Positano Premia la Danza 2019: Nacho Duato and Svetlana Zakharova Win Top Awards
The 47th edition of the Positano Premia la Danza – Léonide Massine took place on September 6-7, 2019, in Positano, Italy. The event was directed by Laura Valente and organized by the Comune di Positano, with financial support from Regione Campania. Activities unfolded at Spiaggia Grande and Villa Romana. Notable awards included the Premio alla Carriera for Nacho Duato, Danzatrice dell'Anno for Svetlana Zakharova, and the Premio per l'insegnamento awarded to Gilbert Raymond Mayer. Vadim Muntagirov received the Premio Benois/Massine. The Premio Positano was given to Jacopo Tissi, Mattia Semperboni, Marlen Fuerte, Salvatore Manzo, and Luna Cenere. Cultural highlights featured Positano Danzarcheologia and a video tribute to Pina Bausch. Paolo Giulierini was honored with the Luca Vespoli award, while Mayor Michele De Lucia commended the festival's excellence and its ties to Massine and Nureyev.
Key facts
- 47th edition of Positano Premia la Danza – Léonide Massine held September 6-7, 2019
- Artistic direction by Laura Valente, also president of Fondazione Donnaregina di Napoli
- Organized by Comune di Positano and co-financed by Regione Campania
- Events at Spiaggia Grande and Villa Romana
- Premio alla Carriera to Nacho Duato (born 1957, Valencia), artistic director of Mikhailovsky Ballet
- Danzatrice dell'Anno to Svetlana Zakharova (born 1979, Lutsk, Ukraine), étoile of Teatro alla Scala and Bolshoi Ballet
- Premio per l'insegnamento to Gilbert Raymond Mayer (Opéra de Paris, Royal Ballet, Royal Academy of Dance)
- Premio Benois/Massine to Vadim Muntagirov (born 1990, Chelyabinsk), principal dancer of Royal Ballet
- Premio Positano to Jacopo Tissi, Mattia Semperboni, Marlen Fuerte, Salvatore Manzo, Luna Cenere
- Positano Danzarcheologia program at MAR and Villa Romana
- Video portrait of Pina Bausch curated by Leonetta Bentivoglio
- Luca Vespoli award to Paolo Giulierini, director of MANN
- Mayor Michele De Lucia commented on the festival's quality
Entities
Artists
- Nacho Duato
- Svetlana Zakharova
- Gilbert Raymond Mayer
- Vadim Muntagirov
- Jacopo Tissi
- Mattia Semperboni
- Marlen Fuerte
- Salvatore Manzo
- Luna Cenere
- Pina Bausch
- Léonide Massine
- Rudolf Nureyev
- Brigitte Lefèvre
- Vladislav Lantratov
- Azari Plisetsky
- Maria Alexandrova
- Federico Bonelli
- Herman Cornejo
- Anne Laudere
- Edvin Revazov
- Yanier Gómez
- Jia Yong Sun
- Petra Conti
- Eris Nezha
- Alessandro Staiano
- Letizia Masini
- Daniele di Donato
- Sergei Diaghilev
- Mariacristina Ferraioli
Institutions
- Fondazione Donnaregina di Napoli
- Comune di Positano
- Regione Campania
- Mikhailovsky Ballet
- Teatro alla Scala
- Bolshoi Ballet
- Opéra de Paris
- Royal Ballet
- Royal Academy of Dance
- Opéra de Nice
- Ballet Víctor Ullate
- Teatro San Carlo
- Festival Oriente Occidente
- MAR – Museo Archeologico Romano Santa Maria Assunta
- Villa Romana
- MANN – Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
- Positano Premia la Danza – Lèonide Massine
- Paris Opera Ballet
- Prix Benois
- Prix BALLET2000
- Palais des Festivals de Cannes
- Fondazione Donnaregina
- Artribune
- Church of Santa Maria Assunta
Locations
- Positano
- Italy
- Valencia
- Spain
- Saint Petersburg
- Russia
- Lutsk
- Ukraine
- Milan
- Moscow
- Paris
- France
- London
- United Kingdom
- Nice
- Madrid
- Naples
- Solingen
- Germany
- Wuppertal
- Spiaggia Grande
- Villa Romana
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Li Galli
- Isola dei Galli
- Cannes
- Pompeii
- Herculaneum
- Campania