2004
World Ballet Festival.
XII Benois de la Danse
Ceremony
Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre
Jury
Ted Brandsen
Cynthia Gregory
Xin Lili
Federic Olivieri
Alla Osipenko
Matz Skoog
Helene Trailine
Laureates
Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Alina Cojocaru
FEMALE DANCERS
Laurent Hilaire
MALE DANCERS
Lloyd Riggins
MALE DANCERS
NOMINEESCHOREOGRAPHERS
Zhao Ming
Farewell, My Concubine, Zhang Qianyi, Shanghai, China
Alexey Kononov
Happy Days, P. Tchaikovski, Theatre "Estonia", Tallinn
Thierry Malandain
Creation, L.van Bethoven, Theatre Municipal de Reims
Ann Marie Deangelo
Bell Witch, C. Ellisor, Nashville Ballet, USA
Mark Morris
Non Troppo, R. Schumann,0 TVseries Dance in America; Serenade, L. Harrison, George Mason University; All Fours, B. Bartok, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, USA
John Neumeier
Death in Venice, R. Wagner - J.S.Bach, Baden-Baden, Germany
Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon
Signing Off; P. Glass, Nederlands Dans Theatre
FEMALE DANCERS
Alina Cojocaru
The title role, Cinderella, S. Prokofiev / F. Ashton, Covent Garden, London, Great Britain
Alessandra Ferri
Titania, A Midsummer Night´s Dream, F. Mendelson / G. Balanchine, Theatre La Scala, Milan, Italy
Zhu Jiejing
Concubine Yu, Farewell My Concubine, Zhang Qianyi / Zhao Ming, Shanghai, China
Irina Kolesnikova
Kitri, Don Quixote, L. Minkus / M.Petipa, Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Agnes Oaks
2 Human, J.-S.Bach / G. McGregor, Sadler´s Wells, London, Great Britain
Jennie Samogyi
Odette-Odille, Swan Lake, P. Tchaikovski / P. Martins, after M. Petipa, L. Ivanov, G. Balanchine, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA
MALE DANCERS
Gael Lambiotte
Jose, Carmen, G. Bizet - R. Shchedrin / T. Brandsen, Het Nationale Ballet, Holland
David Hallberg
Leading role, Theme and variations, P. Tchaikovski / G. Balanchine, City Center, New York City, USA
Laurent Hilaire
Chant d´un Compagnon Errant, G. Mahler / M. Bejart, Opera National de Paris
Thomas Edur
2 Human, J.-S. Bach / G. McGregor, Sadler´s Wells, London, Great Britain
Anton Lukovkin
Romeo, Happy Days, P.Tchaikovski / A. Kononov, Theatre "Estonia", Tallinn
Lloyd Riggins
Gustav von Aschenbach, Death in Venice, R. Wagner - J.S. Bach / J. Neumeier, Baden-Baden, Germany
Liu Shikai
Xiang Yu, Farewell, My Concubine, Zhang Qianyi / Zhao Ming, Shanghai, China