Ballet Icons Gala 2022 on Sunday 13 March at the London Coliseum will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sergei Diaghilev, creator of the Ballets Russes, accompanied by the English National Ballet Philharmonic orchestra.
The programme, organised by Ensemble Productions since 2006, will bring to life some of memorable ballet moments from the Ballets Russes repertoire, such as Petrushka, Scheherazade, L’Après-midi d’un Faune, Le Spectre de la rose and others, as well as contemporary ballets inspired by the Ballets Russes.
The programme will bring together world ballet stars including Maria Alexandrova (Bolshoi Ballet), Daniil Simkin (Staatsballett Berlin / ABT), Natalia Osipova (The Royal Ballet), Artem Ovcharenko (Bolshoi Ballet), Iana Salenko (Berlin State Ballet), Paul Marque (Paris Opera Ballet), Kimin Kim (Mariinsky Ballet) and many more.