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.
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.
Vladimir Vasiliev y la escuela del Teatro Bolshoi de Brasil
Katia et Volodia – Dominique Delouche
Vladimir Vasiliev, estrella del ballet del siglo XX
Spartacus Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev
VLADIMIR VASILIEV Premier Danseur
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