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Ballet Gala

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Ballet Gala

A long-awaited international ballet gala took place on our stage on 23 February 2018. Below you will find the programme of this unique evening along with the full list of performers.

PART I 

WALTZ
(scene from Swan Lake)
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Set and Costume Design: Luisa Spinatelli
Dancers: RINALDO VENUTI & Polish National Ballet

CHOPINIANA – Waltz in C Sharp Minor
Choreography: Mikhail Fokine
Music: Fryderyk Chopin / Alexander Glazunov
Set Design: Andrzej Kreutz Majewski
Costumes: Tijana Jovanović based on tradition
Dancers: MARIA ŻUK & MAKSIM WOITIUL

THE SILVER LAKE
(duet from Kurt Weill)
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Kurt Weill
Costumes: Maciej Zień
Projection: Bert Dalhuysen
Dancers: CARLOS MARTÍN PÉREZ & PATRYK WALCZAK

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY – Pas de deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Set Design: Luisa Spinatelli
Costumes: Franca Squarciapino
Dancers: CHINARA ALIZADE & DAWID TRZENSIMIECH

TAKE ME WITH YOU
Choreography: Robert Bondara
Music: Radiohead
Costumes: Robert Bondara
Dancers: YUKA EBIHARA & KRISTÓF SZABÓ

GISELLE – Pas de deux
Choreography: Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot
Music: Adolphe Adam
Set Design: Andrzej Kreutz Majewski
Traditional costumes
Dancers: EVELINA GODUNOVA & YEVGENIY KHISSAMUTDINOV Gold medallist of the 13th International Ballet Competition in Moscow (2017) with her partner

CARAVAGGIO – Duet
Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti
Music: Claudio Monteverdi / Bruno Moretti
Costumes: Kristopher Millar & Lois Swandale
Dancers: NICOLETTA MANNI & CLAUDIO COVIELLO Teatro alla Scala, Milan

MOVING ROOMS – Excerpt
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Alfred Schnittke & Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Costumes: Oliver Haller
Lighting: Bert Dalhuysen
Dancers: ANETA ZBRZEŹNIAK & PAWEŁ KONCEWOJ, KRISTÓF SZABÓ, MARIA ŻUK & MARCO ESPOSITO & Polish National Ballet

PART II 

HUNGARIAN DANCE
(scene from Swan Lake)
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Set and Costume Design: Luisa Spinatelli
Dancers: KRISTÓF SZABÓ & Polish National Ballet

PRAYER
(solo from Kurt Weill)
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Kurt Weill
Costume: Maciej Zień
Dancer: MAKSIM WOITIUL

FAREWELL TO MATHILDE
(duet from Swan Lake)
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Set and Costume Design: Luisa Spinatelli
Dancers: YUKA EBIHARA & DAWID TRZENSIMIECH

SATANELLA – Pas de deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Staging: Walery Mazepczyk
Music: Cesare Pugni
Traditional costumes
Dancers: MAI KAGEYAMA & PATRYK WALCZAK

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
(duet from Tristan)
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Richard Wagner
Projection: Platige Image
Costumes: Maciej Zień
Dancers: CHINARA ALIZADE & MAKSIM WOITIUL

CARMEN – Duet
Choreography: Milana Komarova
Music: Georges Bizet / Rodion Shchedrin
Costumes: Milana Komarova
Dancers: EVELINA GODUNOVA & YEVGENIY KHISSAMUTDINOV Gold medallist of the 13th International Ballet Competition in Moscow (2017) with her partner

GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE
Choreography: Victor Gsovsky
Music: Daniel Auber
Traditional costumes
Dancers: NICOLETTA MANNI & CLAUDIO COVIELLO
Teatro alla Scala, Milan

DON QUIXOTE – Pas de deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Traditional costumes
Dancers: MARIANELA NÚÑEZ & OSIEL GOUNEO
Royal Ballet, London & Bayerische Staatsballett, Munich

PART III

BOLERO
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Maurice Ravel
Costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
Lighting: Bert Dalhuysen
Dancers: YUKA EBIHARA, DAWID TRZENSIMIECH & Polish National Ballet

The evening was hosted by KRZYSZTOF PASTOR, the director of the Polish National Ballet, who was supported ANETA WIRA, a dancer with the Polish National Ballet.

Extensive excerpts of the gala will be available on our VOD platform.