Stars of Benois de la Danse and Their New Works.
On June 2020 and 3 June 2020 on the Historic stage of the Bolshoi Theatre will take place Festival Benois de la Danse — 2020 under the artistic leadership of Yuri Grigorovich.
The participants of the galas are nominees to the Prize —2020 and laureates of different years.
The gala's program will consist of neo-classical and contemporary pieces created or interpreted for a first time during the last year. Among the participants are: Natalia Osipova and Jason Kittelberger; Amandine Albisson and Mathieu Ganio; Maria Kochetkova and Jon Vallejo; Lucia Lacarra and Matthew Golding; Sarah Lamb and Edward Watson; Denis Rodkin, Polina Semionova and Ivan Zaitsev; soloists of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatre, Ballet Preljocaj and Benke Rydman company.
The detailed programme is kept in secret and will be know just several days before the performance, as it is a surprise for the ballet lovers from the Bolshoi Theatre. Below you can see programme of the previous Awarding Ceremony and Prize Winners Ballet Gala.
Last year's program:
QUEEN OF SPADES. MONOLOGUE OF LISA
to music by S. Rachmaninov
Choreography by A. CHOLINA
Herman: NOJUS BARTAŠKA
Lisa: ANA BUCHOVSKAJA-ZAMULSKIENE
Prince Eletsky: ROKAS SPALINSKAS
World premiere
Duet from THE CREATION
to music by J. Haydn
Choreography by U. SCHOLZ
Berlin State Ballet soloists
ELISA CARRILLO CABRERA – Benois de la Danse laureate
MIKHAIL KANISKIN
DEGUNINO
To music by A. Knaifel
Choreography by M. MORAU
The Norwegian National Ballet guest soloist
MARIA KOCHETKOVA – Benois-Massine Prize laureate
Moscow premiere
Duet from ORPHEUS
to music by H.I.F.fon Biber, I. Stravinsky
Choreography, costumes, light concept by J. NEUMEIER – Benois de la Danse laureate
Hamburg Ballet soloists
SILVIA AZZONI – laureate of Benois de la Danse
ALEXANDER RIABKO – laureate of Benois de la Danse
DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS
to music by Ch.W. Gluck
Choreography by F. ASHTON
Bolshoi Theatre of Russia soloist
DENIS RODKIN – Benois de la Danse laureate
Ch.W.Gluck
Duet from ORPHEE AND EURYDICE
Choreography, costumes, light concept by J. NEUMEIER
Joffrey Ballet soloists
VICTORIA JAIANI
TEMUR SULUASHVILI
THE FINAL SCENE from ANNA KARENINA
to music by A. Schnittke
Choreography by A.CHOLINA
Evgeny Vakhtangov Theatre artists
Anna: ANASTASIA KUIMOVA
Vronsky: DMITRY SOLOMYKIN
Kniagna Sorokina: ANASTASIA ZHDANOVA
Countess Vronskaya: VERA NOVIKOVA
MONOLOGUE OF IAGO from OTHELLO
to music by J. Adams
Choreography by A.CHOLINA
Evgeny Vakhtangov Theatre artists
Iago: VICTOR DOBRONRAVOV
Desdemona: ANASTASIA KUIMOVA
FIREBREATHER
to music by L. Einaudi
Choreography by K. KOZIELSKA
Dutch National Ballet soloist
DANIEL CAMARGO – Benois de la Danse diploma-winner
Moscow premiere
T. O’Regan
Duet of Mata Hari and Vadim from MATA HARI
Choreography by T.BRANDSEN
Dutch National Ballet soloists
MAIA MAKHATELI – Benois de la Danse diploma-winner
JAMES STOUT
Moscow premiere
NOCTURNE
to music by F. Chopin
Choreography by CH. SPUCK – Benois de la Danse laureate
Ballet Zurich soloists
ELENA VOSTROTINA
COHEN AITCHISON-DUGAS
World premiere
DUET OF NASTASYA PHILIPOVNA AND PARFYON ROGOZHIN
to music by G. Kancheli
Choreography by A. CHOLINA
Bolshoi Theatre of Russia soloists
OLGA SMIRNOVA – Benois de la Danse laureate
DENIS SAVIN
World premiere
Heroica, II Movement from BEETHOVEN-PROJECT
to music by L. van Beethoven
Choreography, costumes, light concept by J. NEUMEIER
Hamburg Ballet soloists
ANNA LAUDERE – Benois-Massine Prize laureate
EDVIN REVAZOV
Russian premiere