
  Grand Pas Classique   Denis  
  Choreography: Victor Gsovsky   Anastasia Matvyenko  
  Music: Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber   (Ukrainian National Opera/Bolshoi Ballet)  
         
         
  The Last Vaudevillian   Yasmine Lee (MOMIX)  
  Choreography: Brian Sanders      
  Music: Traditional      
         
         
  Sheherezade   Yana Serebriakova  
  Choreography: Mikhail Fokine   Igor Zelensky (Mariinsky Theatre)  
  Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov      
         
         
  Gopak   Gennadi Saveliev (ABT)  
  Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov      
  Music: Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi      
         
         
  Manon   Darcey Bussell  
  Choreography: Sir Kenneth MacMillan   David Makhateli (Royal Ballet)  
  Music: Jules Massenet      
         
         
  Esmeralda   Sofiane Sylve (NYCB)  
  Choreography: Marius Petipa   Marcelo Gomes (ABT)  
  Music: Riccardo Drigo      
         
         
 
     
         

 

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  YAGP 2006 GALA: “STARS OF TODAY MEET THE STARS OF TOMORROW”  
  SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006 AT 3:00PM  
  NEW YORK CITY CENTER  
     
         
  ACT I: “STARS OF TOMORROW  
         
  Winners of Youth America Grand Prix 2006  
  International Student Ballet and Contemporary Dance Scholarship Competition.  
         
  Variation from Le Corsaire   Kiril Kulish, 11  
  (Choreography: Marius Petipa)   (San Diego Academy of Ballet,  
      California/USA)  
         
         
  Variation from Paquita   Megumi Horiuchi, 13  
  (Choreography: Marius Petipa)   (Kaneta Kouno Ballet Academy, Japan)  
         
         
  A Celebration of Rebecca:   Students of The Washington School of Ballet  
  A special tribute to Rebecca Wright      
  (Choreography: John Goding)      
         
         
  Variation from Harlequinade   Isabella Maylart ,13  
  (Choreography: Marius Petipa)   (Pavilihao d Centro De Artes, Brazil)  
         
         
  Mozart Pas de Four   Students of Zamuel Ballet School,  
  (Choreography: German Zamuel)   Colorado/USA  
         
         
  There’s Only Me   Courtney A. Henry, 16  
  (Choreography: Stacey Downs)   (Palm Beach Ballet Center, Florida/USA)  
         
         
  Pas de Deux from La Fille Mal Gardee   Leah Burge, 14, Jeffrey Cirio, 14  
  (Choreography: A. Alonso after Jean Dauberval)   (The Art of Classical Ballet, Florida/USA)  
         
         
  Variation from Le Corsaire   Aria Alekzander, 19  
  (Choreography: Marius Petipa)   (Anaheim Ballet, California/USA)  
         
         
  Jazz Samba   Students of Valentina Kozlova  
  (Choreography: Margo Sappington)   Dance Conservatory of New York City,  
      New York/USA  
         
         
  Reflections   Kara Hanretty, 16  
  (Choreography: Natasha Bar)   (The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA)  
         
         
  Variation from La Bayadere   Mathias Dingman, 17  
  (Choreography: Marius Petipa)   (Universal Ballet Academy, Washington, D.C./USA)  
         
         
  Recifervendo   Students of the Cia De Danca  
  (Choreography: Alexandre Macedo)   Escola Municipal De Frevo, Brazil  
         
         
  Variation from La Fille Mal Gardee   Joseph Gorak, 16  
  (Choreography: N. Romanoff)   (Orlando Ballet School, Florida/USA)  
         
         
  Carmen   Ayano Tsuchiya,18  
  (Choreography: Ayano Tsuchiya)   (Setsuko Ichikawa Ballet, Japan)  
         
         
  Diana and Acteon   Sergei Polunin, 16  
  (Choreography: A. Vaganova)   (Royal Ballet School, United Kingdom)  
         
         
  Grand Defilé (piece d’occasion)   The finalists of the YAGP 2006 International  
  Choreography: Carlos dos Santos, Jr. and   Ballet and Contemporary Dance Scholarship  
  Mikhail Tchoupakov   Competition  
  Music: Peter Tchaikovsky      
         
         
         
  Intermission  
         
  ACT II: STARS OF TODAY  
         
  Diana & Acteon Pas de Deux   Sarah Lane (ABT, YAGP alumna),  
  Choreography: Agripina Vaganova   Joseph Philips (San Francisco Ballet, YAGP alumnus)  
  Music: Cesare Pugni      
         
         
  Radio and Juliette NY PREMIERE   Denis and Anastasia Matvyenko  
  Choreography: Edward Clug   (Ukrainian National Opera/Bolshoi Ballet)  
  Music: Radiohead      
         
         
  Orbit   Yasmine Lee (MOMIX)  
  Choreography: Moses Pendleton      
  Music: Murray Clerk, Chris Deverell and Rob Ellerby      
         
         
  La Vie en Rose NY PREMIERE   Irena Veterova (Wiesbaden Ballet)  
  Choreography: Ben van Cauwenbergh   Gregor Hatala (Vienna State Opera)  
  Music: Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel      
         
         
  Black Swan Pas de Deux   Veronica Part (ABT)  
  Choreography: Marius Petipa   Artem Shpilevsky (Berlin State Opera)  
  Music: Peter Tchaikovsky      
         
         
  Waters of Proteus   Roderick George  
  Choreography: Kevin Wynn   (Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble, YAGP alumnus)  
  Music: Traditional African      
         
         
  Sheherezade   Yana Serebriakova  
  Choreography: Mikhail Fokine   Igor Zelensky (Mariinsky Theatre)  
  Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov      
         
         
  Tempting Fate   Sofiane Sylve (NYCB)  
  Choreography: Adam Hougland   Marcelo Gomes (ABT)  
  Music: Philip Glass      
         
         
  Manon   Darcey Bussell  
  Choreography: Sir Kenneth MacMillan   David Makhateli (Royal Ballet)  
  Music: Jules Massenet      
         
         
  Le Corsaire Pas de Trois   Gillian Murphy (ABT)  
  Choreography: Marius Petipa   Denis Matvyenko (Ukrainian National Opera/Bolshoi Ballet),  
  Music: Adolphe Adam   David Hallberg (ABT)