Nadezhda Gonchar Надежда Гончар as “Calliope” (muse of poetry), Yekaterina Osmolkina Екатерина Осмолкина as “Terpsichore” (muse of dance and song), Olesya Novikova Олеся Новикова as “Polyhymnia” (muse of mime) and Igor Zelensky Игорь Зеленский as “Apollo” (greek god of music), “Apollo”, choreography by George Balanchine, libretto and music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Apollon Musagète”), costumes by Barbara Karinska (since 1957 performed in minimal practice clothes), Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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