Art for Life

Art for Life

Ballet

Ballet gala in support of the National Cancer Institute
 
 

The new SND building, Opera and Ballet hall

The ballet gala Art for Life is a continuation of a long-standing tradition, which was initiated by the National Cancer Institute in Bratislava. The main idea of the event is to raise awareness and support the battle with cancer. Based on the philosophy that art can heal, the principal ballet stage brings a unique, stylistically rich programme featuring the leading soloists of the Slovak National Theatre Ballet and performers from renowned European companies.

PROGRAM

CARMINA BURANA

CHOREOGRAPHY Edward Clug
MUSIC Carl Orff
CAST Romina Kołodziej, Adrián Szelle and Corps de Ballet

THREE
CHOREOGRAPHY Ondrej Šoth
MUSIC Haevn
CAST Tetiana Lubska, Gennaro Sorbino
 
ANNA KARENINA
CHOREOGRAPHY Anželika Cholina
MUSIC Alfred Schnittke
CAST Olga Chelpanova, Kristian Achberger
 
FINDING LIGHT
CHOREOGRAPHY Edwaard Liang
MUSIC Antonio Vivaldi
CAST Lucía Lacarra, Matthew Golding
 
GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE
CHOREOGRAPHY Viktor Gsovsky
MUSIC Daniel-Francois E. Auber
CAST Ksenia Ovsyanick, Alejandro Virelles
 
intermission
 
LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE PAS DE DEUX
CHOREOGRAPHY Frederick Ashton
MUSIC Louis J. F. Hérold /John Lanchbery
CAST Tatum Shoptaugh, Viacheslav Kruť and Corps de Ballet
 
VOICES
CHOREOGRAPHY David Dawson
MUSIC Max Richter
CAST Ksenia Ovsyanick, Alejandro Virelles
 
CARMINA BURANA – QUARTET
CHOREOGRAPHY Edward Clug
MUSIC Carl Orff
CAST Seiru Nagahori, Giorgio Perego, Jean-Michel Reuter, Adrián Szelle
 
UNANSWERED QUESTION
CHOREOGRAPHY Mário Radačovský
MUSIC Claude Debussy
CAST Thoris Magongwa, Martin Svobodník
 
AFTER THE RAIN
CHOREOGRAPHY Christopher Wheeldon
MUSIC Arvo Pärt
CAST Lucía Lacarra, Matthew Golding
 
DON QUIXOTE PAS DE DEUX
CHOREOGRAPHY Rudolf Nureyev
MUSIC Ludwig Aloisius Minkus
CAST Liudmila Konovalova, Davide Dato
 
The performance of the Spanish prima ballerina Lucía Lacarra was endorsed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Bratislava on the occasion of the Spanish National Day and the Spanish Presidency of the Council of Europe.
 
The performance of the first soloists of Wiener Staatsballett Liudmila Konovalova and Davide Dato was endorsed by the Austrian Culture Forum.