La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda is a ballet in three acts and five scenes, inspired by the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, originally choreographed by Jules Perrot to music by Cesare Pugni. It is popular among the audience. In Europe and the Americas, the Esmeralda PDD is the most famous. Because of its excellent dance skills, it is often one of the “must have” pieces in international ballet competitions.

 

Together Alone
Created by the choreography superstar Benjamin Millipied in 2015 to music of Phillipe Glass, Together Alone tells the story of the dichotomy in modern life of being fully accompanied and yet alone at the same time. Modern life is curious, the more we have the more alone people feel. The connection to all is only an illusion.

 

 

Oblivion
This piece plays with the subject of being forgotten! What the passage of instants do in a person, in life, and in love? It touches the idea of the importance to remember and also the san importance of forgetting.

 

Absence of Story
A neoclassical ballet based on the minimalistic movement. Created by one of today's most important Japanese choreographers, the piece is based on only movement and no story. Minimal and beautiful, exciting and sublime. It's a romantic piece, in which Vladimir Malakhov looks beautiful!

 

 

Le Parc
Created in 1994 for the Ballet de l'Opera de Paris, and set to some of Mozart’s most beloved piano concertos, Le Parc has become a masterpiece in the company’s repertoire. Twenty years on, it is still fresh, still beautiful, and every bit as moving. The choreographer, Preljocaj set his ballet in the 17th century France, and uses dancers to embody the noble class of the time.

 

Filia
This piece expresses the beauty of loving and relating with people. The relation of love and care between people we know, people we want to know, and people we need to know. It's a ballet of love and human relationships.

 

 

Don Quixote
Don Quixote is a ballet in four acts and eight scenes, based on episodes taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and first presented by the Ballet of the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow. Pas de deux is the center piece of the full-length Don Quixote.

 

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Although the original production was not a success, that Tchaikovsky had extracted the 20-minute suite from the ballet. However, the complete The Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s.

 

Realeza
Realeza is a ballet that relates to the love of something represented in a person. It explores couple's love, and the fact of becoming infatuated with and becoming one with the person you love.

 

 

Apr. 29th
1. Pas de deux from La Esmeralda
Presenters: Dinu Tamazlacaru, Lisa Pavlov

2. Together Alone
Presenters: Alessio Carbone, Laëtitia Pujol

3. Oblivion
Presenters: Yoel Gonzalez, Aracelis Lobaina

4. Absence of Story
Presenter: Vladimir Malakhov

5. Pas de deux from Flames of Paris
Presenters: Julian Macay, Kristina Kretova

 

- Intermission -

 

1. Pas de deux from Les Sylphide
Presenters: Dinu Tamazlacaru, Lisa Pavlov

2. Le Parc
Presenters: Alessio Carbone, Laëtitia Pujol

3. Filia
Presenters: Yoel Gonzalez, Aracelis Lobaina

4. The Dying Swan
Presenter: Vladimir Malakhov

5. Pas de deux from Don Quixote
Presenters: Julian Macay, Kristina Kretova

Apr. 30th
1. Pas de deux from Les Sylphide
Presenters: Dinu Tamazlacaru, Lisa Pavlov

2. Le Parc
Presenters: Alessio Carbone, Laëtitia Pujol

3. Oblivion
Presenters: Yoel Gonzalez, Aracelis Lobaina

4. Absence of Story
Presenter: Vladimir Malakhov

5. Excerpt from The Nutcracker
Presenter: Julian Macay

 

- Intermission -

 

1. AREPO
Presenter: Alessio Carbone

2. Realeza
Presenters: Yoel Gonzalez, Aracelis Lobaina

3. The Dying Swan
Presenter: Vladimir Malakhov

4. Marguerite and Armand
Presenters: Julian Macay, Kristina Kretova

5. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Presenter: Dinu Tamazlacaru