Benois de la Danse-2012 in Moscow

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Centre Benois
Bolshoi Theatre of Russia

22 May 2012

Charity Gala of the
Nominees to Benois de la Danse-2012 and the Award Ceremony

23 May 2012

Charity Gala
“STARS OF BENOIS DE LA DANSE”

CHAIRMAN — YURI GRIGOROVICH

THE STARS OF THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES
WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMMES:

Bolshoi Theatre of Russia

Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris

Bayerrische Staatsballett (Germany)

Boston Ballet (USA)

Drew Jacobi and Rubinald Pronk (USA)

Fernando Romero (Spain)

Hamburg Ballet (Germany)

Het National Ballet

Lar Lubovich Dance Company

Les Ballets de Monte Carlo

Mariinsky Theatre

Korea National Ballet

Stuttgart State Ballet (Germany)

Vienna State Ballet

Wang Di (People Republic of China)

Participants of may 23

Bavarian State Ballet
LUCIA LACARRA (Benois de la Danse laureate)
MARLON DINO

Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA (Benois de la Danse laureate)
ANDREY MERKURIEV

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
BERNICE COPPIETERS (Benois de la Danse laureate)
CHRIS ROELAND

Hamburg Ballet
HÉLÈNE BOUCHET (Benois de la Danse laureate)
CARSTEN JUNG

Mariinsky Theatre
ULIANA LOPATKINA (Benois de la Danse laureate)
DANILA KORSUNTSEV

National Paris Opera
MARIE AGNÈS GILOT (Benois de la Danse laureate)
LAËTITIA PUJOL
HERVÉ MOREAU (Benois de la Danse laureate)

Stuttgart State Ballet
FRIEDEMANN VOGEL (Benois de la Danse nominee)
ALICIA AMATRIAIN

DREW JACOBY
RUBINALD PRONK (USA-Netherlands)

FERNANDO ROMERO (Benois de la Danse laureate), (Spain)

WANG DI  (Benois de la Danse laureate), (People Republic of China)

24 April will be held the press conference

24 April at 14.00 at the Atrium of the Bolshoi Theatre's administrative building will be held the press conference dedicated to celebration of the International ballet prize Benois de la Danse' XX Anniversary.

The nominees of 2012 and the participants of the anniversary galas will be announced.

To receive accreditation call (495) 788-3767 (until 23 April, 17.00) or e-mail Natalia Uvarova (uvarova@mkrf.ru) or Anna Miroshnikova (miroshnikova@mkrf.ru).

Nominees for 20th Anniversary Benois de la Danse Awards Announced (PRESS-RELEASE)

April 24, 2012

Center Benois de la Danse Bolshoi Theater of Russia Moscow, Russia

Contact: Alexander Kolesnikov, phone: 7  903 — 593  5847
Email: edvin@cnt.ru
www.benois.theatre.ru

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nominees for 20th Anniversary Benois de la Danse Awards Announced

MOSCOW, RUSSIA — Twenty ballerinas, male dancers, choreographers and composers have been nominated as potential laureates in the 20th anniversary Benois de la Danse awards. The prizes are given each year for the best creations of the previous year in classical ballet or other genres of dance throughout the world.

“Our laureates have created performances on the major stages of dance that elevate the quality and appreciation of dance to ever higher levels on all the inhabited continents of the world. That gives us great pride,” said Yuri Grigorovich, the Benois jury co-chairman and one of the founders of the award.

This year's nominees represent seven countries — Russia, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, the United States and South Korea. The laureates will be selected by an international panel of jurists and will be announced at the Bolshoi Theater of Russia here on May 22. In addition to the award ceremony and the gala of nominees, there will be a gala the following night with performances by laureates from the previous years. Last January the ballet world lost one of its very important figures: Rudi van Dantzig, the Dutch choreographer, director, writer, Benois de la Danse Lifetime Achievement laureate and twice member of its jury. As a memorial to Van Dantzig, the principals of the Dutch National Ballet, Matthew Golding (Benois-2012 nominee) and Anna Tsigankova, will dance the choreographer's version of the Black Pas de deux from Swan Lake in the first-night gala.

This years nominees are:

CHOREOGRAPHERS:

PATRICK DE BANA — Marie Antoinette, G. Ph. Telemann, A. Vivaldi, L. M. Cobo, Chevalier de Saint-George, W. A. Mozart, I. Ch. Bach, J. -Ph. Rameau. Version of 2011. Vienna State Ballet.

JEAN-GUILLAUME BART — La Source, L. Minkus, L. Délibes. National Paris Opera.

LAR LUBOVITCH — Crisis Variations, E. Sharlat. Lubovitch Dance Company of New York, NY. 

CHUNG EUI-SOOK, DANIEL H. BYUN — Interview with Isang Yun, I. Yun(arrangement by Kim Tae-hoon). Arzid Modern Dance Company of Seoul.

BORIS EIFMAN — Rodin, M. Ravel, K, Saint-Saȅns, G. Massenet, C. Debussy, E. Satie. State Academic St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman (Russia).

BALLERINAS:

KATHLEEN BREEN COMBES — Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, S. Prokofiev/J. Cranko; Titania in A Summer Night's Dream, F. Mendelssohn/G. Balanchine. Boston Ballet (USA).

OLGA ESINA — The title role in Marie Antoinette, G. Ph. Telemann, A. Vivaldi, L. M. Cobo, Chevalier de Saint-George, W. A. Mozart, I. Ch. Bach, J. -Ph. Rameau./P. de Bana. Version of 2011, Vienna State Ballet.

KIM JI-YOUNG — The title role in Giselle, A. Adam/P. Bart; Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, S. Prokofiev/J. -Ch. Maillot. Korea National Ballet.

ALINA COJOCARU — Julie in Liliom. M. Legrand/J. Neumeier. Hamburg Ballet (Germany).

SARA MEARNS — Honorata in Ocean's Kingdom, P. McCartney/P. Martins. New York City Ballet.

EUGUENYA OBRAZTSOVA — Kitri in Don Quixote, L. Minkus/A. Fadeechev (after A. Gorsky and M. Petipa). Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

LAËTITIA PUJOL — The title role in Cinderella, S. Prokofiev/R. Nureev. National Paris Opera.

DANCERS:

MATTHEW GOLDING — Prince in Nutcracker and the Mouse King, P. Chaikovski/W. Eagling, T. van Schajk. Het National Ballet of Amsterdam.

VLADISLAV LANTRATOV — Basil in Don Quixote, L. Minkus/A. Fadeechev (after A. Gorsky and M. Petipa). Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

LEE DONG-HOON — Albert in Giselle, A. Adam/P. Bart; Romeo in Romeo and Julet S. Prokofiev/J. -Ch. Maillot; Prince in Nutcracker, P. Chaikovski/Y. Grigorovitch. Korea National Ballet.

CHASE FINLAY — Apollo, I. Stravinsky/G. Balanchine. New York City Ballet.

MATHIAS HEYMANN — Zaȅl in La Source, L. Minkus. L. Délibes. National Paris Opera.

CARSTEN JUNG — The title role in Liliom, M. Legrand/J. Neumeier. Hamburg Ballet (Germany).

COMPOSERS:

MICHEL LEGRAND — Liliom, choreograph John Neumeier. Hamburg Ballet (Germany).

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY — Ocean's Kingdom, choreograph Peter Martins. New York City Ballet.

The jury members for this year's awards are:

Co-chairs, Yuri Grigorovich, (choreographer of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia) and John Neumeier, director of the Hamburg Ballet (Germany). Members: Altynai Asylmuratova, artistic director of the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg; Laurent Hilaire, ballet master and deputy director of the Paris Opera Ballet; Kim Joo-won, prima ballerina of the Korea National Ballet of Seoul; Manuel Legris, artistic director of the Vienna State Ballet; Alessandra Ferri, director of the ballet program, of Festival dei 2 Mondi in Spoleto (Italy) and Jorma Elo, resident choreographer of the Boston Ballet (USA).

The jury is changed each year to give the Award a representative sample of experts from throughout the world.

The participants in the May 23 gala titled “Stars of the Benois de la Danse” will be: Lucia Lacarra (Benois laureate) and Marlon Dino of the Bavarian State Ballet; Svetlana Zakharova (Benois laureate) and Andrey Merkuriev of the Bolshoi theater of Russia; Bernice Coppieters (Benois laureate) and Chris Roeland of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo; Hélène Bouchet (Benois laureate) and Carsten Jung of the Hamburg Ballet; Uliana Lopatkina (Benois laureate) and Danila Korsuntsev of the Mariinsky theater; Marie Agnès Gillot (Benois laureate), Laëtitia Pujol and Hervé Moreau (Benois laureate) of the National Paris Opera, Fernando Romero (Benois laureate)of Spain, Wang Di (Benois laureate) of China and Drew Jacoby with Rubinald Pronk of USA and Netherlands.

Benois de la Danse-2012 in Moscow, TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW:

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