Nurejew Gala
Cast 26.06.2022
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»It was as if someone had released a wild animal into a living room«, one London journalist wrote in an obituary of Rudolf Nureyev, that remarkable artist who as a dancer recalibrated the world of ballet and as a choreographer breathed new life into the classics.
The Vienna State Ballet’s Nureyev Gala, introduced as the season’s finale by Manuel Legris in 2011, will be continued in alternate years under Martin Schläpfer: »As a bow to this truly exceptional dancer, but also to the work of my predecessor Manuel Legris«, said Martin Schläpfer. In memory of Nureyev, whose influence in Vienna was so strong, not only knowing how to make Russian narrative ballets sparkle but also working together with many leading contemporary choreographers and always being open to new things, in its 2022 Gala, the Vienna State Ballet will present historic work by Marius Petipa alongside contemporary ballet by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, George Balanchine’s glittering virtuoso »Allegro brillante« and the »Songs of a Wayfarer« created especially for Nureyev by Maurice Béjart alongside Martin Schläpfer’s »Hungarian Dances«. Hans van Manen will entrust the students of the Ballet Academy with his ensemble piece »Unisono«.
In future, forms other than classical and modern dance shall also have a place at the Nureyev Gala. The first of these will be provided by David Coria, an artist whose unique elegance, breath-taking virtuosity and compelling aura makes him one of the outstanding flamenco dancers in Spain. The acclaimed star of Stuttgart Ballet Friedemann Vogel will also return to Vienna as a guest alongside Guillaume Côté from The National Ballet of Canada.
PROGRAM
ALLEGRO BRILLANTE
Music Piano Concerto No 3 E flat major, op 75 by Piotr I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
Staging Patricia Neary
Dancers Liudmila Konovalova, Masayu Kimoto & Ensemble Wiener Staatsballett
Piano Shino Takizawa
PAS DE DEUX AUS DEM 2. AKT CENDRILLON
Music Sergei Prokofjew
Choreography Rudolf Nurejew
Staging Charles Jude
Soloists Olga Esina & Roman Lazik
PAS DE DEUX AUS LE CORSAIRE
Music Riccardo Drigo & Ludwig Minkus
Choreography after Marius Petipa & Samuil Andrianov
Staging Martin Schläpfer
Soloists Hyo-Jung Kang & Davide Dato
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION
Music The First Meridian from the Soundtrack The Secret Agent & Façades by Philip Glass
Choreography Sol León & Paul Lightfoot
Staging Olivier Coeffard
Dancers Ioanna Avraam, Masayu Kimoto, Edward Cooper
UNISONO
Music Adagio from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 1 C major Hob. VIIa:1 by Joseph Haydn and Air from Suite No 3 D major BWV 1068 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography Hans van Manen
Students of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper
Staging Larisa Lezhnina
Dancers Students of the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera
Violin Albena Danailova
INTERMISSION
TEMPO
Music Jesús Torres
Dance & Choreography David Coria
Chant David Lagos
Guitar José Luis Medina
UNGARISCHE TÄNZE
Music Hungarian Dances No 1, 2 & 4 WoO 1 Book 1 by Johannes Brahms
Choreography Martin Schläpfer
Dancers Ensemble Wiener Staatsballett
LE CHANT DU COMPAGNON ERRANT
Music Songs of a Wayfarer by Gustav Mahler
Choreography Maurice Béjart
Soloists Friedemann Vogel (Stuttgarter Ballett) & Guillaume Côté (The National Ballet of Canada)
Baritone Andrè Schuen
GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE AUS PAQUITA
Music Ludwig Minkus & Edouard Deldevez
Choreography after Marius Petipa
Staging Alice Necsea
Dancers Maria Yakovleva, Lourenço Ferreira & Ensemble Wiener Staatsballett
»It was as if someone had released a wild animal into a living room«, one London journalist wrote in an obituary of Rudolf Nureyev, that remarkable artist who as a dancer recalibrated the world of ballet and as a choreographer breathed new life into the classics.
The Vienna State Ballet’s Nureyev Gala, introduced as the season’s finale by Manuel Legris in 2011, will be continued in alternate years under Martin Schläpfer: »As a bow to this truly exceptional dancer, but also to the work of my predecessor Manuel Legris«, said Martin Schläpfer. In memory of Nureyev, whose influence in Vienna was so strong, not only knowing how to make Russian narrative ballets sparkle but also working together with many leading contemporary choreographers and always being open to new things, in its 2022 Gala, the Vienna State Ballet will present historic work by Marius Petipa alongside contemporary ballet by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, George Balanchine’s glittering virtuoso »Allegro brillante« and the »Songs of a Wayfarer« created especially for Nureyev by Maurice Béjart alongside Martin Schläpfer’s »Hungarian Dances«. Hans van Manen will entrust the students of the Ballet Academy with his ensemble piece »Unisono«.
In future, forms other than classical and modern dance shall also have a place at the Nureyev Gala. The first of these will be provided by David Coria, an artist whose unique elegance, breath-taking virtuosity and compelling aura makes him one of the outstanding flamenco dancers in Spain. The acclaimed star of Stuttgart Ballet Friedemann Vogel will also return to Vienna as a guest alongside Guillaume Côté from The National Ballet of Canada.
PROGRAM
ALLEGRO BRILLANTE
Music Piano Concerto No 3 E flat major, op 75 by Piotr I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
Staging Patricia Neary
Dancers Liudmila Konovalova, Masayu Kimoto & Ensemble Wiener Staatsballett
Piano Shino Takizawa
PAS DE DEUX AUS DEM 2. AKT CENDRILLON
Music Sergei Prokofjew
Choreography Rudolf Nurejew
Staging Charles Jude
Soloists Olga Esina & Roman Lazik
PAS DE DEUX AUS LE CORSAIRE
Music Riccardo Drigo & Ludwig Minkus
Choreography after Marius Petipa & Samuil Andrianov
Staging Martin Schläpfer
Soloists Hyo-Jung Kang & Davide Dato
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION
Music The First Meridian from the Soundtrack The Secret Agent & Façades by Philip Glass
Choreography Sol León & Paul Lightfoot
Staging Olivier Coeffard
Dancers Ioanna Avraam, Masayu Kimoto, Edward Cooper
UNISONO
Music Adagio from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 1 C major Hob. VIIa:1 by Joseph Haydn and Air from Suite No 3 D major BWV 1068 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography Hans van Manen
Students of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper
Staging Larisa Lezhnina
Dancers Students of the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera
Violin Albena Danailova
INTERMISSION
TEMPO
Music Jesús Torres
Dance & Choreography David Coria
Chant David Lagos
Guitar José Luis Medina
UNGARISCHE TÄNZE
Music Hungarian Dances No 1, 2 & 4 WoO 1 Book 1 by Johannes Brahms
Choreography Martin Schläpfer
Dancers Ensemble Wiener Staatsballett
LE CHANT DU COMPAGNON ERRANT
Music Songs of a Wayfarer by Gustav Mahler
Choreography Maurice Béjart
Soloists Friedemann Vogel (Stuttgarter Ballett) & Guillaume Côté (The National Ballet of Canada)
Baritone Andrè Schuen
GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE AUS PAQUITA
Music Ludwig Minkus & Edouard Deldevez
Choreography after Marius Petipa
Staging Alice Necsea
Dancers Maria Yakovleva, Lourenço Ferreira & Ensemble Wiener Staatsballett