2015
World Ballet Festival.
XXIII Benois de la Danse
Ceremony
Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre
Jury
Juri Grigorovich
Luigi Bonino
Alehander Vetrov
Ingrid Lorentzen
Vladimir Malakhov
Kevin O’Hare
Desmond Richardson
Laureates
Christopher Wheeldon
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Sylvie Guilleme
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Svetlana Zakharova
FEMALE DANCERS
Edward Watson
MALE DANCERS
Joby Talbot
COMPOSERS
John Macfarlane
DESIGNER
Ana Laguna
The Russian-Italian Prize Benois-Massine
NOMINEESCHOREOGRAPHERS
Jean-Christophe Maillot
The Taming of the Shrew, D.Shostakovich.Bolshoi Ballet.
Dwight Rhoden
Verse Us,W.A.Mozart, N.Frahm,C.Debussy, Ph.Glass, S.Helbig, Kr.Jarvi. Ballet Nice I Mediterrannee.
Martin Schlaepfer
Deep Field, A. Holzsky. Ballet am Rhein.
Christopher Wheeldon
The Winter’s Tale, J.Talbot. The Royal Ballet London.
Alexander Ekman
A Swan Lake, M.Karlsson.The Norwegian National Ballet.
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
Sylvie Guilleme
FEMALE DANCERS
FEMALE DANCERS
Svetlana Zakharova
Marguerite Gautier in Lady of the Camellias, F.Chopin/J.Neumeier.
Mekhmene-Banu in Legende of Love, A.Melikov/Y.Grigorovich. Bolshoi Ballet. - Mekhmene-Banu inLegende of Love, A.Melikov
Misty Copeland
Maria in Ave Maria, V.Kagen- Paley/D.Rhoden. Complexions Contemporary Ballet.
Yolanda Correa
Tatiana in Onegin, P.Tchaikovski/J.Cranko. The Norwegian National Ballet.
Nicoletta Manni
Death in Le Jeune Homme et La Mort, J.S.Bach/R.Petit. Ballet of La Scala.
Marianela Nuñez
The leading part in Symphonic Variations, C.Franck/F.Ashton. The Royal Ballet London.
MALE DANCERS
Marian Walter
Morel in Proust ou Les Intermittences du Coeur, G.Fauré/R.Petit. Staats Ballet Berlin.
Xander Parish
Aminta in Sylvia, L.Delibes/F.Ashton. Mariinsky Ballet.
Denis Rodkin
Ferkhad in Legende of Love, A.Melikov/Y.Grigorovich. Bolshoi Ballet.
Clifford Williams
The Guide in Ave Maria, V. Kagen-Paley/D.Rhoden. Complexions Contemporary Ballet.
Edward Watson
Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, J.Talbot/Ch.Wheeldon.The Royal Ballet London.
Akram Khan
The leading part in Dust, J.Pook/A.Khan. English National Ballet.
The Russian-Italian Prize Benois-Massine
Ana Laguna
FEMALE DANCERS
COMPOSERS
Konstantin Meladze
Great Gatsby, choreography by D. Rhoden.
Joby Talbot
The Winter’s Tale, choreography by Ch. Wheeldon. The Royal ballet London.
DESIGNER
John Macfarlane
Hummingbird, Ph.Glass, L.Scarlett. San Francisco Ballet.
LIBRETTISTS
Marit Moum Aune
Ghosts (By H.Ibsen), N.P.Molvoer/ M.Moum Aune, C.Espejord. The Norwegian National Ballet.
Dwight Rhoden
Great Gatsby, K.Meladze/D.Rhoden.
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