Highly acclaimed international ballet dancers guested at the Hungarian State Opera for a sparkling ballet gala. Leonid Sarafanov and Olesya Novikova from the legendary Mariinsky Ballet enthralled the audience with a compelling rendition of the Don Quixote pas de deux whereas Mariafrancesca Garritano (Corpo di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala) and Noah Gelber, one of today´s most renowned Forsythe interpreters, elegantly displayed William Forsythe´s pas de deux Herman Schmerman.