2010 “2nd Dancecyprus Gala”

A programme chosen by Artistic Director Carolina Constantinou, with a variety of classical and contemporary repertoire with dancers from ballet companies such as Staatballett Berlin, Victor Ullate Ballet (Spain), Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes (CCNN – France). Amongst them Cypriot professional dancers who excelled abroad, Natalia Krekou (Ballett St Pölten Austria and Moscow City Ballet), Dafni Mouyiassi (Formerly Bejart Ballet Lausanne), Anastasia Paschali (Formerly Royal Danish Ballet), Loizos Constantinou (Formerly Athens National Opera).

This year Dancecyprus (Carolina Constantinou) had the honour of welcoming Andrei Batalov, First soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet (Kirov). Other dancers included: Gianluca Battaglia (Soloist at Victor Ullate Ballet – Spain), Vincent Blanc and Benjamin Lamarche (Soloists from Centre Choreographique National de Nantes (CCNN – France), Rainer Krenstetter (Soloist at Staatsballett Berlin), François Mauduit (Compagnie Chorégraphique François Mauduit).

The repertoire consisted of choreographies from Petipa’s «Le Corsaire» and «Don Quixote» as well as neoclassical and contemporary pieces by Bejart, Brumachon, Dimitriadou Lindahl, Lao, Pandis, Tichy, Mauduit and Ullate. Carolina Constantinou has choreographed «Echos» for Dancecyprus Junior Co with Evelthon Michaelides on drums.