2013
World Ballet Festival.
XXI Benois de la Danse
Ceremony
Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre
Jury
Juri Grigorovich
Ted Brandsen
David Dawson
Marina Kondratieva
Ivan Liska
Tamara Rojo
Helgi Tomasson
Nicholas Hübbe
Laureates
Hans van Manen
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Christopher Wheeldon
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Olga Smirnova
FEMALE DANCERS
Alban Lendorf
MALE DANCERS
Vadim Muntagirov
MALE DANCERS
John Neumeier
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
NOMINEESCHOREOGRAPHERS
Hans van Manen
Variations for Two Couples, B. Britten, E. Rautavaara, S. Kovács Tickmayer, A. Piazolla. Dutch National Ballet.
Justin Peck
Year of the Rabbit, S. Stevens. New York City Ballet.
Christopher Wheeldon
Cinderella, S. Prokofiev. Dutch National Ballet.
George Williamson
Firebird, I. Stravisky. English National Ballet.
John Neumeier
CHOREOGRAPHER
FEMALE DANCERS
Gudrun Boyesen
Marguerite Gautier in The Lady of Camellias, F. Chopin/J. Neumeier. Royal Danish Ballet.
Maria Kochetkova
Tatiana in Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky/J. Cranko. San-Francisco Ballet.
Ksenia Ovsyanick
The title role in Firebird, I. Stravinsky/G. Williamson. English National Ballet.
Ekaterina Petina
Broken Fall, B. Adamson/R. Maliphant. Bavarian State Ballet.
Olga Smirnova
Nikia in La Bayadère, L. Minkus/M. Petipa, version by Y. Grigorovich;
Aspicia in Pharaoh's Daughter, C. Pugni/P. Lacotte after M. Petipa;
Anastasia in Ivan the Terrible, S. Prokofiev/Y. Grigorovich;Bolshoi Theatre
Anna Tsigankova
The title role in Cinderella, S. Prokofiev/Ch. Wheeldon. Dutch National Ballet.
MALE DANCERS
Matthew Golding
Prince in Cinderella, S. Prokofiev/Ch. Wheeldon. Dutch National Ballet.
Taras Domitro
Lensky in Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky/J. Cranko. San-Francisco Ballet.
Vladislav Lantratov
Solor in La Bayadère, L. Minkus/M. Petipa, version by Y. Grigorovich;
the title role in Ivan the Terrible, S. Prokofiev/Y. Grigorovich. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
Alban Lendorf
Armand Duval in The Lady of Camellias, F. Chopin/J. Neumeier. Royal Danish Ballet.
Tigran Mikayelyan
Third duo in Goldberg Variations, I. -S. Bach/J. Robbins. Bavarian State Ballet.
Vadim Muntagirov
Prince in Sleeping Beauty, P. Tchaikovsky/K. MacMillan. English National Ballet.
Edward Watson
Principal in Fool's Paradise, J. Talbot/Ch. Wheeldon. Royal Ballet, London.