08 June 2021 (Tue), 19:00 World famous Bolshoi Ballet and Opera theatre (established 1776) - Marvellous Main (Historic) Stage - Classical Ballet "Benois de la Danse" - Russian Ballet Oscar. Nominees Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets performed by World and Bolshoi Ballet Stars) Tickets available only at OperaAndBallet.com
Schedule for "Benois de la Danse" - Russian Ballet Oscar. Nominees Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets performed by World and Bolshoi Ballet Stars) 2022
Ballet company: Bolshoi Ballet Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra
At the moment, the programme for 2021 is not known yet. Last year's program:
NOMINEES
CHOREOGRAPHERS Hans van Manen Variations for Two Couples, B. Britten, E. Rautavaara, S. Kovacs Tickmayer, A. Piazolla. Dutch National Ballet.
Justin Peck Year of the Rabbit, S. Stevens. New York City Ballet.
Christopher Wheeldon Cinderella, S. Prokofiev. Dutch National Ballet.
George Williamson Firebird, I. Stravisky. English National Ballet.
FEMALE DANCERS
Gudrun Boyesen Marguerite Gautier in The Lady of Camellias, F. Chopin/J. Neumeier. Royal Danish Ballet.
Maria Kochetkova Tatiana in Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky/J. Cranko. San-Francisco Ballet.
Ksenia Ovsyanick The title role in Firebird, I. Stravinsky/G. Williamson. English National Ballet.
Ekaterina Petina Broken Fall, B. Adamson/R. Maliphant. Bavarian State Ballet.
Olga Smirnova Nikia in La Bayadиre, L. Minkus/M. Petipa, version by Y. Grigorovich; Aspicia in Pharaoh's Daughter, C. Pugni/P. Lacotte after M. Petipa; Anastasia in Ivan the Terrible, S. Prokofiev/Y. Grigorovich;Bolshoi Theatre
Anna Tsigankova The title role in Cinderella, S. Prokofiev/Ch. Wheeldon. Dutch National Ballet.
MALE DANCERS
Matthew Golding Prince in Cinderella, S. Prokofiev/Ch. Wheeldon. Dutch National Ballet.
Taras Domitro Lensky in Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky/J. Cranko. San-Francisco Ballet.
Vladislav Lantratov Solor in La Bayadиre, L. Minkus/M. Petipa, version by Y. Grigorovich; the title role in Ivan the Terrible, S. Prokofiev/Y. Grigorovich. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
Alban Lendorf Armand Duval in The Lady of Camellias, F. Chopin/J. Neumeier. Royal Danish Ballet.
Tigran Mikayelyan Third duo in Goldberg Variations, I. -S. Bach/J. Robbins. Bavarian State Ballet.
Vadim Muntagirov Prince in Sleeping Beauty, P. Tchaikovsky/K. MacMillan. English National Ballet.
Edward Watson Principal in Fool's Paradise, J. Talbot/Ch. Wheeldon. Royal Ballet, London.
About project
International ballet prize by "Benois de la danse" is awarded yearly for the most salient works in the region of choreography in last year. This only in its kind ballet reward of press from the very beginning was named "ballet Oscar".
Prize is founded in Moscow by the international association of the workers of choreography, the now international union of the workers of choreography, and it is represented for the first time in 1991 on the scene of the Bolshoi theater.
Organizer of project - Public Noncommercial Organization "Center of Benoits". The President of union, salient choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, are the artistic leader of project and, on the post, by the chairman of judges.
The yearly changed international judges, which consists of the most authoritative workers of world choreography - leaders of the largest ballet companies, salient choreographers, well-known teachers, the stars of world ballet, advances nominantov and, working for a period of year, as a result are determined best.
Author of the statuette of prize - well-known Parisian sculptor Igor Ustinov, the representative of the renowned family of the Benoits.
The presentation of prize is devoted to the international Day of Dance - on 29 April - Declared UNESCO. The conquerors of prize on all nominations declare during the yearly charitable "Benois de la danse - Gala" the stars of ballet - laureates and degree students of prize.
In 1992 the prize by "Benoits de la of dans" is accepted under patronazh OF UNESCO, in 1996 it is included in the program OF UNESCO "world decade of culture". In 2002 the ministry of culture of the Russian Federation included project into the federal program the "cultural heritage of Russia". Federal agency on culture and cinematography lends financial and organizational support project.
Since 2003 the project was enlarged to the framework of the festival, in program of which in 2004, besides the traditional evening of the presentation of prize and charitable Gala-concert of those rewarded, on 23 February in the London theater of sedlers Wales even on 28 April in the Bolshoi theater in Moscow took place the Gala-concerts the "Stars OF BENOITS DE LA dans - laureates of different years".
From the history of prize
First four years the presentation of prize "BENOITS DE LA DANS" passed to the Bolshoi theater of Russia. The five-year anniversary of prize was noted solemn gala in the palace OF UNESCO in Paris (1996). Then the scene of national theater in Warsaw (1997) assumed prize, State Kremlin palace (1998), Berlin Shtatsopera (1999), Shtatsteatr in Stuttgart (2000).
The tenth anniversary, eleventh and twelfth presentations of prize and BENOIT DE LA DANS - Gala of laureates (2002, 2003, 2004) they again passed in Moscow on the scene of the Bolshoi theater.
Schedule for "Benois de la Danse" - Russian Ballet Oscar. Nominees Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets performed by World and Bolshoi Ballet Stars) 2022
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