On 31 March 2016, the 2nd International Iván Nagy Ballet Gala takes place at the Opera House in memorian of the internationally renowned ballet dancer and ballet director. The gala features guest soloist from leading European companies as well as the stars of the Hungarian National Ballet.
Internationally renowned ballet dancer and several-time ballet director Iván Nagy passed away in 2014. After returning to Hungary, he had committed himself to the service of his homeland and worked with us again as a consultant to the Hungarian State Opera. He imparted a wide range of professional knowledge, enhancing the Hungarian National Ballet’s work and leaving a great empty space in our ensemble’s ranks with his demise. In his memory, we each year organise an international ballet gala night, in which soloists from the greatest ballet companies in the world join the artists of the Opera’s ballet ensemble to pay tribute to Iván Nagy’s knowledge and humanity.
For the first time, the Solymosi Arts Award founded by ballet director Tamás Solymosi is presented on this evening. The Award was founded to help the career of young ballet dancers who participated in the new production of The Nutcracker presented by the Hungarian State Opera last November.
Soloists: Yonah Acosta, Yoel Carreno (English National Ballet), Yuhui Choe (Royal Ballet), Ivan Zaitcev, Agelina Vorontsova (Mikhailovsky Theatre), Alexandra Kozmér, Zoltán Oláh, Aliya Tanykpayeva, Dmitry Timofeev, Karina Sarkissova, Ievgen Lagunov, Lili Felméry, Gergely Leblanc, Tatiana Melnik, Gergő Balázsi, Elizaveta Cheprasova (Hungarian National Ballet)
The programme also features young talents of the Hungarian Dance Academy, soloists of the Csillagszemű Dance Ensemble, and the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Imre Kollár
Programme:
Presentation of the Solymosi Award
“Legényes” young mens' dance from Kalotaszeg / Csárdás; choreography by Sándor Timár (Tara Braun and Örs Tordi Teszársz, soloists of the Csillagszemű (Starry-Eyed) Dance Ensemble)
R. Dawson – M. Richter: On the Nature of Daylight (Alexandra Kozmér and Zoltán Oláh)
N. Duato – F. Schubert: Without Words (Ivan Zaitcev and Angelina Vorontsova)
M. Petipa – Sir P. Wright – P. I. Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty pas de deux (Aliya Tanykpayeva and Dmitry Timofeev)
V. Vainonen – B. Asafiev: Flames of Paris pas de deux (Karina Sarkissova and Ievgen Lagunov)
M. Petipa – P. I. Tchaikovsky: Black Swan pas de deux (Yonah Acosta and Yuhui Choe)
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J. Brieber – Z. Kodály: “Toborzó” recruiting dance (Hungarian Dance Academy)
G. Balanchine – P. I. Tchaikovsky: Tchaikovsky pas de deux (Lili Felméry and Gergely Leblanc)
M. Petipa – R. Drigo: The Talisman pas de deux (Yonah Acosta and Yuhui Choe)
M. Petipa – C. Pugni: Diana and Acteon pas de deux (Tatiana Melnik and Gergő Balázsi)
M. Petipa – R. Drigo: Le Corsaire pas de deux (Yoel Carreno and Elizaveta Cheprasova)
M. Petipa – A. Gorsky – M. Messerer – L. Minkus: Don Quixote pas de deux (Ivan Zaitcev and Angelina Vorontsova)
