Ballet Nights The New Year’s Day Concert 2027

Ballet Nights welcomes 2027 with a New Year’s Day celebration combining world-class dance and live music from the classical and contemporary repertoire. World Ballet Star Alina Cojocaru appears alongside English National Ballet artists Katja Khaniukova, Aitor Arrieta, Chloe Keneally, Fabian Reimair, Swanice Luong and Martinho Santos. The programme ranges from Mozart, Bach and Tchaikovsky to contemporary music and choreography, with Giles Pearson as compère.

Programme: Part I — Mozart: “Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena”, performed by Hanna Dienes-Williams, Patrick Alexander Keefe and Quartet Concrete; Tchaikovsky: Snow Pas de Deux from *The Nutcracker*, danced by Chloe Keneally and Martinho Santos; J.S. Bach: Sarabande from Cello Sonata No. 5 in C minor, performed by Seirian Griffiths and Joseph Barker; *New Work*, danced by Catherine Ochoa and Luca Di Polo, choreographed by Jordan James Bridge, with music by Klar and James Adrian; Liszt: *Bloom, Then Fade*, danced by Fabian Reimair, Swanice Luong and Martinho Santos, with pianist Julia Richter; Boccherini: *Afsked (Departure) Duet*, performed by Alina Cojocaru and Seirian Griffiths.

Part II — Tchaikovsky: *Sleeping Beauty Waltz*, performed by Quartet Concrete; Christmas carol; *New Work*, performed by Sarah Jane Taylor and James Wilton; J.S. Bach: *What Is Left*, danced by Catherine Ochoa and Luca Di Polo; Eden Ahbez: *Nature Boy*, created and performed by Rentaro Nakaaki; Ludwig Minkus: *Don Quixote Suite*, performed by Katja Khaniukova and Aitor Arrieta. Compère: Giles Pearson.

Performers: Alina Cojocaru; Aitor Arrieta; Katja Khaniukova; Chloe Keneally; Fabian Reimair; Swanice Luong; Martinho Santos; Kim Brandstrup; James Wilton Dance; Seirian Griffiths; Giles Pearson (compère); Hanna Dienes-Williams; Patrick Alexander Keefe; Quartet Concrete; Joseph Barker; Catherine Ochoa; Luca Di Polo; Julia Richter; Sarah Jane Taylor; James Wilton; Rentaro Nakaaki