YAGP 25th Anniversary Kick-off Gala, New York April 11, 2023

[Sabine0308]

On April 11, 2023 YAGP will kick off the celebrations for its 25th anniversary with a special gala in New York, Lincoln Center. I have put this event in the calendar some time ago, here is now the poster with current information.

 

Link to the event and gala dinner

https://yagp.org/25-anniversary-kick-off-gala-event/

 

[Sabine0308]

Update regarding dancers/performers and tickets is here:

https://yagp.org/25-anniversay-kick-off-gala-performance/

 

-Evelina Godunova and Shale Wagman will perform Vasili Vainonen's "Flames of Paris" PDD

-Jun Masuda and Shale Wagman will perform Marco Goecke's "Hungarian Dance no. 1" (J. Brahms)

 

 

Hello,

I need again your help. I posted a link to YAGP'S Facebook Page but just noticed they deleted it (and made a new post for the same subject). 

This is the correct link

https://fb.watch/jrkdlk-2vB/

 

Edited March 23, 2023 by Ian Macmillan
At request of original poster

[Sabine0308]

Some more info on the programme:

 

The world’s largest student ballet scholarship competition - YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX (YAGP) – returns to Lincoln Center, New York City for the first time since before the covid pandemic to host its 2023 Stars of Today Meets the Stars of Tomorrow Gala.

The Gala kicks off YAGP’s 25th Anniversary season, with a program that features the World Premiere of Reflective Response #1, danced by Michaela Mabinty DePrince*, choreographed by My’Kal Stromile, both from Boston Ballet. Accompanying the piece is 15-year-old prodigy singer Paloma Dineli Chesky and Grammy Award-nominated pianist David Chesky, performing live. In his New York debut, Jacopo Tissi (La Scala Ballet) will dance the U.S. Premiere of a solo excerpt from the ballet, The Ninth Wave, choreographed by Bryan Arias. Tissi will also dance Le Corsaire Act II pas de deux with Christine Shevchenko* (American Ballet Theatre). Jun Masuda* (Tulsa Ballet) and Shale Wagman* (Bavarian State Ballet, New York debut), will dance the U.S. Premiere of Hungarian Dances, and Wagman will join Evelina Godunova (Berlin State Ballet, New York debut) for a pas de deux from Flames of Paris. Tiler Peck (New York City Ballet) and Roman Mejia (New York City Ballet) will perform a pas de deux from George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Constantine Allen* (Dutch National Ballet) will perform 5 Tango’s choreographed by the legendary Hans van Manen, and Chloe Misseldine* (American Ballet Theatre) will perform William Tell. Claudia Mota and Allen will perform the iconic pas de deux from Le Parc by Angelin Prejlocaj.

Israeli choreographers, Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal, will present rarely seen works performed by YAGP International Contemporary Dance Ensemble (ICE), made up of 35 dancers, spanning 15 countries. Dancers from around the world auditioned for ICE, then flew to Israel in December 2022 to rehearse with the ballet masters. 18 dancers from the ensemble will perform excerpts from OCD Love and Decadance at the Gala.

Sharing a stage with these ballet superstars are YAGP’s 2023 competition winners (stars of tomorrow), dancing contemporary and classical ballet favorites. These talented young dancers (ages 9 - 19) will dance in front of top ballet school directors and company heads in hopes of scholarships and job opportunities.

18 year-old Yeva Hrytsak will dance the Lilac Fairy Variation from Sleeping Beauty. Hrytsak is from Ukraine and now trains with American Ballet Theatre JKO School, made possible by a generous grant from the Howard G. Buffet Foundation to support YAGP’s Ukraine relief efforts. When the war on Ukraine began, YAGP worked quickly to relocate dance students from Ukraine and place them in YAGP partner schools in Europe and the United States to safely continue their dance training. To date, YAGP’s Ukraine Relief campaign has put over 200 dancers on a path to a professional career in dance. For more information, see YAGP’s Founder Larissa Saveliev on CBS 60 Minutes. Proceeds from the Gala benefit YAGP’s Ukraine efforts as well as dance scholarships and education.

Edited March 30, 2023 by Sabine0308

[Sabine0308]

The gala was obviously a hit, but was a bit "overshadowed" by yellow press reports about the following gala dinner, mentioning with pictures all the YAGP board members and celebrities who attended the event. It's not fair that only very few dancers were barely mentioned and pictured. Ah well.

Here is a Fjord review, making up for this:

 

Starry Night

 

[Jan McNulty]

4 minutes ago, Sabine0308 said:

The gala was obviously a hit, but was a bit "overshadowed" by yellow press reports about the following gala dinner, mentioning with pictures all the YAGP board members and celebrities who attended the event. It's not fair that only very few dancers were barely mentioned and pictured. Ah well.

Here is a Fjord review, making up for this:

 

Starry Night

 

As reported in Friday’s Links:

 

 

[Ondine]

What a great review, I chuckled aloud at parts of it! Thank you.

 

It's a shame some of the current Royal Ballet 'stars' who were past prizewinners coudn't have participated, but I suspect Cinderella prep and injury (eg  Mayara Magri, New York Finals 2011 Grand Prix Award Winner, age 16, Marcelino Sambe who astonished with the Flames of Paris Variation, YAGP 2009 age 14) were stumbling blocks. Both of those are on YAGP YouTube archive and wow.

 

And while not 'Misseldine’s practically-perfect account of Bournonville’s “William Tell” solo'  from the 2023 gala, here she is at a 2021 gala. I love Bournonville.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sabine0308]

Ha @Ondine let's not talk about who was/wasn't invited.🙃  It's always unfair, imo. See special 50 years PdL gala this year with lots of dancers who never participated in Prix.🙄

I liked the YAGP gala review too.🙂

Edited April 23, 2023 by Sabine0308

[Ondine]

Yes I did note the PdL gala lack of certain 'invitations to the ball'! And others who were never there getting the magic wand treatment. Mmmmm.

 

I love these YAGP 'journey' compilations. How about (quote from the above review):

'...a lanky teenager in a glittering red vest doing quintuple attitude turns (Alexei Orohovsky, 15, in “Paquita.” He rushed, but he’s got the goods.)' His 'tiny tot' dancing was adorable!