pherank Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) GALA OF THE STARS Orange County’s International Ballet Festival Celebrates 11th Anniversary “Gala Of The Stars” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts Friday, August 17, 2018 at 6pm Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall Tickets: $55-$95http://www.festivalballet.org/gala-of-the-stars/ 2018 Distinguished Guest Artists: Aran Bell, American Ballet Theatre Skylar Brandt, American Ballet Theatre Sasha De Sola, San Francisco Ballet Matthew Golding, former Dutch National Ballet & Royal Ballet Sebastian Kloborg, former Royal Danish Ballet Maria Kotchekova, former San Francisco Ballet & American Ballet Theatre Sarah Lamb, The Royal Ballet Morgan Lugo, Royal Ballet of Flanders Vitor Luiz, San Francisco Ballet Svetlana Lunkina, National Ballet of Canada Evan McKie, National Ballet of Canada Juliano Nunes, Royal Ballet of Flanders Chase O’Connell, Ballet West Beckanne Sisk, Ballet West Edited August 15, 2018 by pherank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksk04 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I keep going back and forth with this because last I checked tickets were still available, but ultimately want to know what they are dancing (can't take another evening like Isadora so soon after the last). There's no one I want to see enough to throw so much caution to the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pherank Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 I haven't been able to find a list of dances (typical with SCFPA), but Sasha De Sola and Vitor Luiz say they will be performing the Don Quixote Pas de Deux. Lunkina may be dancing the Sospiri PDD with Evan McKie. Skylar Brandt will be dancing the Flames of Paris PDD with Aran Bell. Beckanne Sisk and Chase O'Connell will be dancing Gerald Arpino’s Light Rain and Val Caniparoli ‘s Dances for Lou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbarber Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Lunkina and McKie are dancing Sospiri Pas de deux by Juliano Nunes & MASK duet by Douglas Lee . (from McKie's facebook page) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Sasha de Sola and Vitor Luis will perform a pas des deux from Don Quixote (according to Sasha’s instagram). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksk04 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Thanks for the info everyone! I guess it shows I don't do the Instagram thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josette Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I went to last year's performance and enjoyed it tremendously, but a work commitment has gotten in the way this year and I can't get to O.C. by 6 p.m. If you attend the entire event, you get to see the students perform as well, which was great fun to watch. Last year there were several Royal Ballet dancers, which was a special treat. When I saw that they added Kochetkova, I was not so sorry to miss it this year, but I would think that it would still be worth seeing for Lunkina and McKie, alone. It's a very happy event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josette Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Just watched the Don Quixote excerpt from Sasha de Sola. She will probably dance Kitri in the upcoming season. She was slated to dance it the last time SFB performed it, but an injury got in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pherank Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, Josette said: I went to last year's performance and enjoyed it tremendously, but a work commitment has gotten in the way this year and I can't get to O.C. by 6 p.m. If you attend the entire event, you get to see the students perform as well, which was great fun to watch. Last year there were several Royal Ballet dancers, which was a special treat. When I saw that they added Kochetkova, I was not so sorry to miss it this year, but I would think that it would still be worth seeing for Lunkina and McKie, alone. It's a very happy event. Not a Masha fan, Josette? 😉 If she's dancing with Kloborg, that generally means it's going to be a contemporary piece. But I haven't found any clues as to what PDD they are dancing at the festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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