2023
Gala concerts
of ballet stars and
Benois de la Danse
Ceremony

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

Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre

20

June

Bolshoi Theatre

Gala-concert of the world ballet stars nominees of Benois-2023 and awarding of the laureates.

This year’s nominees include soloists from 6 leading classical companies and modern bands from different countries. The soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, Mariinsky theatre, the National Ballet of China (NBC), the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theater, Universal Ballet (Seoul), the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater took part in the gala concert.

The outstanding dancer and choreographer Mikhail Lavrovsky became the laureate of the Prize-2023 in the nomination “For Lifetime Achievement”.

21

June

Bolshoi Theatre

Gala Concert Benois de la Danse Stars — laureates of different years.

The program boasts works of different dance styles.

Jury

Svetlana Zakharova

Artistic Director of the Benois de la Danse Programme, Chairman of the Jury of the Prize, international star, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater, Russia

Leonid Sarafanov

International Star, coach, Benois de la Danse laureate, Russia

Gulzhan Tutkibayeva

Artistic Director of the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre after Abay, Almaty

Jiyeon Ryu

Standing Guidance Committee with Universal Ballet, Seoul, South Korea

Cecilia Kerche

Prima ballerina of the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fei Bo

Chief Choreographer of the National Ballet of China (NBC), Beijing

Viengsay Valdes

Prima ballerina and Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Cuba, Havana

Laureates

Mikhail Lavrovsky

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT

Viatcheslav Samodurov

CHOREOGRAPHERS

Qiu Yunting

FEMALE DANCERS

Misun Kang

FEMALE DANCERS

Hugo Marchand

MALE DANCERS

NOMINEESLIFE ACHIEVEMENT

Mikhail Lavrovsky

MALE DANCERS

CHOREOGRAPHERS

Viatcheslav Samodurov

Dancemania, music by Yuri Krasavin. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Wayne McGregor

Maddaddam, music by Max Richter. The National Ballet of Canada.

Photo from personal archive

Li Jun

Where to Pour All My Love? music by Zhao Jiping. National Ballet of China.

Maša Kolar

Afternoon of a Faun (Mediterranean Trilogy), music by Claude Debussy. Rijeka Ballet Company.

Photo from personal archive

FEMALE DANCERS

May Nagahisa

Aurora, Sleeping Beauty, Pyotr Tchaikovsky/Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev. Mariinsky theatre, Russia.

Alexandre Neff

Natasha Razina

Malika Elchibayeva

Queen Shamkhat, Frescoes, Timur Mynbayev/Zaurbek Raibayev. Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theater after Abay.

Roman Roman

Elizaveta Kokoreva

Perdita. The Winter’s Tale. Joby Talbot/Christopher Wheeldon. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Dorothée Gilbert

Baroness Mary Vetsera, Mayerling, Franz Liszt/Kenneth MacMilan. Paris Opera Ballet.

Photo from personal archive

Qiu Yunting

Tatiana, Onegin, Pyotr Tchaikovsky/John Cranko. National Ballet of China.

Photo from personal archive

Misun Kang

Widow, Mirinaegil from Korea emotion, Pyeong-kwon Ji/Bingxian Liu. Universal Ballet, Seoul, South Korea.

Photo from personal archive

MALE DANCERS

Alexey Putintsev

Philip, The Flame of Paris, Boris Asafyev/Vasily Vainonen. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Bogdan Verbovoy

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Sergei Prokofiev/Yuri Grigorovich. Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theater after Abay.

Elena Petrova

Nikita Ksenofontov

Ivan, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Rodion Shchedrin/ Alexander Radunsky, revised version by Mikhail Messerer. Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater, Russia.

Stas Levshin