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 | ||||
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) | |||