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[Terry]

Here is the program for this year's gala:
Lots of wonderful dancers (notably Legris and Guerin!!), and some gorgeous pieces (I personally love "La Dame") -- it's a shame we don't get to see them more frequently here. And if anyone did see it, please comment.
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Nijinsky-Gala XXVIII

ConductorÊ Klofpeter Seibel
Philharmonic State Orchestra
HostÊ John Neumeier

Sanday, June 30, 2002, Hamburg State Opera, 6 P.M.

Part I

1st and 2nd movement of
Spring and Fall
Music ÊAnton’n Dvor? - Serenade, op. 22
Choreography and costumesÊ John Neumeier
Alexandre Riabko, Elizabeth Loscavio, Peter Dingle, Guido Warsany

Pression
Music ÊHelmut Lachenmann, Franz Schubert
ChoreographyÊ Mauro Bigonzetti
Costumes ÊKristopher Millar, Lois Swandale
Light ÊCarlo Cerri
Macha Daudel, Sveva Berti, Adrien Boissonnet, Thibaud Cherradi
Aterballetto, Reggio Emilia

Excerpt of
Winterreise
Music ÊHans Zender - A Composed Interpretation of Franz Schubert's Winterreise for Tenor and Orchestra
Choreography and stagingÊ John Neumeier
Sets and costumesÊ Yannis Kokkos
Tenor ÊChristoph Genz
Niurka Moredo, Yukichi Hattori, Alexandre Riabko, Galien Johnston

Excerpt of the 1st act of
Illusions - like "Swan Lake"
Music ÊPeter I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography and stagingÊ John Neumeier
Sets and costumesÊ JŸrgen Rose
Jo‘lle Boulogne, Otto Buben’cek, Carsten Jung

Pas de deux of
Ma Pavlova
Music ÊJules Massent - Meditation from "Thais"
ChoreographyÊ Roland Petit
Costumes ÊLuisa Spinatelli
Eleonora Abbagnato, Manuel Legris - Ballet de l'OpŽra National de Paris

Excerpts of the 3rd act of
The Lady of the Camellias
Music ÊFrŽdŽric Chopin
Choreography and stagingÊ John Neumeier
Sets and costumesÊ JŸrgen Rose
Piano Volker Banfield
Marguerite Gautier ÊIsabelle GuŽrin - Ballet de l'OpŽra National de Paris
Armand Duval ÊLloyd Riggins, Olympia ÊAdŽla Pollertov, Count N. ÊGuido Warsany
and The Hamburg Ballet

An der schšnen blauen Donau
Music ÊJohann Strauss
Choreography, sets and costumesÊ John Neumeier
Heather Jurgensen, Carsten Jung and The School of The Hamburg Ballet

Part II

Sounds of Empty Pages
Music ÊAlfred Schnittke - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Choreography, sets and costumesÊ John Neumeier
Adrian Fadeev, Daria Pavlenko - Ballet of the Mariinsky Theater
Silvia Azzoni, Carsten Jung, SŽbastien Thill and The Hamburg Ballet

Part III

In the Night
Music ÊFrŽdŽric Chopin
ChoreographyÊ Jerome Robbins
Costumes ÊAnthony Dowell
Lumi�resÊ Jennifer Tipton
Am KlavierÊ Maria Babanina
Lisa-Maree Cullum, Roman Lazik, Kusha Alexi, Oliver Wehe, Maria Eichwald, Kirill Melnikov
Bayerisches Staatsballett

Night
Music ÊGustav Mahler - Third Symphony, 4th movement
ChoreographyÊ John Neumeier
Alto ÊN.N.
Laura Cazzaniga, Otto Buben’cek, Peter Dingle

Pas de deux of
A Cinderella Story
Music ÊSergej Prokofiev
Choreography and stagingÊ John Neumeier
Sets and costumesÊ JŸrgen Rose
LightÊ Max Keller
Eleonora Abbagnato, Manuel Legris - Ballet de l'OpŽra National de Paris

Excerpt of
Peer Gynt
Music ÊAlfred Schnittke
Choreography and stagingÊ John Neumeier
Sets and costumesÊ JŸrgen Rose
Anna Polikarpova, Ivan Urban,
The Hamburg Ballet and The School of The Hamburg Ballet

[Kevin Ng]

Terry, there's a review of this gala which was part of Hamburg Ballet's "Ballet Days" in the Oct. issue of the British magazine "Dance Expression".

I am delighted that the Hamburg Ballet will tour Hong Kong next March with "Nijinsky", "Lady of the Camellias", and "St. Matthew Passion" as part of its Asian tour.