The IBStage Star Galas have a mission to unite the best and brightest for gala ballet evenings. As seen at New York City Center, New York. Photographs by Steven Pisano
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Performance
IBStage Star Gala
Place
New York City Center, New York, NY, January 18, 2025
Words
Steven Pisano
Anna Loycke and Ylian Feytis in “Elogio della Danza" by Valerie Lacaze
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Kentaro Mitsumori and Maya Schönbrun of the Royal Swedish Ballet in “Diana and Acteon” by Agrippina Vaganova
Grand Pas and Black Swan excerpts
Elisabeth Beyer and Takumi Miyake of American Ballet Theatre in “Grand Pas Classique” by Victor Gsovsky
Maya Schönbrun and Kentaro Mitsumori of the Royal Swedish Ballet in the Black Swan pas de deux from “Swan Lake” by by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Anna Loycke and Ylian Feytis in “Elogio della Danza" by Valerie Lacaze
Paolo Calo and David Garcia of Ballet de Catalunya in “Waltz” by Drew Jacoby
“This Bitter Earth” and “Le Corsaire”
Leticia Dias and Teo Debreuil in “This Bitter Earth” by Christopher Wheeldon
Elisabeth Beyer and Daniil Simkin of American Ballet Theatre / Studio Simkin in pas de deux from “Le Corsaire”
Yuriko Kajiya and Connor Walsh in “Madame Butterfly” by Stanton Welch
Steven Pisano
Steven Pisano is a performing arts photographer who works in New York and Philadelphia. His photographs have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Dance Magazine,Opera News, Feast of Music, Broadway World, and other online and print outlets featuring dance, opera, theater, and music.
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