Celebrating the Life and Work of Ilona Copen
Honorary Chair
Robert Battle
Ilona Copen Award Recipients
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride
Ilona Copen Award Presenter
Virginia Johnson
PROGRAM
José Manuel Carreño (NYIBC Alumnus 1987) Ave Maria…… Igal Perry
Carreño, longtime principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre, was a Gold Medalist
at the second NYIBC in 1987
Alessandra Ball & Addul Manzano Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux…… George Balanchine
North Carolina Dance Theatre
George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
Ana Luiza Luizi & Junio Teixeira (NYIBC Alumnus 2005) Meditation…… Vladimir Salimbaev
New Jersey Ballet
Flavia Garcia & DaVon Doane Diana and Acteon…… Agrippina Vaganova
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Matthew Rushing A Song for You…… Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Roxane D’Orleans Juste Spanish Dance…… Daniel Nagrin
Limón Dance Company
Victoria Jaiani (NYIBC Alumna 2003) The Dying Swan…… Michel Fokine
Joffrey Ballet
The first Ilona Copen Award was presented at the NYIBC Gala on March 22, 2011. Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem, presented the award to Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux of North Carolina Dance Theatre.