YAGP GALA 2008

Gala program

Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:00pm
New York City Center

ACT I: STARS OF TOMORROW

Marcelino Sambe, 13
(Escola De Danza Do Conservatotio
Nacional, PORTUGAL)

"Variation from Harlequinade"
Choreography: Marius Petipa

Saori Otsudo, 12
(Soki Ballet School, JAPAN)
Bronze Medal, Junior Women’s Division

"Variation from Le Corsaire"
Choreography: Marius Petipa

Esteban E. Hernandez, 13
(The Rock Center for Dance Education,
PA/USA)
Gold Medal, Junior Men’s Division

"Variation from Diana and Acteon"
Choreography: Agrippina Vaganova

Yuya Takahashi, 14
(Okawa Atsuko Ballet Studio, JAPAN)

"My Eye Sight 20/230"
Choreography: Raul Raimindo Rebeck

Skylar Paley Brandt, 14
(The JKO School at ABT, NY/USA)
Silver Medal, Junior Women’s Division

"Stranded"
Choreography: Adam Hougland

Zhang Zhi Yao, 14
(Beijing Dance Academy, PR of CHINA)
Silver Medal, Junior Men’s Division

"Variation from Napoli"
Choreography: August Bournonville

Mariana Layun Prado, 13
(Fomento Artistico Cordobes, MEXICO)
Gold Medal, Junior Women’s Division

"Clave"
Choreography: Adria Luz Velazquez

Derek Dunn, 12
(Edna Lee Dance Studio, MD/USA)
Youth Grand Prix Award

"Variation from Flames of Paris"
Choreography: Vasily Veinonen

Students of The Rock Center for Dance Education, PA/USA
2007 Outstanding School Award

"Veloce Brioso"
Choreography: Christopher Flemming

Katlyn Addison, 19
(Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy, TX/USA)
Sarah Chapin Langham Award

"Murcof"
Choreography: Garrett Smith

Bryn Gilbert, 15
(Southland Ballet Academy, CA/USA)

"Ballerina Variation from Etudes"
Choreography: Harald Landers

Irlan Dos Santos Silva, 17
(Centro De Danca Rio, BRAZIL)
Outstanding Contemporary Dancer Award

"Spiritus Spiral"
Choreography: Cristina Cara

Emily Kadow, 15
(Ellison Ballet – Professional Training
Program, NY/USA)
Bronze Medal, Senior Women’s Division

"Variation from La Bayadere"
Choreography: Marius Petipa

Kaisey Johnston, 18
(National College of Dance, AUSTRALIA)

"Raining in Baltimore"
Choreography: Debbit Linnert, Kaisey Johnston

Students of the Pacific Coast Academy,
CA/USA

"Unusual Proportions"
Choreography: Viktor Uygan, Viktor Kasatsky, Tatiana Kasatsky

Benjamin Ella, 16
(The Royal Ballet School, UK)
Silver Medal, Senior Men’s Division

"Variation from La Bayadere"
Choreography: Marius Petipa

Kirsten Wicklund, 17
(Goh Ballet Academy, CANADA)

"The Hill"
Choreography: Nicki Loud

Vadim Muntagirov, 17
(The Royal Ballet School, UK)
Gold Medal, Senior Men’s Division

"Variation from Don Quixote"
Choreography: Marius Petipa

Rocio Aranzazú Alemán Benavides, 15
(Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey, MEXICO)
Gold Medal, Senior Women’s Division

"Variation from Sleeping Beauty"
Choreography: Marius Petipa

Norbert Lukaszehski, 18
(John Cranko School, GERMANY)
Grand Prix Award

"Les Bourgeois"
Choreography: Ben Van Cauwenberg
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The Finalists of YAGP 2008 International
student ballet and contemporary
dance competition

"Grand Defilé"
Choreography:  Carlos dos Santos, Jr.

 

ACT II: STARS OF TODAY

Greta Hodgkinson
(National Ballet of Canada),
Roberto Bolle
(La Scala Ballet)

“Petit Mort”
Choreography: Jiri Kylian
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Moza
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Sarawanee Tanatanit, Blaine Hoven
(American Ballet Theatre)

“Tacacá” – WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography: Marcelo Gomes
Music: Batucada Brasileira

Jin Yao, Huang Zhen
(Hong Kong Ballet)

“Grand Pas Classique”
Choreography: Daniel Auber
Music: Victor Gsovsky

Drew Jacoby, Rubinald Pronk
(Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company)

“Alloy” – WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography: Adam Hougland
Music: Schlagwerk Nordwest Percussion Ensemble

Wendy Whelan, Philip Neal
(New York City Ballet)

“Chaconne”
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck
© The George Balanchine Trust

Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev
(Bolshoi Ballet)

“Flames of Paris” Pas de Deux
Choreography: Vasily Veinonen
Music: Ludwig Minkus

Nicole Loizides, Steven Marshall
(MOMIX)

“Millennium Skiva”
Choreography: Moses Pendleton and Company
Music: Brainbug

Polina Semionova
(Berlin State Opera Ballet),
Roberto Bolle
(La Scala Ballet)

“Carmen”
Choreography: Roland Petit
Music: George Bizet

Mizuka Ueno
(Tokyo Ballet),
Jose Manuel Carreño, David Hallberg
(American Ballet Theatre)

“Le Corsaire” Pas de Trois
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Richard Drigo

Program subject to change