2016
World Ballet Festival.
XXIV Benois de la Danse
Ceremony
Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre
Jury
Juri Grigorovich
Marie Agnes Gillot
Jose Carlos Martinez Garcia
Johannes Őhman
Xiao Suhua
Elisabetta Terabust
Yuri Fateyev
Linda Shelton
Laureates
Inger Johan
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Yuri Possokhov
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Alicia Amatriain
FEMALE DANCERS
Hanna O'Neill
FEMALE DANCERS
Kim Kimin
MALE DANCERS
Ren Dongsheng
DESIGNERS
John Neumeier
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Twyla Tharp
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Ekaterina Krysanova
The Russian-Italian Prize Benois-Massine
Alexandre Riabko
FOR HIGH ARTISTRY IN PARTNERSHIP
NOMINEESCHOREOGRAPHERS
Mauro Bigonzetti
Cinderella, Sergey Prokofiev, La Scala Ballet
Inger Johan
Carmen, George Bizet/RodionSchedrine, Compañia Nacional de Danza; One on One, Franz Schubert, Nehterlands Dance Theatre.
Benjamin Millepied
Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward, Nico Muhli, Paris Opera Ballet.
Justin Peck
Rōdē,ō: Four Dance Episodes, Aaron Copeland, New York City Ballet.
Maxim Petrov
Divertissement of the King, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Mariinsky Ballet.
Yuri Possokhov
Hero of Our Time, Ilya Demutsky, Bolshoi Ballet.
Alexander Ekman
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mikael Karlsson. Royal Swedish Ballet.
Zhang Yunfeng
Emperor Yu Li,Eleni Karaindrou,Wei Dou,Baoshuo Tan,Suola Liu, Beijing Dance Academy.
John Neumeier / Twyla Tharp
CHOREOGRAPHERS
FEMALE DANCERS
Alicia Amatriain
Blanche DuBois, AStreetcar named Desir, S. Prokofiev, A. Schnittke/J. Neumeier;
The Devil, The Soldier’s Tale, I. Stravinsky/D. Volpi, Stuttgart State Ballet.
Rebecca Bianchi
Title role, Giselle, A. Adam/P. Rouanne, Rome Opera Ballet.
Sara Mearns
Leading part, ‘Rōdē,ō: Four Dance Episodes, Aaron Copeland, New York City Ballet.
Hanna O'Neill
Title role, Paquita, E. Deldevez, L. Minkus/P. Lacotte, Paris Opera Ballet.
Oksana Skorik
Title role, Sylvia, L. Delibes/F. Ashton, Mariinsky Ballet.
Gina Tse
Odette-Odile, Swan Lake, P. Tchaikovsky/M. Ek, Royal Swedish Ballet.
MALE DANCERS
Dmitry Zagrebin
Basil, Don Quixote, L. Minkus/R. Nureev’s version, Royal Swedish Ballet.
Kim Kimin
Solor, La Bayadère,L. Minkus/R. Nureev’s version. Paris Opera Ballet.
Slave, Shekherazada, N. Rimsky-Korsakov/M.Fokin. Mariinsky Ballet.
Hugo Marchand
Solor, La Bayadère,L. Minkus/R. Nureev’s version, Paris Opera Ballet.
Josua Hoffalt
Prince, Swan Lake,P. Tchaikovsky/R. Nureev’s version;
Theme and Variations, P. Tchaikovsky/G. Balanchine;
Lucien d’Herville,Paquita,E. Deldevez, L. Minkus/P. Lacotte, Paris Opera Ballet
Amar Ramazar
Rōdē,ō: Four Dance Episodes, Aaron Copeland, New York City Ballet.
Alessandro Riga
Frédéri, L’Arlesienne, G. Biset/R. Petit, Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto.
The Russian-Italian Prize Benois-Massine
Ekaterina Krysanova
FEMALE DANCERS
FOR HIGH ARTISTRY IN PARTNERSHIP
Alexandre Riabko
MALE DANCERS
DESIGNERS
Ren Dongsheng
Emperor Yu Li, set and costumes, Eleni Karaindrou,Wei Dou,Baoshuo Tan,Suola Liu/Zhang Yunfeng, Beijing Dance Academy.
Jean-Marc Puissant
Concerto Concordia,costumes,F. Poulenc/Ch. Wheeldon, Dutch National Ballet;
Other Stories, set and costumes for W. Whelan/E. Watson’s recital at Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London.
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