Ballet Gala

The Gala will be broadcast on TVP Kultura.

Ballet galas are staples of opera house programmes worldwide. The one at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera will open our 2026/27 season. The extraordinary event will feature the awe-inspiring dancers of the Polish National Ballet and top soloists from Europe’s leading companies. Some of the big names to grace our stage are: Bleuenn Battistoni and Paul Marque from the Paris Opera Ballet; Mayara Magri and Matthew Ball from the Royal Ballet, London; and Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko from the Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala. A ballet gala is everything you love about classical and contemporary dance in a nutshell. You are about to be amazed! 

Concept and artistic direction
KRZYSZTOF PASTOR
 
Conductor 
YOEL GAMZOU  

Polish National Ballet 
Orchestra of the Polish National Opera

Hosted by Katarzyna Sanocka

PROGRAMME

PART 1 

LA BAYADERE 
The Kingdom of the Shadows (fragment) 
Choreography: Marius Petipa 
Music: Ludwig Minkus 
Set and costumes: Jadwiga M. Jarosiewicz
Dancers: POLISH NATIONAL BALLET  

ON THE NATURE OF DAYLIGHT
Choreography: David Dawson 
Music: Max Richter (a recording)
Costumes: Yumiko Takeshima
Dancers: BLEUENN BATTISTONI & PAUL MARQUE

GISELLE
Pas de deux
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot / Marius Petipa
Music: Adolphe-Charles Adam
Set and costumes: Andrzej Kreutz Majewski
Dancers: JAEEUN JUNG & RYOTA KITAI

BARE WITH ME
Choreography: Matthew Ball
Music: Jean Sibelius (Malinconia, Op. 20, orchestrated by Yoel Gamzou)
Dancers: MAYARA MAGRI & MATTHEW BALL

The choreography is dedicated to Kate and Emma Ball.

ANDROIDS 
Duet of Dr Ræ and The Hunter 
Choreography: Robert Bondara
Music: Przemysław Zych
Scenery: Diana Marszałek
Costumes: Martyna Kander
Dancers: HYE JI KANG & RYOTA KITAI

THE NUTCKRACKER 
Pas de deux
Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Music: Piotr Czajkowski
Scenery: Toer van Schayk
Costumes: Philippe Guillotel
Dancers: NICOLETTA MANNI & TIMOFEJ ANDRIJASHENKO

SYMPHONY IN C
Finale 
Choreography: George Balanchine 
Music: Georges Bizet
Costumes: Marc Happel after Barbara Karinska
Lights: John Cuff
Dancers: JAEEUN JUNG, MAI KAGEYAMA, HYE JI KANG, YANA SHTANHEI, MARCO ESPOSITO, KASPER GÓRCZAK, DIOGO DE OLIVEIRA, BOGDAN VERBOVOY
and THE POLISH NATIONAL BALLET 

PART 2 

DON QUIXOTE 
Seguidilla
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Aleksandr Gorski / Alexei Fadeyechev
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Set and costumes: Thomas Mika
Dancers: POLSKI BALET NARODOWY 

DON QUIXOTE 
Pas de deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Aleksandr Gorski / Alexei Fadeyechev
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Set and costumes: Thomas Mika
Dancers: MAI KAGEYAMA & BOGDAN VERBOVOY

LUMINOUS
Choreography: András Lukács
Music: Max Richter (a recording)
Dancers: NICOLETTA MANNI & TIMOFEJ ANDRIJASHENKO

MOVING ROOMS 
Fragment
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Alfred Schnittke (Postludio from Concerto Grosso No. 1 – a recording), Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (Harpsichord Concerto – a recording)
Costumes: Oliver Haller
Lights: Bert Dalhuysen 
Dancers: DARIA MAJEWSKA, MARCO ESPOSITO, KRISTÓF SZABÓ, CHINARA ALIZADE, VLADIMIR YAROSHENKO, AOI CHOJI, NATALIA PASIUT, YUME OKANO, CEZARY WĄSIK, LAURENCE ELLIOTT

MANON
Bedroom Pas de Deux 
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Jules Massenet / Martin Yates
Costumes: Nicholas Georgiadis
Dancers: MAYARA MAGRI & MATTHEW BALL

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Pas de deux
Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Scenery: Toer van Schayk
Costumes: Franca Squarciapino
Dancers: BLEUENN BATTISTONI & PAUL MARQUE

BOLERO
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Maurice Ravel 
Set and costumes: Tatyana van Valsum 
Lights: Bert Dalhuysen 
Dancers: CHINARA ALIZADE & VLADIMIR YAROSHENKO
and THE POLISH NATIONAL BALLET