Kings of the Dance was a four night dance extravaganza starring: Angel Corella, American Ballet Theatre Ethan Stiefel, American Ballet Theatre Johan Kobborg, The Royal Ballet, London Nikolay Tsiskaridze, The Bolshoi Ballet And guest stars: Alina Cojocaru, The Royal Ballet, London Gudrun Bojesen, The Royal Danish Ballet Kings of the Dance had its premiere February 23, 2006 at New York City Center. The program consisted of: Flemming Flindt's The Lesson (La Leçon) (1963) to music by Georges Delerue Christopher Wheeldon's FOR 4 (pièce d'occasion) (2006) to Franz Schubert's Death and the Maiden New York premiere solos: Afternoon of a Faun, (Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune) made by Tim Rushton on Johan Kobborg to the music of Claude Debussy Wavemaker, made by Nils Christe on Ethan Stiefel to music by John Adams We Got It Good, made by Stanton Welch on Angel Corella to music by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington Carmen, made by Roland Petit to the music of Georges Bizet, danced by Nikolay Tsiskaridze Kings of the Dance was co-produced by Ardani Artists and Segerstrom Center for the Arts in February 2006, Sergei Danilian, Producer Sergei Danilian produced four more programs under title of the Kings of the Dance with different set of dancers including David Hallberg, Marcelo Gomes, Guillaume Côté, Ivan Vasiliev, Denis Matvienko, Leonid Sarafanov, Jose Manuel Carreño, Joaquin De Luz, Roberto Bolle. Mr. Danilian presented Kings of the Dance project in Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Rostov on Don, Krasnodar, Ufa), in Ukraine (Kyiv, Odessa), in Latvia (Riga), in Estonia (Tallinn), Buenos Aires, London, Los Angeles as well as few times in New York. Reviews NY Times, John Rockwell, February 23, 2006 Village Voice, Deborah Jowitt, March 3, 2006 Ballet.co Magazine, Anjuli Bai, February 2006 Ballets by Flemming Flindt Ballets by Christopher Wheeldon Ballets to the music of Franz Schubert Ballets by Tim Rushton Ballets by Nils Christe Ballets by Stanton Welch Ballets to the music of Billy Strayhorn Ballets to the music of Duke Ellington Ballets by Roland Petit Ballets to the music of Georges Bizet 2006 ballet premieres