YAGP

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