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Friday, July 21
6:30 PM
Festival Napa Valley Stage at Charles Krug
Dance Gala: Reunited in Dance
Pas de Deux
From The Sleeping Beauty
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Anastasia Demidova and Boris Zhurilov
White Swan: Adagio
From Swan Lake
Choreography: Lev Ivanov
Music: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Yekaterina Chebykina and Xander Parish
Le Spectre de la Rose
Choreography: Michel Fokine
Music: Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Jasmine Henry and Yago Gonzaga
Solo
From Carmen Suite
Choreography: Alberto Alonso
Music: Georges Bizet/Rodion Shchedrin
Performed by Katia Raj
Pas de Deux
From The Flames of Paris
Choreography: Vasily Vainonen
Music: Boris Asafyev
Performed by Joy Womack and Vsevolod Maevsky
Pas de Deux
From Le Corsaire
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pavel Oldenburgsky
Performed by Andrea Laššáková and Boris Zhurilov
Ballet 101
Choreography: Eric Gauthier
Voiceover: Eric Gauthier
Performed by Xander Parish
Selections from Paquita
Choreography: Marius Petipa and Pierre-Frédéric Malavergne
Music: Édouard Deldevez
“Humpbacked Horse” performed by Jasmine Henry
“Sylphide” performed by Katia Raj
“Male Solo” performed by Yago Gonzaga
“Le Pavillon d’Amide” performed by Anastasia Demidova
“Trilby” performed by Joy Womack
“Male Solo” performed by Vsevolod Maevsky
Solo
From BA//CH
Choreography: Ilya Jivoy
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Ilya Jivoy
After the Rain
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Arvo Pärt
Performed by Andrea Laššáková and Adrian Blake Mitchell
Pas de Deux
From Don Quixote
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Performed by Kateryna Chebykina and Oscar Frame
About the dancers
Xander Parish (OBE), Artistic Director
United Kingdom
Formerly with the Mariinsky Theatre
Currently with the Norwegian National Ballet
Adrian Blake Mitchell
United States
Formerly with the Mikhailovsky Ballet
Yekaterina Chebykina
Ukraine
Formerly with the Mariinsky Ballet
Anastasia Demidova
Russia
Formerly with the Mariinsky Ballet
Currently with Norwegian National Ballet
Oscar Frame
United Kingdom
Formerly with the Bolshoi Ballet
Currently with The State Ballet of Georgia
Yago Gonzaga
Brazil
Formerly with the Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre
Currently with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Ilya Jivoy
Russia
Formerly with the Mariinsky Ballet
Andrea Laššáková
Slovak Republic
Formerly with the Mikhailovsky Ballet
Vsevolod Maevsky
Ukraine
Formerly with the Mariinsky Ballet
Currently with Semperoper Ballet, Dresden
Joy Womack
United States
Formerly with Astrakhan Opera and Ballet
Currently with Paris Opera Ballet
Boris Zhurilov
Russia
Formerly with Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Ballet
Currently with the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest