Final rounds (classical, contemporary and free variations) and awards ceremony of the 27th Prix de Lausanne, a competition for young dancers. The "contemporary" category, introduced in this year's competition, consists of a variation selected from works commissioned from five present-day choreographers (Katarzyna Gdaniec, Aimé de Lignière, Michèle Mengual, Giorgio Mancini, Pierre Wyss). The "free" variation is chosen by the entrant and/or his/her coach.
Finale du 27e Prix de Lausanne, concours pour jeunes danseurs (ca. 119 min.). Classical variations: The sleeping beauty. Act III, prince's variation / danced by Maximilian Genow -- Raymonda. Act I, dream scene / danced by Kateryna Kozatchenko -- Giselle. Act II, Albrecht's variation / danced by Keiichi Hirano -- La bayadère. Act II, Gamzatti's variation / danced by Laetitia Guggi -- Don Quixote. Act III (?), Basil's variation / danced by Shumpei Nemoto -- The sleeping beauty. Act III, Aurora's variation / danced by Alla Bykanova -- Giselle. Act II, Albrecht's variation / danced by Denis Veguini -- The sleeping beauty. Act III, Aurora's variation / danced by Rina Kambe -- La sylphide. Act I, James's variation / danced by Pierre Pontvianne -- Raymonda. Act I, dream scene / danced by Kate Cornish -- Giselle. Act II, Albrecht's variation / danced by Rainer Krenstetter -- The sleeping beauty. Act III, Aurora's variation / danced by Karina Sarkissova -- La sylphide. Act I, James's variation / danced by Kenta Kojiri -- Giselle. Act I, Giselle's variation / danced by Clara Blanco Casquete -- Giselle. Act II, Albrecht's variation / danced by David Karapetian.
Contemporary variations: Menuet / choreography, K[atarzyna] Gdaniec ; music, J.S. Bach ; danced by Maximilian Genow -- Winter was hard / choreography, A[imé] de Lignière ; music, A[ulis] Sallinen ; danced by Kataryna Kozatchenko -- Menuet / see credits above ; danced by Keiichi Hirano -- Polo zero / choreography, G[iorgio] Mancini ; music, W. Deq Ing ; danced by Laetitia Guggi -- Bambou / choreography, M[ichèle] Mengual ; music, M. Yabuki ; danced by Shumpei Nemoto -- Polo zero / see credits above ; danced by Alla Bykanova -- Menuet / see credits above ; danced by Denis Veguini -- Roof top action / choreography, P[ierre] Wyss ; music, P[hilip] Glass ; danced by Rina Kambe -- Bach per gioco / choreography, G[iorgio] Mancini ; music, J.S. Bach ; danced by Pierre Pontvianne -- Winter was hard / see credits above ; danced by Kate Cornish -- Bach per gioco / see credits above ; danced by Rainer Krenstetter -- Bourrée / choreography, K[atarzyna] Gdaniec ; music, J.S. Bach ; danced by Karina Sarkissova -- Menuet / see credits above ; danced by Kenta Kojiri -- Polo zero / see credits above ; danced by Clara Blanco Casquete -- Menuet / see credits above ; danced by David Karapetian.
Free variations: Ponderosa / choreography, Liz King ; music, Tricky ; danced by Maximilian Genow -- Knock out / choreography, A. Roubina ; music, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms ; danced by Kateryna Kozatchenko -- Shading / choreography, K[eiko?] Yagami ; music, Displaced Links [album?] ; danced by Keiichi Hirano -- Pas de deux Escamillo / choreography, Norbert Schmucki ; music, Spanish folk ; danced by Laetitia Guggi -- Stepping around / choreography, T. Nemoto ; music, Gontiti Duo ; danced by Shumpei Nemoto -- Vanishing point / choreography or music (?), N. Verdenero ; danced by Alla Bykanova -- Variation / choreography, Y[uri] Grigorovich ; music, P[eter Ilich] Tchaikovsky ; danced by Denis Veguini -- Händel variation / choreography, T. Shimazaki ; music, [George] F[rideric] Handel ; danced by Rina Kambe -- Heqat / choreography and performance, Pierre Pontvianne ; music, C. Pugh -- Lisbet / choreography, C. Bowen ; music, J[ohannes] Brahms ; danced by Kate Cornish -- Stalk / choreography, C. Bukorosky ; music, L[alo] Schifrin ; danced by Rainer Krenstetter -- Sentence / choreography, T. Jantzen ; music, E. Serra ; danced by Karina Sarkissova -- Don't forget me / choreography, N. Nakajima ; music, G[abriel] Yared ; danced by Kenta Kojiri -- Diana y Acteon / choreography, M[arius] Petipa ; music, [Riccardo] Drigo ; danced by Clara Blanco Casquete -- Progression / choreography, P[hilipp] Egli ; music, J[oseph] Haydn ; danced by David Karapetian.
27e Prix de Lausanne, concours international pour jeunes danseurs, palmarès (ca. 18 min.). Awards ceremony. A repetition of Laetitia Guggi's Pas de deux Escamillo is shown after the closing credits.
Call number
*MGZIA 4-6640
Note
Title from cassette label ; subtitle from wrapper.
For a documentary on the 27th Prix de Lausanne, with rehearsal footage and interviews with the entrants, choreographers, and coaches, see: *MGZIA 4-4628 Stepping out of the frame.
Credits (note)
Commentators: Philippa de Roten, Nicolas Le Riche.
Event (note)
Telecast from the Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, by Télévision Suisse Romande on the program Cadence on January 31, 1999.
Language (note)
In French.
Title
27ème Prix de Lausanne 1999 [videorecording] : finale et palmarès / Télévision Suisse Romande ; directed by Michel Dami ; produced by Flavia Matea.
Imprint
Switzerland : Télévision Suisse Romande, c1999.
Country of producing entity
Switzerland.
Event
Telecast from the Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, by Télévision Suisse Romande on the program Cadence on January 31, 1999.
Credits
Commentators: Philippa de Roten, Nicolas Le Riche.