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.)
Brittany Reid as “Juanita”, “Don Quixote”, choreography by Alexei Ratmanky Алексей Ратманский after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Ludwig Minkus, set and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan, 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), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Natalia Povoroznyuk Наталья Поворознюк and Dmitriy Fisher Дмитрий Фишер,“Eugene Onegin – Евгений Онегин”, choreography by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, based on the novel in verse of the same name by Alexander Pushkin Александр Пуyшкин, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Alexander Sitkovetsky Александр Ситковецкий, costumes by Olga Shaishmelashvili Ольга Шайшмелашвили, Pyotr Okunev Петр Окунев, Anna Yakushchenko Анна Якущенко, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Борис Эйфман, London Coliseum, London, England (April 6, 2012).
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Ulyana Lopatkina Ульяна Лопаткина (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр), “Russkaya” (russian dance performed in some productions of “Swan Lake” Act III), music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, choreography by Kasian Goleizovsky Касьян Голейзовский, 2010 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Olesya Novikova Олеся Новикова, “Giselle”, choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli, set design by Igor Ivanov Игорь Иванов, costume design by Irina Press, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Eve Grinsztajn, “Les Enfants du Paradis” (“Children of the Paradise”), music by Marc-Olivier Dupin, choreography by José Martínez, costumes by Agnès Letestu, Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Zenaida Yanowsky, “The Four Temperaments”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Paul Hindemith, (Theme with Four Variations for String Orchestra and Piano), costume and set by Kurt Seligmann, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Ashley Bouder and Jonathan Stafford, “Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto Nº 2”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (Piano Concerto Nº 2 in G, Op. 44), choreography by George Balanchine, costume by Barbara Karinska (original), Ben Benson (1979), Gary Lisz (1990), current costume by Marc Happel (2019), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) as “Medora”, “Le Corsaire”, choreography by Pyotr Gusev (original choreography by Marius Petipa), music by Adolphe Adam, Leo Delibes, Cesare Pugni, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburg, 2013 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 2013).
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Gillian Murphy, “Swan Lake”, choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, scenery and costume by Zack Brown, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, USA.
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Megan Zimny Kaftira as “Marguerite Gautier” and Remi Wörtmeyer as “Armand Duval”, purple pas de deux scene from “The Lady of the Camellias”, music by Frédéric Chopin, choreography by John Neumeier (1978), costume design by Jürgen Rose, lighting by John Neumeier (reconstructed by Ralf Merkel). Based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas fils (1848).Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Melissa Hamilton (The Royal Ballet) and Dawid Trzensimiech (Polski Balet Narodowy Polish National Ballet), “Asphodel Meadows”, choreography by Liam Scarlett, music by Francis Poulenc, 2017 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24).
April Daly as “Desdemona” and Fabrice Calmels as “Othello”, “Othello”, choreography by Lar Lubovitch, music by Elliot Goldenthal, scenic design by George Tsypin, costumes by Ann Hould-Ward, The Joffrey Ballet, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова (Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр) as “Princess Aspicia, “La Fille du Pharaon”, (pre-curtain), libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges from “Le Roman de la Momie” by Théophile Gautier, choreography by Marius Petipa versioned by Pierre Lacotte and music by Cesare Pugni, “Hallberg Presents: Legacy”, David H. Koch Theater, New York City, USA (April 17, 2015).
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Charlotte Ranson, “Le Sacre du Printemps”, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский, choreography by Pina Bausch, costume by Rolf Borzik, Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France (December 22, 2015).
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