Art Direction & Backdrop Design by Nina Kobiashvili

Vladimir Shklyarov in Petrushka (chor. after Mikhail Fokine)

Sofia Gumerova in Scheherazade (chor. after Mikhail Fokine)

Evgenia Obraztsova in La Bayadère (chor. after Marius Petipa)

Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin in Raymonda Pas de Deux (chor. after Marius Petipa)

Iana Salenko and Marian Walter in Romeo and Julliet (chor. John Cranko)

Ulyana Lopatkina in Russkaya (chor. Kasian Goleizovsky). Marianna Ryzhkina and Giuseppe Picone in Narcissus (chor. Maria Grazia Garofoli)

English National Opera. London Coliseum, UK. 2012-2022

A ballet gala with a star-studded cast from the world’s leading theatres

Production: Ensemble Productions
Artistic Director: Wayne Eagling, David Makhateli, Andris Liepa
Art Direction & Backdrop Design: Nina Kobiashvili
Conductor: Valeriy Ovsyannikov
Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestra of the English National Ballet
Lighting Design: Mikhail Sokolov

London’s annual ‘Ballet Icons’ Gala, first held in 2006, is now firmly established as a highlight of the international ballet calendar.

The most fascinating classical and contemporary choreography and some sparkling UK and world premieres performed by the most formidable cast – multi-awarded ballet stars, principals of leading world ballet companies including the Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, English National Ballet, Berlin State Ballet, Bavarian State Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and others and accompanied by the English National Ballet Philharmonic Orchestra.