Stars of the International Ballet Stage

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

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

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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