Jamiel Laurence, former Scottish Ballet principal turned ballet producer is presenting BALLET NIGHTS 2023, a six-night extravaganza of giant names in ballet in September, October, November on the enormously-staged LANTERNS Studio Theatre in Canary Wharf.

PROGRAMME 001 September twenty ninth, thirtieth at 7.30pm Compère Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
Variation Brilliantes, Op.12, Chopin
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

Dying Swan
Carried out by Melissa Hamilton
Cello Moira Hartley
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel
Composer Saint-Saëns

You Will Get Your Desires
Carried out by George Liang & Julie Nunes
Choreographer Gavin McCaig
Composer Oliver Davis
with because of Northern Ballet

Kenneth Macmillan’s Isadora (excerpts)
Carried out by Luke Ahmet & Amy Thake
Yorke Dance Challenge
Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan
Costume Barry Kay

Czárdás
Choreographed & Carried out by Steven McRae
Violin Vasko Vassilev
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

INTERVAL

Ballade No 2. In B Minor, Liszt
Carried out by Viktor Erik Emanuel

Gamzatti Variation, La Bayadère
Carried out by Constance Devernay-Laurence
Choreographer Marius Petipa

New Fee
Choreographed & Carried out by Jordan James Bridge
Music by Rival Consoles, courtesy of Erased Tapes Data

All in Passing
Carried out by New English Ballet Theatre Choreographer Peter Leung
Composer Nicholas Robert Thayer
Unique Lighting Design Andrew Ellis

Kenneth Macmillan’s Concerto
Second Motion Pas de Deux
Carried out by Melissa Hamilton & Ryoichi Hirano
Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan
Composer Shostakovich
Costume Jürgen Rose
With because of the Macmillan Belief, and The Royal Ballet Firm

PROGRAMME 002 October twenty seventh, twenty eighth at 7.30pm
Compère Jamiel Devernay-Laurence

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Chopin
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

New Solo
Choreographed & Carried out by Musa Motha
Music To Be Introduced

Of Silence
Carried out by James Stephens & Winnie Dias
Choreographer Andrew McNicol
Composer Pēteris Vasks

Excerpt from Meta 4
Carried out by Dancers of Yorke Dance Challenge
Choreographer, costume Bella Lewitzky
Composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez

New Work
Choreographed & Carried out by Steven McRae & Friends

INTERVAL

L’isle joyeuse, L. 106, Debussy
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

New Commision
Carried out by Constance Devernay-Laurence
Choreographer Jordan James Bridge
With Because of Erased Tapes Data

New Solo
Choreographed & Carried out by Yasser D’Oquendo
Music by To be introduced

In The Absence
Choreographed & Carried out by James Pett & Travis Clausen-Knight
Composer Greg Haines
Design Pett/Clausen-Knight

Metamorphosis 1
Carried out by Sangeun Lee & Gareth Haw
Choreographer David Dawson
Composer Phillip Glass
Costume Eddie Grundy & David Dawson Lighting Bert Dalhuijsen

PROGRAMME 003 November twenty fourth, twenty fifth at 7.30pm Compère Jamiel Devernay-Laurence
Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

Medora Variation ACT II, Corsaire
Carried out by Ivana Bueno
Choreographed by Marius Petipa
Music Adolphe Adam

324a
Carried out by Felicity Chadwick
Choreographer Joshua Junker
Composer J.S. Bach
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

Wind
Carried out by Laurel Dalley Smith, Yorke Dance Challenge
Choreographer, costumes Robert Cohan

Czárdás
Choreographed & Carried out by Steven McRae
Violin Vasko Vassilev
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel
“A virtuosic explosion the place the strains blur between classical ballet, faucet, and reside music.”

INTERVAL

Chopin Barcarolle in F# Main, OP.60
Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

Esmerelda Variation
Carried out by Ivana Bueno
Choreography Marius Petipa
Music Jules Perrot and Cesare Pugni

New Creation
Choreographed & Carried out by Yasser D’Oquendo

Proximity
Choreographed & Carried out by James Pett & Travis Clausen-Knight
Composers Albenese
Design by James Pett & Travis Clausen-Knight

Don Quixote Suite
Carried out by Katja Khaniukova & Aitor Arrieta Coca
Choreography Marius Petipa
Composer Ludwig Minkus
With Because of English Nationwide Ballet

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