Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2019 was organized by Ensemble Productions, with the participation of Russian and international ballet stars.
BroadwayWorld has the exclusive look in the rehearsal and Gala photos below!
The annual Russian Ballet Icons Gala in London has been organised by Ensemble Productions since 2006. The Gala celebrates the legacy of the famed Russian Ballet School and pays tribute to its legendary dancers. The 2019 Gala will again become a highlight in the ballet lovers' calendar featuring captivating classical masterpieces and exploring contemporary repertoire created by today's leading choreographers from Russia and world-wide, whose work has been influenced by Russian Ballet.
The programme performed on the 31st March. It was accompanied by the English National Ballet Philharmonic orchestra under the direction of Valeriy Ovsyannikov and performed by the principal dancers of the Bolshoi, Mariinsky, Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Grand Opera Paris, Berlin Staatsoper, New York City Ballet, Ballet of Monte Carlo and others, and will be another unforgettable event, setting new standards in the ballet experience!
Duets and solos from The Flames of Paris, La Sylphide, Raymonda, Don Quixote, Schéhérazade, Swan Lake, and La Bayadère; more recent choreographies, Lullaby, Zapateado, Qualia, The Cuban Nutcracker, Cantata, Carmen, Transparente, On the Nature of Daylight, and Pacopepepluto.
Dancers: Sergio Bernal (Ballet Nacional de España), Joseph Caley (English National Ballet, Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (Staatsballett Berlin), Jeffrey Cirio and Katja Khaniukova (English National Ballet), Misa Kuranaga (Boston Ballet), Patrick Hole?ek (Czech National Ballet), Mikhail Kaniskin (Staatsballett Berlin), Kristina Kornova (Czech National Ballet), Maria Kochetkova and Liudmila Konovalova (Vienna State Ballet), Ekaterina Krysanova (Bolshoi Theatre), Lucía Lacarra (Bayerisches Staatsballett), Sarah Lamb (Royal Ballet), Julian MacKay (Mikhailovsky Theatre), Yasmine Naghdi (Royal Ballet), Giuseppe Picone (Teatro di San Carlo), Marcelino Sambé (Royal Ballet), Polina Semionova and Daniil Simkin (Staatsballett Berlin), James Stout and Anna Tsygankova (Dutch National Ballet), Josué Ullate (Víctor Ullate Ballet), Ivan Vasiliev (Mikhailovsky Theatre), Edward Watson (Royal Ballet), and Ivan Zaiteev (Mikhailovsky Theatre)
http://ensembleproductions.co.uk/events-posts/russian-ballet-icons-gala-2019-3/
Photo Credit: Roy Tan
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