2003
XI Benois de la Danse
Ceremony
Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre
Jury
Robert Denvers
Soo Khim Goh
Marina Kondratieva
Brigitte Lefevre
Ivan Liska
Mikko Nissinen
Victor Ullate
Nadia Veselova-Tencer
Laureates
Maurice Bejart
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Mikhail Baryshnikov
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Marina Semenova
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
David Dawson
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Edouard Lock
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Lucia Lacarra
FEMALE DANCERS
Lukas Slavicky
MALE DANCERS
NomineesLIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Maurice Bejart
Choreographer
David Dawson
The Grey Area, N. Lanz, Dutch National Ballet
Jacopo Godani
After Dark, A. Schonberg, Bavarian State Ballet
Edouard Lock
AndreAuria, D. Lang, Paris Opera Ballet
Mauricio Wainrot
Distant Light, P. Vasks, Royal Ballet of Flanders
Christopher Wheeldon
Carousel, R. Rogers, Hammerstein. New York City Ballet
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Male Dancers
Marina Semenova
Female Dancers
FEMALE DANCERS
Lucia Lacarra
Tatiana, Onegin, P. Tchaikovski / J. Cranco, Bavarian State Ballet
Joanna Berman
Dances at a Gathering, F. Chopin / J. Robbins, San Francisco Ballet
Lisa-Maree Cullum
Katharina, Taming of the Shrew, Stolze (D. Scarlatti) / J. Cranco, Bavarian State Ballet
Maria Allash
Mekhmene Banu, Legend of Love, A. Melikov / Y. Grigorovich, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Agnès Letestu
The Title Role in Shekherazade, N. Rimsky-Korsakov / Blanсa Li, Paris Opera Ballet
Aysem Sunal
The Leadrole in Encounters, Z. Kodaly / K.Pastor, Royal Ballet of Flanders
Hai Ying Xia
The Title Role in Giselle, A. Adam / J.-P. Comelin; Duet, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, G.Mahler / J. Kylian; Victoria Page, Red Shoes, M. Arnold / P.Miller-Ashmole, Singapore Dance Theatre
MALE DANCERS
Jose Carlos Martinez Garcia
L'Esclave, Shekherazade, N. Rimsky-Korsakov / Blanсa Li, Paris Opera Ballet
Gonzalo Garsia
Dances at a Gathering, F. Chopin / J. Robbins, San Fransisco Ballet
Swee Boon Kuik
Albrecht / Loys, Duke of Silesia, Giselle, A. Adam / J.-P. Comelin; Duet, FaНade, S. Barber / J. Tan; Duet, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, G. Mahler / J. Kylian, Singapore Dance Theatre
Dmitry Belogolovtsev
Farkhad, Legend of Love, A. Melikov / Y. Grigorovich, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Jesus Pastor
Prince, Swan Lake, P.Tchaikovsky / M. Bourne, Adventures in Motion Pictures Production, Festival of Lyon
Lukas Slavicky
Jean de Brienne, Raymonda, A. Glazunov / M. Petipa √ R. Barra, Bavarian State Ballet
Wim Vanlessen
The Poet, Death and Fire, Tan Dun / Xin Peng Wang, Royal Ballet of Flanders
The Honorary certificates "For Bringing Two Great Cultures Clos
Nina Alovert
Journalist
Victor Ignatov
JOURNALIST