53rd Edition of Positano Premia la Danza Léonide Massine
Saturday, September 6, 2025, 9:00 PM • Positano Spiaggia Grande
GALA OF THE AWARDED ARTISTS
Saturday 6 September 9.00 pm Spiaggia Grande in Positano
LAURA VALENTE Artistic Director
Hosted by Journalist MARIA CAVA
AWARDED:
ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
Lifetime Achievement Award
YAMAN OKUR
Premio Positano Special Award “Contemporary
Urban Choreography – Body, Image &
Community”
LUCIANO CANNITO
“Luca Vespoli” Award for the Dissemination, Support, and Promotion of Dance
DANCERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD:
Italy, France,
United States, China, Cuba, Japan, Turkey, Albania, Great Britain, Austria, New Zealand, Germany
American Ballet Theatre
KAYLA MAK – USA/Japan/China/Cuba
ABT Studio Company
MAX BARKER – USA
The Royal Ballet
MAYARA MAGRI – Brazil/England
MATTHEW BALL – England
Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris
HECTOR JAIN – USA/Francia
CLARA MOUSSEIGNE – Giappone/Francia
In homage to Angelin Preljocaj:
Principal Dancer Bayerisches Staatsballett
JAKOB FEYFERLIK – Austria/Munich
KSENIA SHEVTSOVA – Russia/Munich
Teatro di San Carlo Ballet
VITTORIA BRUNO – Italy
DANIELE DI DONATO – Italy (Léonide Massine Award
for Promising Young Artists in 2018 and 2024)
Léonide Massine Dance Prize 2025
Dancer of the Year
LIUDMILA KONOVALOVA – Russia/Austria
SCIENTIFIC BOARD
SUSANNE JAFFE
Artistic Director of the American Ballet Theatre – United States
CLOTILDE VAYER
Ballet Director Teatro di San Carlo – Italy/France
KEVIN O’HARE
Direttore The Royal Ballet Londra
JOSÉ CARLOS MARTÍNEZ GARCIA
Dance Director of the Opéra National de Paris France/Spain
LAURA VALENTE
Artistic Director Premio Positano Léonide Massine – Italy
Honorary Presidents of the Léonide Massine Prize
ALBERTO TESTA and ALFIO AGOSTINI
ALESSIO CARBONE
Artistic Coordinator
Info line Municipality of Positano +39 089 812 25 35 • segreteria.sindaco@comune.positano.sa.it