Benois de la Danse 2017, Defile of the Stars and New Laureates, shot in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow on 30.5.2017.

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See also what happened day later at Benois de la Danse 2017, Brilliant Quarter of Century

Program and Cast

Part 1

Victoria Jaiani and Joseph Walsh (San Francisco Ballet) in Toi Moi, music by Ilya Demutsky, choreography by Yuri Possokhov. World Premiere.

Elisa Badenes and David Moor (Stuttgart State Ballet) in Salomé, music by Vladimir Martynov, choreography by Demis Volpi

Ida Kallanvaara and Giacomo Altovino (Dortmund Ballet) in Hora, music by Ada Milea, choreography by Edward Clug

Maria Riccetto and Gustavo Carvalho (Uruguay National Ballet) in Romeo and Juliet, music by Sergei Prokofiev, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan.

Ayano Kimura and Brooklyn Mack (The Washington Ballet) in Diana and Actaeon, music by Cesare Pugni, choreography by Agrippina Vaganova

Seul-Ki Park and Jae-Woo Lee (Korean National Ballet) in Spartacus, music by Aram Khachaturian, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich

Misa Kuranaga and Paolo Arrais (Boston Ballet) in Tchaikovsky pas de Deux, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, choreography by George Balanchine

Part 2

Lauren Strongin and Joseph Walsh (San-Francisco Ballet) in Seven Sonatas, music by Domenico Scarlatti, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky

Drew Jacoby and Matt Foley (Royal Ballet of Flanders) in Dido and Aenas, music by Henry Purcell, choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Léonore Baulac and Hugo Marchand (Paris Opera Ballet) in Romeo and Juliet, music by Sergei Prokofiev, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev

Davide Dato (Vienna State Ballet) as Abderakhman in Raymonda, music by Alexander Glazunov, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev.

Nina Kaptsova and Denis Rodkin in Lady of the Camellias, music by Frédéric Chopin, choreography by John Neumeier

Mi Ji Chekal, Na Rea Han, Eun Young Joung, Hyo Hyun Kang, Ha Lim Kim, Ji He Kim, Seul Ki Park (Korean National Ballet) in Into the Pulse, music by Puri, choreography by Hyo-Hyun Kang

Photos by Jack Devant Ballet Photography with kind permission of the Benois de la Danse and Bolshoi Theatre, special thanks to Nina Kudriavtseva-Loory and Regina Nikiforova.