New York Stars Ballet Gala in Rome, 8 March

New York City Ballet Principal Dancers Ashley Bouder, Joaquin De Luz, Amar Ramasar and Andrew Veyette are joined by company dancers Emilie Gerrity, Joseph Gordon, Spartak Hoxha, Alexa Maxwell and Indiana Woodward for a Gala performance in Rome.

On 8 March in the Santa Cecilia Hall in Rome's modern arts complex, the Auditorium Parco della Musica, these dancers will show off some of NYCB's repertoire. Works featured are by the company's two founding choreographers: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.

The New York Stars Gala has been organised by Daniele Cipriani who was responsible for the sold out performances of the exciting Les Étoiles Gala in Rome in January with a starry lineup including Svetlana Zakharova, Marianela Nuñez, Vyacheslav Lopatin, and Thiago Soares.

The programme begins with Robbins' Other Dances with Ashley Bouder and Joaquin De Luz and finishes with Balanchine's Who Cares featuring most of the evening's dancers. Between, a rich palette of dance includes The Flower Festival in Genzano pas de deux with Spartak Hoxha and Alexa Maxwell; Emilie Gerrity and Andrew Veyette will perform the white swan pas de deux; Joaquin De Luz will dance David Fernandez's Five Variations on a Theme, created for him for a Kings of the Dance tour; and Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux will be danced by Joseph Gordon and Indiana Woodward.

New York Stars Gala: Programme

Other Dances
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Piano Enrica Ruggiero
Ashley Bouder, Joaquin De Luz

PAUSE

The Flower Festival in Genzano
Choreography by August Bournonville
Music by Edvard Helsted
Spartak Hoxha, Alexa Maxwell

Swan Lake – White Swan pas de deux
Choreography by Lev Ivanov
Music by Piotr Tchaikovsky
Emilie Gerrity, Andrew Veyette

Five Variations on a Theme
Choreography by David Fernandez
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Joaquin De Luz

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by Piotr Tchaikovsky
Joseph Gordon, Indiana Woodward

PAUSE

Who Cares?
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by George Gershwin

The Man I Love: Ashley Bouder, Amar Ramasar
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise: Emilie Gerrity
Embraceable You: Indiana Woodward, Spartak Hoxha
Fascinatin' Rhythm: Ashley Bouder
Who Cares?: Emilie Gerrity, Joseph Gordon
My One and Only: Indiana Woodward
Liza: Andrew Veyette

New York Stars Gala, Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, 9pm

Tickets from €30 to €70 (reductions available) on 892.982 or online

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