Cygnet Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 The 2012 Benois de la danse nominees were announced this evening in Moscow: CHOREOGRAPHERS Patrick De Bana – Marie Antoinette, for Vienna State Ballet Jean-Guillame Bart – La Source, for Paris Opéra Ballet Lar Lubovitch – Crisis Variations, for Lubovitch Dance Company Chung Eui-Sook and Daniel H. Byun – Interview with Isang Yun, for Arzid Modern Dance Company of Seoul Boris Eifman – Rodin, for State Academic St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman BALLERINAS Kathleen Breen Combes – Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Boston Ballet Olga Esina – The title role in Marie Antoinette, Vienna State Ballet Kim Ji-Young – The title role in Giselle, Korea National Ballet Alina Cojocaru – Julie in Liliom, Hamburg Ballet Sara Mearns – Honorata in Ocean’s Kingdom, New York City Ballet Evgenia Obraztsova – Kitri in Don Quixote, Bolshoi Ballet Laëtitia Pujol – The title role in Cinderella, Paris Opéra Ballet DANCERS Matthew Golding – Prince and the Mouse King in Nutcracker, Dutch National Ballet Vladislav Lantratov – Basil in Don Quixote, Bolshoi Ballet Lee Dong-Hoon – Albert in Giselle, Korea National Ballet Chase Finlay – The title role in Apollo, New York City Ballet Mathias Heymann - Zaȅl in La Source, Paris Opéra Ballet Carsten Jung – The title role in Liliom, Hamburg Ballet COMPOSERS Michel Legrand – Liliom, Hamburg Ballet Sir Paul McCartney – Ocean’s Kingdom, New York City Ballet (Source for information listed above: http://www.pointemag...ois-de-la-danse) The winners will be announced as follows; (source for information listed below: http://benois.theatr...h/history/2012/) Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Centre Benois Bolshoi Theatre of Russia 22 May 2012 Charity Gala of the Nominees to Benois de la Danse-2012 and the Award Ceremony 23 May 2012 Charity Gala “STARS OF BENOIS DE LA DANSE” CHAIRMAN — YURI GRIGOROVICH THE STARS OF THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMMES: Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Boston Ballet (USA) Drew Jacobi and Rubinald Pronk (USA) Fernando Romero (Spain) Hamburg Ballet (Germany) Het National Ballet (Netherlands) Korea National Ballet Lar Lubovich Dance Company (USA) Les Ballets de Monte Carlo Mariinsky Theatre (Russia) Munich Ballet (Germany) Paris Opera Ballet State Ballet of Boris Eifman (Russia) Stuttgart State Ballet (Germany) Vienna State Ballet (Austria) Wang Di (People Republic of China) *Update 4-26-12. The site now lists the May 23 gala programme participants the 2012 jury panel. http://benois.theatre.ru/english/massmedia/news/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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