Be wise, taste wines and adjusts your boundless hope to the cup of life, which is small. Even as we speak cruel time flees jealous. Harvest the present day, the morrow is uncertain. Seize the day. Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65–8 b.C.)
Iana Buravchikovа Яна Буравчикова, pas de deux scene from “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Maria Bulanova Мария Буланова as “Kitri” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский and Marius Petipa, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), costume design by Konstantin Korovin Константин Коровин, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (May 5, 2024; Mariinsky II).
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Elena Germanovich Алена Германовіч as “Odette” and Konstantin Belokhvostik Канстанцін Белахвосцік as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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“La Sylphide Сильфида”, libretto by Adolphe Nourrit and Filippo Taglioni, choreo by August Bournonville, staging by Elsa Marianne von Rosen, stage design by Sergey Solomko Сергей Соломко, costume by Oleg Vinogradov Олег Виноградов, revival choreo by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер, music by Herman Severin von Løvenskiold, revival of the stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Oksana Bondareva Оксана Бондарева as “Odile”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Alina Kaicheva Алина Каичева as “Giselle” and Daniil Roslanov Даниил Росланов as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Polina Diyanshina Полина Дияншина as “Zulme” and Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина as “Moyna”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Photographer was not mentioned by the source of this photograph.
Renata Shakirova Рената Шакирова as “Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “Malachite Box” (also known as “Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 11, 2024).
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“Swan Lake”, choreo and concept by David Dawson, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Yumiko Takeshima 竹島 由美子, Scottish Ballet, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Sophie Martin as “Odette”, “Swan Lake”, choreo and concept by David Dawson, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Yumiko Takeshima 竹島 由美子, Scottish Ballet, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland.
Note I: Sophie Martin is principal dancer at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (Baden State Theater), former principal dancer at the Scottish Ballet and special guest for this performance.
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Melissa Hamilton as “Manon Lescaut” and Ryoichi Hirano as “Chevalier Des Grieux”, “Manon”, based on the novel “L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut” by Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost), music by Gilles Massenet, choreo by Sir Kenneth McMillan, design by Nicholas Georgiadis, 2024 Melissa Hamilton’s International Ballet Stars Gala, Esplanade Theatre, Marina Bay, Singapore.
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Yulia Stepanova Юлия Степанова as “Aegina” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Mariinsky New Stage, Saint Petersburg, Russia (May 7, 2024).
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Note I: I would like to express my gratitude toAndrey Stepanov for providing me with the names of the some dancers included in this photo who, until that moment, were unknown to me.Thanks Andrey !!!
Note II: The order in which the dancers are mentioned in the post’s description may differ from the order in which they appear in the photo.
Note III: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Elizaveta Leushina Елизавета Леушина, “La Bayadère Баядерка”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, choreo by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, stage and costume design by Angelina Atlagić Ангелина Атлагич, Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Novat) Новосибирский Государственный Академический Театр Оперы и Балета (Hobat), Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya Oblast, Russia.
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Photographer was not mentioned by the source of this photograph.
Liudmila Khitrova Людмила Хитрова as “Odette” and Konstantin Belokhvostik Канстанцін Белахвосцік as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Tahmina Uzakova Тахмина Узакова as “Gipsy Girl”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский and Marius Petipa, costume and set design by Valery Leventhal Валерий Левенталь, Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater Башкирский государственный театр оперы и балета, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan.
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Galina Nagevich Галина Нагевич as one of Giselle’s Friends, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II : Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
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