We would like to inform all ticket holders for the Teatro alla Scala Ballet that a subsitute event is known, called Les Étoiles, which will take place on 20 July at 9.00 pm in the Križanke Summer Theater. Ticket exchange is not necessary. If the new event does not suit you, you are entitled to a refund. More information here.

• Daniele Cipriani is an Italian dance, art and ballet impresario who trained at the National Academy of Dance; he was artistic director for dance at the Ravello Festival from 2008 to 2010 and at the Positano Premia la Danza Léonide Massine festival from 2011 to 2015
• In 2017, the Valentino fashion house collaborated on the costume design for The Bitter End, adapted by Daniele Cipriani
• Daniele Cipriani’s plays have been performed in all the major Italian theatres from Palermo to Trieste
• The Italian ballerina Eleonora Abbagnato has won many awards in her long career, including Sicilian of the Year, given to her by the President of Sicily in 2008

Artistic director and producer: Daniele Cipriani

Stage manager: Luis Ernesto Donas
Lighting designer: Alessandro Caso
Assistant producers: Giulia Bifulco, Irene Silvestroni

Cast: Eleonora Abbagnato (former member of Opéra de Paris ensemble), Yong Gyu Choi (Dutch National Ballet), Sergio Bernal (former member of Ballet Nacional de España ensemble), Rachele Buriassi (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens), Alessandro Frola (Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier), Paula Iniesta (Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier), Liudmila Konovalova (Vienna State Ballet), Esnel Ramos (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, former member of Cuban National Ballet ensemble), Simone Repele (former member of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève ensemble), Sasha Riva (former member of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève ensemble), Michele Satriano (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Julia Balzaretti (daughter of Eleonora Abbagnato)

Programme:
R. Dominguez: Racheo (Zapateado)*
Choreographer: Sergio Bernal
Cast: Sergio Bernal (former member of Ballet Nacional de España ensemble)

F. Hérold: Excerpt from Le fille mal gardée
Choreographer: Alicia Alonso
Cast: Alessandro Frola (Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier), Paula Iniesta (Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier)

The Dying Swan
Music: C. Saint-Saëns: The Dying Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine
Cast: Liudmila Konovalova (Vienna State Ballet)

R. Drigo: Excerpt from The Talisman
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Cast: Rachele Buriassi (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens), Esnel Ramos (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, former member of Cuban National Ballet ensemble)

The Swan*
Music: C. Saint-Saëns: Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Choreographer: Ricardo Cue
Cast: Sergio Bernal (former member of Ballet Nacional de España ensemble)

Le Rouge et Le Noir pas de deux
Music: H. Berlioz: Scène d’amour from Roméo et Juliette, symphonie dramatique
Choreography: Uwe Scholz, restaged by Giovanni Di Palma
Cast: Eleonora Abbagnato (former member of Opéra de Paris ballet ensemble), Michele Satriano (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma)
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Giulietta*
Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky: Overture-fantasy from ballet Romeo and Juliet
Choreographers: Sasha Riva, Simone Repele
Costume designer: Anna Biagiotti
Set designer: Michele Della Cioppa
Lighting designer: Alessandro Caso
Cast: Eleonora Abbagnato (former member of Opéra de Paris ballet ensemble), Simone Repele (former member of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève ensemble), Sasha Riva (former member of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève ensemble), Julia Balzaretti (daughter of Eleonora Abbagnato)

L. Delibes: Excerpt from Sylvia
Choreographer: John Neumeier
Cast: Alessandro Frola (Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier), Paula Iniesta (Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier)

A. Khachaturian: Pas de deux from Spartacus
Choreographers: Esnel Ramos, Yuri Grigorovich
Cast: Rachele Buriassi (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens), Esnel Ramos (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, former member of Cuban National Ballet ensemble)

Eyes Open / Shut Your Eyes*
Music: Anohni and the Johnsons
Choreographer: Marco Goecke
Cast: Simone Repele (former member of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève ensemble), Sasha Riva (former member of
Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève ensemble)

Boléro*
Music: M. Ravel
Choreographer: Roland Petit
Costume designer: Roberto Capucci
Cast: Sergio Bernal (former member of Ballet Nacional de España ensemble)

L. Minkus: Pas de deux from Don Quixote
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Cast: Claudia García Carrera (Hungarian State Opera House ballet ensemble), Yong Gyu Choi (Dutch National Ballet)

Final parade
Cast: Eleonora Abbagnato, Yong Gyu Choi, Sergio Bernal, Rachele Buriassi, Alessandro Frola, Paula Iniesta, Liudmila Konovalova, Esnel Ramos, Simone Repele, Sasha Riva, Michele Satriano, Julia Balzaretti

*slovene premiere

Les Étoiles  by Daniele Cipriani, the dance, art and ballet impresario, is coming to Ljubljana. This has been one of the most anticipated annual dance events in Rome since 2015. The performance combines brilliant virtuosity and moments of poignant lyricism with a mix of favourites from a diverse repertoire, including classical and romantic works by Hérold, Drigo, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Minkus, Delibes, Khachaturian, Berlioz and Ravel, and pieces of sophisticated modernity, such as works by Dominguez and the avant-garde pop group Anohni and the Johnsons, which straddles the line between the apocalyptic and the opulent. The leitmotif of the show is a celebration of diversity and the special quality that makes dance the model for an ideal society and world. The list of performers includes some of the biggest, most experienced and award-winning names from the most prestigious international ballet companies, such as Eleonora Abbagnato and her daughter Julia Balzaretti, Sergio Bernal, Alessandro Frola, Bakhtiyar Adamzhan, Paula Iniesta, Rachele Buriassi, Liudmila Konovalova, Esnel Ramos, Michele Satriano Sasha Riva and Simone Repele. Cipriani founded Daniele Cipriani Entertainment in 2003 to produce, organise and promote entertainment events, and the group collaborates with some of the world’s most renowned dance companies.