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YAGP 2011 GALA: “STARS OF TODAY MEET THE STARS OF TOMORROW” Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 7:30pm < New York City Center ACT I: “STARS OF TOMORROW” The top finalists and scholarship winners of the YAGP 2011 New York City Finals. Students from Beijing Dance Academy, P.R. of China “Point and Line” Choreography: Zhang Di Sha Music: Wen Zi YAGP 2011 Finalists “Grand Defile” Choreography: Carlos dos Santos, Jr. Music: Peter Tchaikovsky ACT II: “STARS OF TODAY” Tiler Peck and Tyler Angle (New York City Ballet) “Mercurial Maneuvers” Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Roderick George (YAGP Alumnus, Theater Basel) (Presented as part of “Emerging Choreographer Series”) "The Darkness is Blinding” – WORLD PREMIERE Choreography: Roderick George Music: Ólafur Arnalds Melanie Hamrick and Jose Manuel Carreño (American Ballet Theatre) “Transparante” – NY PREMIERE Choreography: Ronald Savkovic Music: Fado Portugues Myriam Ould Braham -- NY DEBUT and Karl Paquette (Paris Opera Ballet) “Delibes Suite” – NY PREMIERE Choreography: Jose Martinez Music: Leo Delibes Caroline Fermin, Troy Ogilvie, Francesca Romo, Dan Walczak, Jonathan Windham, Arika Yamada (Gallim Dance Company) (Presented as part of “Emerging Choreographer Series”) “I Can See Myself In Your Pupil” Choreography: Andrea Miller Music: Balkan Beat Box Francesca Podini (La Scala Ballet) -- NY DEBUT, Thomas Forster (American Ballet Theatre) and Rubinald Pronk (Dutch National Ballet) “Ami” – WORLD PREMIERE Choreography: Marcelo Gomes Music: Frédéric Chopin Dancers TBA "Piece D'Occasion"– WORLD PREMIERE Choreography: Benjamin Millepied Music: Ludwig van Beethoven Daniel Ulbricht (New York City Ballet) “Piazzolla Tango” Choreography: Servy Gallardo Music: Astor Piazzola Yuan Yuan Tan and Anthony Spaulding (San Francisco Ballet) “Diving into the Lilacs” Choreography: Yuri Possokhov Music: Boris Tchaikovsky Viengsay Valdes (National Ballet of Cuba) and Ivan Vasiliev (Bolshoi Ballet) “Don Quixote” Pas de Deux Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Ludwig Minkus Program subject to change.

Dear Colleagues, At this time, we would like to post the YAGP 2008 Gala program for your review. We hope to see you at the show. Please note that, as with all dance events, the program is subject to change if any unexpected circumstances arise. With warmest regards, YAGP "STARS OF TODAY MEET THE STARS OF TOMORROW": YAGP 2008 GALA Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:00pm New York City Center ACT I: STARS OF TOMORROW Winners of Youth America Grand Prix 2008 international student ballet and contemporary dance competition "Grand Defilé" (piece d'occasion, featuring all YAGP participants) Choreography: Carlos dos Santos,Jr Music: Peter Tchaikovsky ACT II: STARS OF TODAY Jin Yao, Huang Zhen (Hong Kong Ballet) "Grand Pas Classique" Choreography: Daniel Auber Music: Victor Gsovsky Sarawanee Tanatanit, Blaine Hoven (American Ballet Theatre) "Tacacá" – WORLD PREMIERE Choreography: Marcelo Gomes – CHOREOGRAPHIC DEBUT Music: Batucada Brasileira Hee Seo (American Ballet Theatre), Ivan Ortega (Stuttgart Ballet) "Godspeed" – NY Debut Choreography: Goyo Montero Music: Black Emperor Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev (Bolshoi Ballet) "Flames of Paris" Pas de Deux Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Ludwig Minkus Drew Jacoby, Rubinald Pronk (Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company) "Alloy" – WORLD PREMIERE Choreography: Adam Hougland Music: Schlagwerk Nordwest Percussion Ensemble Wendy Whelan, Philip Neal (New York City Ballet) "Chaconne" Choreography: George Balanchine Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck © The George Balanchine Trust Nicole Loizides, Steven Marshall (MOMIX) "Millennium Skiva" Choreography: Moses Pendleton and Company Music: Brainbug Polina Semionova (Berlin State Opera Ballet), Roberto Bolle (La Scala Ballet) "Carmen" Choreography: Roland Petit Music: George Bizet Mizuka Ueno (Tokyo Ballet), Jose Manuel Carreno, David Hallberg (American Ballet Theatre) "Le Corsaire" Pas de Trois Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Richard Drigo Program subject to change.

Dear friends, For your information, we would like to post the lastest program information as of April 20th. We are very excited, and we hope to see you all at the Gala. ACT I: STARS OF TOMORROW Winners of Youth America Grand Prix 2007 international student ballet and contemporary dance competition “Grand Defilé” (piece d'occasion, featuring all YAGP participants) Choreography: Carlos dos Santos,Jr Music:Anatol Liadov ACT II: STARS OF TODAY Aurelie Dupont, Manuel Legris (Paris Opera Ballet) “Petite Mort" Choreography: Jiri Kylian Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cecilia Kerche, Vitor Luiz (Ballet Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro) “La Esmeralda” – Pas De Deux" Choreography: Jules Perrot Music: Cesare Pugni Sascha Radetsky, Stella Abrera (ABT) “Jabula” – Pas de Deux Choreography: Natalie Weir Music: Hans Zimmer Xiomara Reyes, Gennadi Saveliev (ABT) “Spring Waters” Choreography: Asaf Messerer Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff MOMIX "Moonbeams" (from “Lunar Sea”) Choreography: Moses Pendleton Music: Kevin Dooley, The Star Seeds Complexions Contemporary Ballet “Choke” - WORLD PREMIERE Choreography: Dwight Rhoden Music: Sergey Gordeev Paloma Herrera (ABT) and Nicolaj Hübbe (NYCB) “Rubies” (from “Jewels”) Choreography: George Balanchine Music: Igor Stravinsky Isabella Boylston (ABT, YAGP Alumna) and David Hallberg (ABT) "Quiet Music" - WORLD PREMIERE Choreography: Benjamin Millepied Music by: Nico Muhly Ashley Bouder (NYCB) and Joseph Phillips (San Francisco Ballet, YAGP alumnus) “Stars and Stripes” Choreography: George Balanchine Music: John Philip Sousa Alicia Amatriain, Jason Reilly (Stuttgart Ballet) “Mono Lisa” – NEW YORK PREMIERE Choreography: Itzik Galili Music: Thomas Höfs Aurelie Dupont, Manuel Legris (Paris Opera Ballet) “La Dame aux Camelias" - Black Pas De Deux Choreography: John Neumeier Music: Frederic Chopin Marianela Nuñez, Thiago Soares (The Royal Ballet) “Le Corsaire” - Pas De Deux Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Adolphe Adam

I would also like to add a note about Polina Semionova - we have been in communication with her regarding making her New York debut at the YAGP 2007 Gala, but, unfortunately, it will not be possible as she is performing in the opening night of Sylvia with Berlin Staatsoper on April 29th. We are already checking into the possibilities in 2008, as we believe she is an extraordinary artist who will bring a lot of joy to the New York audiences.

Dear friends, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and wish you all a wonderful New Year ahead. I have some information in regard to the questions you raise. First, regarding the moving of the date - we have, indeed, moved it to April 30th from May 1st. Originally, we tried our hardest to make it possible to have our Gala on a Monday, as is our usual preferred format (competition on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the Gala on Monday). However, because of a very tight schedule following the load-out of Eifman Ballet (which finishes late Sunday night on April 29th), City Center was telling us that it was impossible to do Monday, so we were stuck with Tuesday, May 1. However, when NYCB moved its Gala date to May 1, it created a serious conflict for the NYCB dancers we have invited to perform at the Gala, as well as for our audiences, donors, and Board members who wanted to attend both Galas. So we revisited the issue and, after a lot of team work and creative thinking, were able to find a way to hold the Gala on Monday, April 30th. This will require a much higher financial commitment from YAGP, but we decided to do it because we really did not want to ask New York City audiences to choose between the NYCB Gala and the YAGP Gala - and we did not want to exclude the NYCB dancers from dancing in the Gala. Regarding the artist line-up for the Gala, we will announce it very soon. At this time, we are finalizing our agreements with artists from Paris Opera Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Ballet, Monte Carlo Ballet, ABT, NYCB, MOMIX, and some others. All we can say at this time is that, like in the past 7 years, the audiences will not be disappointed. Happy New Year! Sergey Gordeev