Visitors to the World Stars of Ballet Gala event, on 20 August at Cankarjev dom, are informed that special rules will apply in the protected area to ensure safety; performing a surface inspection.

The following are also not allowed in the hall:
– use of mobile phones during the event
– bringing in drinks, food, umbrellas and dangerous objects
– entry of banners and flags
– any disruption of the performance

Thank you for your understanding.

Programme:
Herman Severin Løvenskiold: Pas de deux from La Sylphide
August Bournonville, choreographer
Cast: Diana Kosyreva (Hungarian National Ballet), Dmitry Smilevski (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre from Russia)

Caravaggio
Bruno Moretti, Claudio Monteverdi, music
Mauro Bigonzetti, choreographer
Cast: Svetlana Zakharova, Artemy Belyakov (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre from Russia)

Adolphe Adam: Pas de deux from Le Corsaire
Marius Petipa, choreographer
Cast: Kristina Kretova, Igor Tsvirko (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre from Russia)

Androgyn
Max Richter, music
Alexander Abdukarimov, choreographer
Cast: Ksenia Ovsyanick, Dinu Tamazlacaru (Staatsballett Berlin)

Ludwig Minkus: Pas de deux from Don Quixote
Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky, choreographers
Cast: Tatyjana Melnyik, Motomi Kiyota (Hungarian National Ballet)
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Folia
Diego Ortiz, Krzysztof Penderecki, György Ligeti, music, arr. A. C. Pelz
Ksenia Ovsyanick, choreographer
Cast: Ksenia Ovsyanick (Staatsballett Berlin)

History of Tango
Ástor Piazzolla, music
Artemy Belyakov, choreographer
Cast: Artemy Belyakov, Svetlana Zakharova (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre from Russia)

Boris Asafyev: Pas de deux from Flames of Paris
Vasily Vainonen, choreographer
Cast: Diana Kosyreva (Hungarian National Ballet), Dmitry Smilevski (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre from Russia)

Luminious
Max Richter, music
András Lukács, choreographer
Cast: Tatyjana Melnyik, Motomi Kiyota (Hungarian National Ballet)

Les Bourgeois
Jacques Brel, music
Ben Van Cauwenbergh, choreographer
Cast: Dinu Tamazlacaru (Staatsballett Berlin)

Aram Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus
Yury Grigorovich, choreographer
Cast: Kristina Kretova, Igor Tsvirko (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre from Russia)

Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns: Swan from Carnival of the Animals, music
Michel Fokine, choreographer
Cast: Svetlana Zakharova (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre from Russia)

Internationally acclaimed prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova is famous for thrilling audiences and critics all over the world with her formidable technique and her sparkling dramatic interpretation of classical and contemporary roles. The winner of the second prize at the 1995 Vaganova-Prix international ballet competition in St Petersburg, at which she was the youngest contestant, joined the Bolshoi Ballet in 2003. She is also an étoile of the La Scala Theatre Ballet in Milan, where she has developed a formidable artistic partnership with the Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle. Zakharova returns to the Ljubljana Festival five years after her last appearance, this time with a gala performance with other stars of world ballet.