Some have fantasy football… I have fantasy ballet nights. If I were going to die, I would cash out everything I own and have one super star studded night of good ballet. And, I probably would invite all of my friends and family as well. (That has yet to be decided) Now, with all of these international super star gala events… My lineup doesn’t seem that absurd, or impossible… But, if I had the chance to curate one night of magical goodness…. It would be:
Balanchine’s Serenade
Russian Girl: Tiler Peck, NYCB
Russian Girls: Whitney Jensen, Lia Cirio, Dusty Button, Misa Kuranaga – Boston Ballet
Waltz Girl: Hee Seo, ABT
Waltz Boy: Roberto Bolle
Dark Angel: Olga Smirnova, Bolshoi
Elegie Boy: Pete Leo Walker, Charlotte Ballet
Corps provided by Paris Opera
Balanchine’s Apollo
Apollo: Alexandre Hammoudi, American Ballet Theatre
Terpsichore: Me… for the sake of dancing with my Baby Daddy… Just kidding. Julia Rowe San Francisco Ballet
Polyhymnia: Natalia Osipova, Royal Ballet
Calliope: Dorothee Gilbert, Paris Opera
Break
Matthew Bourne’s White Swan Pas De Deux
David Hallberg, Bolshoi/ABT
Fabrice Calmels, Jofferey
Esmeralda Female Variation
Svetlana Zakharova, Bolshoi
Giselle Second Act PDD
Giselle – Lucia Lacarra, Staatsballett
Albrecht – Kevin Jackson, Australian Ballet
Liza Variation from Who Cares?
Jeffery Cirio, Boston Ballet —— but instead of random tap steps can we do cool hip hop, or contemporary steps. Thanks.
A New Contemporary Solo choreographed by Benjamin Millepied
Tiler Peck, NYCB
Onegin PDD
Steven Morse, San Francisco Ballet
Madison Keesler, English National Ballet
BREAK
PDD from Romeo and Juliet
Beckanne Sisk, Ballet West
James Whiteside, ABT
That would be some nimble biscuit dancing…
Le Palais de Cristal
First Movement
Tiler Peck (NYCB) & Mathieu Ganio (Paris Opera)
PNB
Second Movement
Maria Kotchekova (SFB) & Amar Ramasar (NYCB)… i know height difference buuuut i think it would be like butter.
Bolshoi Ballet
Third Movement
Michaela Deprince (Het National Ballet) & Derek Dunn (Houston Ballet)
New York City Ballet
Fourth Movement
Patricia Zhou, Staatsballett and Jim Nowakowski (Houston Ballet)
Paris Opera