PETER THE GREAT

Gala program

Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 7:00pm
New York City Center

ACT I

Video Presentation

"Peter the Great"

Introductory Remarks

Alexei Ratmansky

Graduating class of the John Cranko
School of Stuttgart Ballet

"Class Demonstration"
Teacher: Peter Pestov

Elizabeth Schmitt,
Sam Zaldivar,
Dmitri Kulev
(Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy)

"Flower Festival in Genzano" Pas de Deux
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music: Eduard Helsted

Sascha Radetsky
(Dutch National Ballet)

"5 Tangos"
Choreography: Hans van Manen
Music: Astor Piazzola

Viktoria Tereshkina (Mariinsky Ballet),
Marcelo Gomes (American Ballet Theatre)

"Manon" Pas de Deux
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Jules Massenet

Alicia Amatriain (Stuttgart Ballet),
Mikhail Kaniskin (Berlin State Opera Ballet)

"In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"
Choreography: William Forsythe
Music: Thom Willems

Vladimir Malakhov
(Berlin State Opera)

"La Vita Nuova - NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Ronald Savkovic
Music: Arshak Ghalumyan

Adiarys Almeida,
Herman Cornejo,
Joseph Gatti (Corella Ballet)

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

 

ACT II

Maria Kochetkova (San Francisco Ballet),
Gonzalo Garcia (New York City Ballet)

"Raymonda" Pas de Deux - NY PREMIERE
Choreography: Yuri Possokhov
Music: Alexander Glazunov

Yekaterina Kondaurova,
Islom Baimuradov
(Mariinsky Ballet)

"Middle Duet"
Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
Music: Yuri Khanon

Gennadi Saveliev
(American Ballet Theatre)

"Gopak"
Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov
Music: Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Sergey Kheylik (Los Angeles Ballet)

"Fractal"
Choreography: Josie Walsh
Music: Massive Attack

Alicia Amatriain (Stuttgart Ballet),
Mikhail Kaniskin (Berlin State Opera Ballet)

"Le Grand Pas de Deux"
Choreography: Christian Spuck
Music: Gioachino Rossini

Karine Plantadit (Broadway Performer),
Sascha Radetsky (Dutch National Ballet)

"Sinatra Suite"
Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Music: Frank Sinatra

Vladimir Malakhov
(Berlin State Opera)

"Voyage"
Choreography: Renato Zanella
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Nikolai Tsiskaridze
(Bolshoi Ballet)

"Carmen"
Choreography: Roland Petit
Music: Georges Bizet

Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov (Mariinsky Ballet)

"Don Quixote" Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Richard Drigo

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Alexei Ratmansky

Program subject to change