Coming to a Movie Theater Near You: Ballet's Biggest Stars
ABT’s Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes in “Swan Lake,” part of the gala program. (photo Siggul/Visual Arts Masters)
Nobody puts on a ballet gala quite like Youth America Grand Prix. Their must-see performances routinely feature bold-faced names from all over the world. Watching all those ballet superstars sharing a single stage is one of those experiences that’ll give you goosebumps.
Well, here’s your chance to see one of the competition’s most impressive galas for the price of a movie ticket. Emerging Cinemas—which has been broadcasting some seriously impressive shows recently—will beam YAGP’s “Ballet’s Greatest Hits,” performed earlier this year in Tampa, FL, to movie theaters nationwide this Sunday, with an encore showing on Tuesday.
You don’t want to miss this, guys. The lineup includes New York City Ballet’s Ashley Bouder and Daniel Ulbricht, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Alicia Graf Mack and Antonio Douthit, San Francisco Ballet’s Maria Kochetkova and Taras Domitrio, American Ballet Theatre’s Veronika Part, Marcelo Gomes, Hee Seo and Stella Abrera, National Ballet of Canada’s Greta Hodgkinson, Dutch National Ballet’s Matthew Golding and Boston Ballet’s Alejandro Virelles. Phew!
Not enough starpower there to tempt you? a) You be crazy, and b) wait! There’s more: The broadcast will also be hosted by “So You Think You Can Dance” producer Nigel Lythgoe and feature interviews with soon-to-be Paris Opéra Ballet director Benjamin Millepied and the ever-awesome ABT soloist Misty Copeland.
Visit the Emerging Cinemas website to find a participating theater near you!
