A celebration of dance and Ukraine in Hamburg Ballet's Nijinsky Gala

Hamburg Ballet's Nijinsky Gala

Olga Smirnova and Jakob Feyferlik in Grand Pas Classique

Leslie Heylmann

Alina Cojocaru and Alexandr Trusch in Don Juan

By Silvia Poletti, 05 July 2022

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“marking the moving farewell of one of the company's best-loved principals, the sunny Leslie Heylmann”

Reviewed at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg on 3 July 2022

Gopak (Konstantin Tselikov)

Opus 67 (Raymond Hilbert)

Ghost Light (excerpt) (John Neumeier)

A Cinderella Story (excerpt) (John Neumeier)

Nijinsky (Jeux, Auf dem Schiff) (John Neumeier)

The Nutcracker (Grand pas de deux) (John Neumeier)

Carousel (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Trois Gnossiennes (Hans van Manen)

from time to time (John Neumeier)

L'après-midi d'un faune (John Neumeier)

Don Juan (excerpt) (John Neumeier)

Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (John Neumeier)

Grand Pas Classique (Victor Gsovsky)

Beethoven Project (excerpt) (John Neumeier)

Hamburg Ballet

Nathan Brock, Conductor

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Michal Bialk, Piano

Naomi Seiler, Viola

Ondrej Rudcenko, Piano

Gerhild Romberger, Contralto

Olga Smirnova, Dancer

Jakob Feyferlik, Dancer

Matthew Ball, Dancer

Mayara Magri, Dancer

Alina Cojocaru, Dancer

Alexandr Trusch, Dancer

Aleix Martinez, Dancer

Alexandre Riabko, Dancer

Jacopo Bellussi, Dancer

Xue Lin, Dancer

Karen Azatyan, Dancer

Alessandro Frola, Dancer

Madoka Sugai, Dancer

Edvin Revazov, Dancer

Leslie Heylmann, Dancer

Silvia Azzoni, Dancer

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Silvia Poletti

Silvia Poletti was a professional dance writer, contributing to the culture pages of the daily news www.sole24ore.com and Corriere della Sera/Corriere Fiorentino and collaborated to specialist magazines such as Danza &Danza, Tanz, Dance International. She prepared essays and conferences about dance for the principal Italian festivals and opera houses and was lecturer of History of Dance at the Urbino Carlo Bo University and Venice Ca’ Foscari University. She was the author of the monography ‘John Neumeier’ (Palermo, L’Epos 2004).