Designers Of The Dance

With stunning performances of five unique dance pieces, Designers of the Dance takes you a step further, into the studio with legendary dancers and choreographers to learn about the works and process that go into making these five ballets great: The Nutcracker, Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Lar Lubovitch’s Othello, Alastair Marriott’s Lieder, and Yuri Possikhov’s Diving into the Lilacs.

Repertoire

Yuri Possikhov’s ‘Diving into the Lilacs’ with Maria Kochetkova and Gennadi Nedvigin

Lar Lubovitch’s ‘Othello’ with Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes

Alistair Marriott’s ‘Lieder’ with Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood

Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Nutcracker’ with Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside

Leonid Lavrovsky’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladislav Lantratov

Photos by Gene Schiavone

Artists

Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes with Lar Lubovitch

Lar Lubovitch, Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes

Othello, by choreographer Lar Lubovitch, and original music by Elliott Goldenthal, was created for American Ballet Theatre in 1997. Join Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes in rehearsal with Lar and interviews with each before watching the incredible pas de deux.

Vladislav Lantratov, Evgenia Obraztsova and Mikhail Lavrovsky

Vladislav Lantratov and Evgenia Obraztsova

Romeo and Juliet by Leonid Lavrovsky, with music by Prokofiev, was a revolution in ballet and the source for the many later versions of this classic ballet. Leonid’s son Mikhail, former Principal at the Bolshoi and today a Ballet Master joins Bolshoi stars Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladislav Lantratov in the studio and in interviews about this contemporary classic.

Yuri Possikhov, Maria Kochetkova and Gennadi Nedvigin

Diving into the Lilacs unites three generations of Bolshoi Ballet Academy in a ballet that captures their experiences. Choreographer Yuri Possokhov joins San Francisco Ballet Principals Maria Kochetkova and Gennadi Nedvigin in rehearsal and interviews.

Alexei Ratmansky’s Nutcracker was produced for American Ballet Theatre in 2010 with its grand pas de deux created on Gillian Murphy. Join Alexei Ratmansky, Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside as they discuss, rehearse and perform this annual favorite.

Lieder is a pas de deux by one of The Royal Ballet’s Resident Choreographers, Alastair Marriott. Created on Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood, we are welcomed in to the Royal Opera House to discuss the work and its creation.