Kings of the Dance
February, 19-20 8PM, February, 21 3PM / New York (USA) / City Center
starring
David Hallberg (U.S.A.)
Desmond Richardson (U.S.A.)
Jose Manuel Carreno (Cuba)
Marcelo Gomes (Brazil)
Guillaume Cote (Canada)
Joaquin De Luz (Spain)
Denis Matvienko (Ukraine)
Nikolay Tsiskaridze (Russia)
Act One
FILM PRESENTATION
FOR 4
Music: Franz Schubert
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Costumes: Jean-Marc Puissant
First performance: 2006, Kings of the Dance, Costa Mesa, California
Denis Matvienko, Jose Manuel Carreno, Joaquin De Luz, Guillaume Cote (February 19)
David Hallberg, Jose Manuel Carreno, Marcelo Gomes, Guillaume Cote (February 20)
Denis Matvienko, Jose Manuel Carreno, Marcelo Gomes, Guillaume Cote (February 21)
Intermission: 20’
Act Two
SMALL STEPS
Music: Michael Nyman
Choreography: Adam Hougland
First performance: 2009, Kings of the Dance, St. Petersburg
Marcelo Gomes
VESTRIS
Music: Gennady Banshikov
Choreography: Leonid Jakobson
Costume: Elena Zaitseva
First performance: 1969, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Moscow
Denis Matvienko
DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS
Music: Christoph Gluck
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
First performance: 1978, Sir Anthony Dowell, London
David Hallberg
FIVE VARIATIONS ON THEME
Music: J.S.Bach
Choreography: David Fernandez
First performance: 2008, Kings of the Dance, Novosibirsk
Joaquin De Luz
AVE MARIA
Music: Franz Schubert
Choreography: Igal Perry
First performance: 2001, Gen Hashimoto, New York
Jose Manuel Carreno
LAMENT
Choreography: Dwight Rhoden
Music: Charles Veal, Jr., Caroline Worthington
Desmond Richardson
FALLEN ANGEL
Music: Gia Kancheli, Samuel Barber
Choreography: Boris Eifman
First performance: 2009, Tour de Force, Costa Mesa, California
Nikolay Tsiskaridze
Morel et Saint-Loup from ballet “Proust ou les Intermittances du Coeur”
Music: Gabriel Faure
Choreography: Roland Petit
Staging: Luigi Bonino
First performance: 1974, National Ballet of Marseille
Variation: Guillaume Cote (February 19 and 21), Denis Matvienko (February 20)
Pas-de-Deux: Guillaume Cote as Saint Loup, Marcelo Gomes as Morel (February 19)
Pas-de-Deux: Denis Matvienko as Saint Loup, David Hallberg as Morel (February 20)
Pas-de-Deux: Guillaume Cote as Saint Loup, Marcelo Gomes as Morel (February 21)
Intermission: 20’
Act Three
REMANSO
Music: Enrique Granados
Choreography: Nacho Duato
Set and Costumes: Nacho Duato
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Staging: Tony Fabre
Organization and Production: Carlos Iturrioz – Media Producciones SL (Spain)
© Nacho Duato. All Rights Reserved
First performance: 1997, American Ballet Theater, New York
David Hallberg, Guillaume Cote, Marcelo Gomes (February 19)
Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Denis Matvienko, Jose Manuel Carreno (February 20)
David Hallberg, Desmond Richardson, Marcelo Gomes (February 21)
THE GRAND FINALE
Program and Cast Subject to Change
