Gala and Vladimir Vasiliev Gala at NY City Center

VLADIMIR VASILIEV: "A GALA TRIBUTE TO A DANCE LEGEND”

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:00pm

New York City Center.

Vladimir Vasiliev is a living legend that has defined 20th Century ballet. He is the only dancer to be given the title of “World’s Best Dancer” by the Paris Dance Academy, hailed by critics worldwide as “God of the dance … a miracle in art, perfection.” Having dazzled the world for over half a century with his performances at Bolshoi Ballet and virtually every major company around the world, this dance icon will return to New York for a tour-de-force performance after a 20-year absence.

On March 27, 2010 Youth America Grand Prix will pay tribute to this giant in the ballet world by presenting a spectacular Gala performance featuring the stars of Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, who will perform in honor of the legendary dancer and Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet on his 70th birthday.

Don’t miss this unique chance to become a part of living ballet history!

ACT I

Hosted by Carla Fracci – Intermission –
“Vladimir Vasiliev: A Ballet Legend” (Video presentation) – Introductory Remarks Carla Fracci

Introductory Remarks Carla Fracci

Yevgenia Obraztsova – NY DEBUT
(Mariinsky Ballet) “Sentimental Walse”
Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev – Music: Peter Tchaikovsky

Veronica Part and Gray Davis
(American Ballet Theatre) “Macbeth”
Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev – Music: Kirill Molchanov

Oleg Chernasov
(Moiseyev Dance Company) Nanayan National Play, “Two boys in a Fight”
Choreography: Igor Moiseyev – No musical accompaniment

Olena Dolgikh and Dmytro Kondratiuk –
NY DEBUT (Kyiv Modern Ballet) “Lullaby” – NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Radu Poklitaru – Music: Traditional

Sarah Lamb and Sergei Polunin
(The Royal Ballet)
“Cinderella” Pas de Deux
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton – Music: Sergei Prokofiev

David Hallberg (American Ballet Theatre) “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck

Polina Semionova (Berlin State Opera Ballet) “Alles Walzer” – NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Renato Zanella – Music: Johann Strauss

Ana Sophia Scheller (New York City Ballet) and Joseph Phillips (American Ballet Theatre)
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Choreography: George Balanchine – Music: Peter Tchaikovsky.

ACT II

Program subject to change.

Sarah Lane and Luis Ribagorda
(American Ballet Theatre)
“Anyuta” Pas de Deux
Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev – Music: Valery Gavrilin

Ashley Bouder
(New York City Ballet) “Tarantella” – NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev – Music: Valery Gavrilin

Rubinald Pronk
(Morphoses) – “L'effleuré” – WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa – Music: Antonio Vivaldi

Yevgenia Obraztsova (Mariinsky Ballet) and Emmanuel Thibault (Paris Opera Ballet)
“La Sylphide” Pas de Deux –
Choreography: August Bournonville – Music: Herman Severin Løvenskiold

Anna Melnikova and Slavik Kryklyvyy
(Ballroom World Champions)
“Samba”

Giuseppe Picone
(Balletto di Roma) – “Lacrimosa” – NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Chiara Tanesini – Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Andrey Artamonov, Evgeny Chernyshkov,
and Alexander Tikhonov
(Moiseyev Dance Company)
“Gaucho,” Dance of Argentinian Cowboys
Choreography: Igor Moiseyev – Music: N Nekrasov

Daniil Simkin
(American Ballet Theatre) – "Les Bourgeois"
Choreography: Ben van Cauwenbergh – Music: Jacques Brel

Polina Semionova (Berlin State Opera Ballet) and David Hallberg (American Ballet Theatre)
“Romeo and Julia” Pas de Deux
Choreography: Maurice Bejart – Music: Hector Berlioz

Sarah Lamb and Sergei Polunin
(The Royal Ballet) – “Don Quixote” Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa – Music: Ludwig Minkus

Vladimir Vasiliev And Daria Khokhlova (Bolshoi Ballet)
Piece D’Occasion – WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev – Music: Frederik Chopin, performed live by Ekaterina Mechetina.

Closing Remarks Carla Fracci.

Program subject to change.