10th Iván Nagy International Ballet Gala

The World of Ballet Remembers a Hungarian Legend

classical Classical ballet 12
Hungarian State Opera
Running time including interval
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  • Interval:
  • Part II:
2014 saw the sudden passing of the international ballet artist and ballet director Iván Nagy. After his retirement, he had returned to serve his country by working as head artistic consultant for the Hungarian State Opera. He used his wide-ranging knowledge of the profession to help the work of the Hungarian National Ballet; his departure left a gaping hole in the members of the corps de ballet. Since then, we have organised a ballet night in his honour every year, where soloists from the most important corps de ballet from all across the world – Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Bolshoi, Páris Opera, Het Nationale Ballet – and the performers of the OPERA’s corps de ballet pay tribute to Iván Nagy’s greatness in the profession and as a person. On the same day, we will award an artist of the Hungarian National Ballet with the Solymosi Award, which is given to the best dancer from the December run of The Nutcracker or an employee playing an important role behind the scenes.

Programme

Part One

Paquita Suite – polonaise and mazurka
Choreography after Marius Petipa by Albert Mirzoyan, Irina Prokofieva, Tamás Solymosi
Composers: Ludwig Minkus, Édouard Deldevez
Répétiteur: Nataliia Yakushkina
Featuring the students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute

The Sleeping Beauty – pas de deux
Choreographers: Marius Petipa, Sir Peter Wright, Sir Frederick Ashton
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Répétiteur: Gergely Leblanc
Featuring Maria Beck (principal of the Hungarian National Ballet) and Gergő Ármin Balázsi (principal and Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet)

Romunsko Gili Tuche Tuche – pas de trois
Choreographer and répétiteur: Dénes Kovács
Composer and librettist: Nicolae Guta
Featuring Kamilla Széles, Bori Szöllősi, and Petra Varga (students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute)

Grand Pas Classique – pas de deux
Choreographer: Victor Gsovsky
Composer: Daniel Auber
Featuring Nicoletta Manni (principal and Étoile of Teatro alla Scala) and Timofej Andrijashenko (principal of Teatro alla Scala)

Duet
Choreographer: Wayne Eagling
Composer: Richard Wagner
Répétiteur: Tamás Solymosi
Featuring Maria Yakovleva (principal and Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet) and Scrivener Louis (principal and Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet)

Don Quixote – pas de deux
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Composer: Ludvig Minkus
Featuring N. N.

interval

Part Two

Diana and Acteon pas de deux
Choreographer: Agrippina Vaganova
Composer: Cesare Pugni
Répétiteur: N. N.
Featuring the Hungarian National Ballet

Fado
Choreographer: Rafai-Vetési Adrienn
Composer: Armandinho
Libretist: Lídia Jorge
Solo by Lilla Emese Varga (student and Chamber Artist of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute)

La fille mal gardée – pas de deux
Choreographer: Alexander Gorsky
Composer: Peter Ludwig Hertel
Featuring Elizaveta Kokoreva (principal of the Bolshoi Theatre) and Alexei Putinstev (first soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre)

Tango Argentino
Choreographer: László Budai
Composer and librettist: Pablo Milanes
Featuring Maya Hegyi and László Budai

The Flames of Paris – Jeanne and Philippe's pas de deux-je from act three
Choreographer: Vasily Vainonen
Composer: Boris Asafyev
Featuring Tatyjana Melnyik (principal and Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet) és Motomi Kiyota (first soloist and Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet)

Le corsaire – pas de deux
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Composer: Adolphe Adam
Répétiteur: Tamás Solymosi
Featuring Madison Young (principal of the Wiener Staatsoper) and Victor Caixeta (principal of the Wiener Staatsoper)