PRESS RELEASE World stars of ballet, including Natalia Osipova, for the second edition of La Nuit des Etoiles in Brussels On 22 March 2014, Brussels will become, for a night, the centre of attention of the dance world with the second edition of La Nuit des Etoiles at the Cirque Royal, a gala gathering world stars of ballet. Nothing less that Natalia Osipova will lead the cast. Natalia is the prima ballerina who made the headlines of newspapers in 2011 when she left the Bolshoi. Now with the Royal Ballet in London, she will dance in Brussels the famous pas-de-deux of Sleeping Beauty in prelude of her Premiere in this ballet 5 days later in Covent Garden. With Natalia Osipova, the cast includes a dozen of ballet stars such as Alina Somova of Mariinsky, Vadim Muntagirov of English National Ballet (who received the prestigious Benois de la Danse Award in 2013), Maia Makhateli of Dutch National Ballet and Anastasia Stashkevich of Bolshoi. The program will include the best excerpts from the main ballets of the classical repertoire as well as contemporary pieces. 22 March 2014 – 20h Cirque Royal, Rue de l’Enseignement 81, 1000 Brussels - Belgium Tickets: From €20 to €99 Booking: +32 (0) 2 218 20 15 www.cirque-royal.org / www.ticketnet.be / www.fnac.be More information on: www.lanuitdesetoiles.be Facebook: La Nuit des Etoiles 2014 Contact: David Makhateli D&D Art Productions [email protected] +44 7725 554 571 D&D Art Productions www.ddartprod.com Rue de la Presse, 4 Tel : +32 2 852 0670 1000 Bruxelles, Belgique LA NUIT DES ETOILES Cirque Royal – Brussels Saturday 22 March 2014 – 20h00 Confirmed dancers: Natalia Osipova Royal Ballet - London Matthew Golding Royal Ballet - London Steven McRae Royal Ballet - London David Makhateli ex Royal Ballet - London Vyacheslav Lopatin Bolchoï - Moscow Anastasia Stashkevich Bolchoï - Moscow Alina Somova Mariinsky – St Petersburg Yevgeny Ivanchenko Mariinsky – St Petersburg Daria Vasnetsova Mariinsky – St Petersburg Vadim Muntagirov English National Ballet - London Daria Klimentova English National Ballet - London Maia Makhateli Dutch National Ballet (HET) – Amsterdam Artur Shesterikov Dutch National Ballet (HET) – Amsterdam Opinion Public Belgian Neo-classical Company Cesar Corrales Winner Grand Prix Senior YAGP 2014 Europe Mikiya Kakehashi Winner Grand Prix Junior YAGP 2014 Europe Natalia Osipova (2009) and Vadim Muntagirov (2013) won one of the most prestigious awards in dance : the Prix Benois de la Danse. Nota : The cast above is subject to injury of the dancer or last minute change of distribution in his/her ballet company. D&D Art Productions www.ddartprod.com Rue de la Presse, 4 Tel : +32 2 852 0670 1000 Bruxelles, Belgique LA NUIT DES ETOILES – PROGRAM Act I SLEEPING BEAUTY - GRAND PAS DE DEUX Marius Petipa NATALIA OSIPOVA / MATTHEW GOLDING (THE ROYAL BALLET / HET NATIONAL BALLET) EXTRACT FROM NEO-CLASSICAL CREATION OPINION PUBLIC LA BAYADERE - ACT 1 ADAGIO Marius Petipa DARIA VASNETSOVA / DAVID MAKHATELI (MARIINSKY THEATRE / EX-ROYAL BALLET) MIKIYA KAKEHASHI - SOLO (ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL OF FLANDERS) WINNER OF YAGP GRAND PRIX EUROPE 2013 – JUNIOR GISELLE - PAS DE DEUX Jules Perrot ALINA SOMOVA / YEVGENY IVANCHENKO (MARIINSKY THEATRE) IN LIGHT AND SHADOW Krzysztof Pastor MAIA MAKHATELI / ARTUR SHESTERIKOV (HET NATIONAL BALLET) SPRING WATERS Asaf Messerer ANASTASIA STASHKEVICH / VYACHESLAV LOPATIN (BOLSHOI THEATRE) LE CORSAIRE PAS-DE-DEUX Marius Petipa DARIA KLIMENTOVA / VADIM MUNTAGIROV (ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET) Interval: 25 minutes D&D Art Productions www.ddartprod.com Rue de la Presse, 4 Tel : +32 2 852 0670 1000 Bruxelles, Belgique LA NUIT DES ETOILES – PROGRAM Act II DIAMONDS George Balanchine ALINA SOMOVA / YEVGENY IVANCHENKO (MARIINSKY THEATRE) REENTER Kaloyan Boyadjiev CESAR CORRALES WINNER OF YAGP GRAND PRIX EUROPE 2013 - SENIOR EXTRACT FROM NEO-CLASSICAL CREATION OPINION PUBLIC DIANA AND ACTEON Agrippina Vaganova - Vakhtang Chabukiani MAIA MAKHATELI / ARTUR SHESTERIKOV (HET NATIONAL BALLET) LE CORSAIRE ADAGIO ACT 2 Marius Petipa DARIA KLIMENTOVA / VADIM MUNTAGIROV (ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET) RUBIES George Balanchine NATALIA OSIPOVA / STEVEN MCRAE (THE ROYAL BALLET) FLAMES OF PARIS Vasily Vainonen ANASTASIA STASHKEVICH / VYACHESLAV LOPATIN (BOLSHOI THEATRE) D&D Art Productions www.ddartprod.com Rue de la Presse, 4 Tel : +32 2 852 0670 1000 Bruxelles, Belgique .