Star-studded cast announced for Toronto Ballet Gala

Evan McKie and Svetlana Lunkina in Chroma. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic

Canada All-Star Ballet Gala on Oct 28th at Sony Centre, Toronto:
Updated programming and performers October 10

ACT 1
D. Auber. GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE Choreography by Victor Gsovsky
Principal Dancer of the National Ballet of Canada
and English National Ballet
Jurgita Dronina
Principal Dancer of the English National Ballet
Aaron Robison

Shiraz Sketch by J. Farah. Excerpt from CHILDREN OF CHAOS
(World Premier, second representation) Choreography by Robert Binet
Costume design: Robyn Clarke
Soloist of the National Ballet of Canada
Emma Hawes (debut)
Ballet artist of the National Ballet of Canada
Christopher Gerty (debut)

E. Bosso, A. Vivaldi. Duet from WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Principal Dancer of San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
Maria Kochetkova,
Soloist of San Francisco Ballet
Carlo Di Lanno

Ph. Glass. REPLAY Choreography by Ted Brandsen
Principal Dancers  of the Dutch National Ballet
Anna Ol, Remi Wortmeier

P. Tchaikovsky. WHITE SWAN pas de deux from SWAN LAKE Choreography by David Dawson
Principal Dancers of the National Ballet of Canada
Svetlana Lunkina, Evan McKie

G. Bizet. Pas de deux from CARMEN Choreography by Roland Petit
Soloists of the the Teatro alla Scala
Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko(debut)

A. Pärt. AFTER THE RAIN Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Principal Dancer of the Royal Ballet, London
Lauren Cuthbertson, Former Soloist of the Royal Ballet Eric Underwood

INTERMISSION

ACT 2
P. Tchaikovsky. Pas de deux from SLEEPING BEAUTY Choreography by Marius Petipa
Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre
Anastasia Lukina
Soloist of the Bavarian Ballet, Munich
Dmitry Vyskubenko(debut)

Georgian folk melodies. Duet from SAGALOBELI Choreography by Yuri Possokhov
Principal Dancers of the National Ballet of Canada
Svetlana Lunkina, Piotr Stanczyk (debut)

B. Moretti after C. Monteverdi. Duet from CARAVAGGIO Choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti
Soloists of the Teatro alla Scala
Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko

S. Rachmaninoff. PENUMBRA Choreography by Remi Wortmeier
Principal Dancers of the Dutch National Ballet
Anna Ol, Remi Wortmeier

Scanner. QUALIA Choreography by Wayne McGregor
Principal Dancers of the Royal Ballet, London
Lauren Cuthbertson, Eric Underwood

S. Rachmaninoff. Duet from BELLS Choreography by Yuri Possokhov
Principal Dancer of San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
Maria Kochetkova
Soloist of San Francisco Ballet
Carlo Di Lanno.

S. Prokofiev. Duet from ROMEO AND JULIET Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev
Principal Dancer of the National Ballet of Canada and English National Ballet
Jurgita Dronina
Principal Dancer of the English National Ballet
Aaron Robison

J. Talbot, J. White. Duet from CHROMA Choreography by Wayne McGregor
Principal Dancers of the National Ballet of Canada
Svetlana Lunkina, Evan McKie
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