2025
World Ballet Festival.
XXXIII Benois de la Danse
Ceremonyenois de la Danse

The project is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre

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May

Bolshoi Theatre

YURI GRIGOROVICH DIED AT THE AGE OF 99.

The founder of the Benois de la Dance program, the President of the Benois de la Dance Prize, the great choreographer of the Bolshoi Theatre, YURI GRIGOROVICH, has passed away.

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June

Bolshoi Theatre

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CHARITY GALA OF WORLD BALLET STARS — NOMINEES OF BENOIS-2025 AND AWARDING OF THE LAUREATES

Among this year’s nominees are soloists of leading classical and contemporary companies from across the globe.

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June

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GALA CONCERT BENOIS DE LA DANSE STARS — LAUREATES OF DIFFERENT YEARS.

The program boasts works of different dance styles.

Jury

Svetlana Zakharova

Художественный руководитель и председатель жюри Приза «Бенуа де ла Данс», Международная звезда, Прима-балерина Большого театра, Ректор Московской государственной академии хореографии, Народная артистка России, Лауреат государственной премии, Рос

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Yerlan Andagulov

Dancer, founder and Artistic Director of the International Dance Festival "Ballet Globe International Dance Festival", Kazakhstan

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Jean Guizerix

Dancer, teacher, choreographer, Etoile of the Paris Opera, International star, France

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Xin Lili

Ballerina, teacher, choreographer, Artistic Director of the Shanghai Ballet, Chairman of the Shanghai Dance Association, China

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Esther Nasser

Dancer, teacher, choreographer, creator and Artistic director of a number of dance and ballet groups in South Africa, including Joburg Ballet (2016-2023), Director of Dance Narrative, Chairman of the Dance Council of Johannesburg, South Africa

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Farukh Ruzimatov

Танцовщик, педагог, хореограф, Премьер балета Мариинского театра, лауреат Приза «Бенуа де ла Данс», Международная звезда, Народный артист России, Россия

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Andrian Fadeev

Dancer, Premier of the Mariinsky Ballet, teacher, choreographer, Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Ballet Company, Artistic Director of the Saint-Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre, Russia

NOMINEESCHOREOGRAPHERS

Mukaram Avakhri

Sacred Dances, Igor Stravinsky, Chemirani Ensemble, A. Ebylkasymuly, Bugarabu Group. Astana Ballet. Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Wang Ge

Lily, Yang Fan. Shanghai Ballet, China.

Thomas Lebrun

Le titre n'a pas d'importance, Maxime Fabre, Dez Mona, Tours d'Horizons Festival. National Choreographic Center of Tours, France.

Andrey Merkuriev

Carmen Suite, Georges Bizet / Rodion Shchedrin. Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic, Russia.

Mthuthuzeli November

Chapter Two, Peter Johnson. Cape Ballet Africa, South Africa.

Alexander Sergeev

Coppélia, Léo Delibes. Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.

FEMALE DANCERS

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Camille Bracher

Chapter Two, Peter Johnson / Mthuthuzeli November. Cape Ballet Africa, South Africa.

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Angelina Vorontsova

Esmeralda, Notre-Dame de Paris, Maurice Jarre / Roland Petit. Mikhailovsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Wenjin Guo

ZUO Lan, Lily, YANG Fan / WANG Ge. Shanghai Ballet, China.

Viktoria Dankovtseva

Odette / Odile, Swan Lake, Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky, Asaf Messerer, revised by Mikhail Messerer. Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre (on tour at the Bolshoi Theatre, Russia).

Valentine Colasante

Valentine COLASANTE — Lead role, Études, Carl Czerny / Harald Lander. Paris Opera Ballet, France. Who Cares? George Gershwin / George Balanchine. Paris Opera Ballet, France.

Renata Shakirova

Swanilda, Coppélia, Léo Delibes / Alexander Sergeev. Mariinsky Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia.

MALE DANCERS

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Joshua Williams

Chapter Two, Peter Johnson / Mthuthuzeli November. Cape Ballet Africa, South Africa.

Alexey Putintsev

— Ferdinand, The Tempest, Yuri Krasavin / Vyacheslav Samodurov. Bolshoi Theatre, Russia. 1

Dmitry Smilevskiy

Dmitry SMILEVSKIY — Prince Désiré, The Sleeping Beauty, Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Marius Petipa, revised by Yuri Grigorovich. Bolshoi Theatre, Russia. — Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, Sergey Prokofiev / Leonid Lavrovsky. Bolshoi Theatre, Rus

Sundet Sultanov

December Rain, Frédéric Chopin, D. Giacomello / Kristina Paulin. Astana Ballet, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Nikita Tchetverikov

Nikita CHETVERIKOV — Claude Frollo, Notre-Dame de Paris, Maurice Jarre / Roland Petit. Mikhailovsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.

NOMINEES

Jingkun Xu

Orderly, Lily, Yang Fan / Wang Ge. Shanghai Ballet, China.

Marc Moreau

Des Grieux, Manon, Jules Massenet / Kenneth MacMillan. Paris Opera Ballet, France.

2025 World Ballet Festival. XXXIII Benois de la Danse Ceremonyenois de la Danse

The project is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre

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Jury

Svetlana Zakharova

NOMINEESCHOREOGRAPHERS

Mukaram Avakhri

Wang Ge

Thomas Lebrun

Andrey Merkuriev

Mthuthuzeli November

Alexander Sergeev

FEMALE DANCERS

Camille Bracher

Angelina Vorontsova

Wenjin Guo

Viktoria Dankovtseva

Valentine Colasante

Renata Shakirova

MALE DANCERS

Joshua Williams

Alexey Putintsev

Dmitry Smilevskiy

Sundet Sultanov

Nikita Tchetverikov

NOMINEES

Jingkun Xu

Marc Moreau

2025
World Ballet Festival.
XXXIII Benois de la Danse
Ceremonyenois de la Danse

The project is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre