International dance gala
Les étoiles
curated by Daniele Cipriani
performers
Eleonora Abbagnato (former étoile of the Opéra de Paris, today director of the corps de ballet and the dance school of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma)
Joaquín De Luz (director Compañía Nacional de Danza, Madrid)
Felipe Domingos (Compañía Nacional de Danza, Madrid)
Yanier Gomez (Compañía Nacional de Danza, Madrid)
Maia Makhateli (Het Nationale Ballet, Amsterdam)
Julian MacKay (Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich)
Leroy Mokgatle* (Staatsballett Berlin)
Mira Nadon (New York City Ballet)
Giorgi Potskhishvili (Het Nationale Ballet, Amsterdam)
Davide Riccardo (New York City Ballet)
Alessandro Riga (Compañía Nacional de Danza, Madrid)
Giada Rossi (Compañía Nacional de Danza, Madrid)
Daniil Simkin (former Staatsballet Berlin and American Ballet Theatre)
Simone Repele e Sasha Riva (Riva & Repele)
Marcos Madrigal piano
lighting design Alessandro Caso
stage manager Annamaria Bruzzese
Sipario
choreography Simone Repele and Sasha Riva
music “Brooklyn Faces” by Abel Korzeniowski
dancers Eleonora Abbagnato, Simone Repele and Sasha Riva
new work for Les étoiles
Apollo
choreography George Balanchine
(© The George Balanchine Trust)
music from “Apollon Musagète” by Igor’ Stravinskij
dancers Mira Nadon, Davide Riccardo
Remanso
choreography Nacho Duato
music Enrique Granados
dancers Felipe Domingos, Alessandro Riga, Yanier Gomez
piano Marcos Madrigal
Cuban Nutcracker
choreography Alisher Hazanov
music Pëtr Il’iˇc ˇCajkovskij
(arr. Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion)
dancer Julian MacKay
Gitanerías/En tres por cuatro
music Ernesto Lecuona
piano Marcos Madrigal
Lo fuimos…
choreography Joaquín De Luz
music “Ante el Escorial/Malagueña”
by Ernesto Lecuona
dancers Giada Rossi, Joaquín De Luz
piano Marcos Madrigal
new work for Les étoiles
Le Corsaire (Pas de deux, Atto ii)
choreography Marius Petipa
music Riccardo Drigo
dancers Leroy Mokgatle*, Daniil Simkin
Spartacus (Pas De Deux, Atto iii)
choreography Yuri Grigorovicwh
music Aran Khachaturian
dancers Giada Rossi, Alessandro Riga
I’m on your side
choreography Simone Repele e Sasha Riva
music “Bridge over troubled water”
by Simon & Garfunkel
dancers Simone Repele, Sasha Riva
new work for Les étoiles
Valse Triste
choreography Alexei Ratmansky
music Jean Sibelius
dancers Mira Nadon, Davide Riccardo
Farruca
choreography Joaquin De Luz
music Sabicas
dancer Joaquin De Luz
Italian premiere
Le Parc
choreography Angelin Preljocaj
music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
dancers Eleonora Abbagnato, Julian MacKay
Pacopepepluto
choreography Alejandro Cerrudo
music “In The Chapel In The Moonlight”
by Billy Hill (sung by Dean Martin)
dancer Daniil Simkin
Don Chisciotte (Pas de deux, Atto iii)
choreography Marius Petipa
music Ludwig Minkus
dancers Maia Makhateli, Giorgi Potskhishvili
Défilé finale
music Riccardo Drigo
all the artists dance
Once again, it’s time for Les Étoiles, the international ballet gala launched in 2015 that has established itself as a privileged observatory for the brightest stars of the moment. The programme offers a journey through the eras of classical ballet to the present day: from the cornerstones of the 19th century and the neoclassical repertoire to the sophisticated pas de deux and solos of modern ballet. They will be interpreted by an exceptional cast from the world’s leading theatres: dancers whose virtuoso flights and pointe work challenge the laws of gravity and balance, in a show that offers the rare opportunity to see them all on the same stage. In addition to Eleonora Abbagnato, the protagonists of this edition include many Italian stars from the most prestigious international companies.
*Leroy Mokgatle has been replaced by Ana Sophia Scheller (former principal of the New York City Ballet)
