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.)
Irina Eromkina Ирина Еромкина as “Nikiya”, “La Bayadère”, music by Ludwig Minkus, libretto by Marius Petipa, Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, choreography by Marius Petipa, stage by Pavel Stalinsky Павел Сталинский, set and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев. As part of the program “A Creative Evening with Irina Eromkina”, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus (May 15).
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Floor Eimers and Edo Wijnen, “Concertante”, choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Frank Martin (“Petite Symphonie Concertante”), costume by Keso Dekker. As part of “Hans van Manen Festival”, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (June 8 to June 29).
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Aigerim Beketayeva Айгерим Бекетаева as “Phrygia” and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan Бахтияр Адамжан as “Spartacus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, libretto and choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli and plots of ancient history using the script by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян. As part of the Gala Concert of Ballet Stars: “Maris Liepa. With Love”, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia. (December 1, 2019).
“Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltzer Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский and Asaf Messerer Асаф Мессерер, revised by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер, stage and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Natalia Somova Наталья Сомова as “Lady Capulet” and Ivan Mikhalev Иван Михалев as “Tybalt”, “Romeo and Juliet Ромео и Джульетта”, choreography by Maxim Sevagin Максим Севагин, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, costume by Igor Chapurin Игоря Чапурин, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Liudmila Khitrova Людмила Хитрова as “Beloved Возлюбленная” and Anton Kravchenko Антон Кравченко as “Poet Поэт”, “Carmina Burana Кармина Бурана”, music by Carl Orff, libretto, choreography and staging by Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев, design by Ernst Heidebrecht, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Maria Yakovleva Мария Яковлева and Arne Vandervelde, “Four Schumann Pieces”, music by Robert Schumann (String Quartet in A opus 41 Nº 3), costume by Jean-Paul Vroom, choreography and stage design by Hans van Manen. As part of program “Kontrapunkte” (“Große Fuge” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, “Duets” by Merce Cunningham and “Four Schumann Pieces”), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria (June 2022).
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Anastasia Limenko Анастасия Лименько as “Gamzatti”, “La Bayadère”, choreography by Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume design by Yolanda Sonnabend, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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“La Bayadère Баядерка”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, stage and costume design by Angelina Atlagić Ангелина Атлагич, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 21 & 22).
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Olesya Dmitrakova-Roslanova Олеся Дмитракова-Росланова and Daniil Roslanov Даниил Росланов, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrei Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny Анатолий Нежный, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (April 14).
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“Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costumes design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Veronika Ovchinnikova Вераніка Аўчыннікава as “Zarema”, “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai Бахчысарайскі фантан”, choreography by Rostislav Zakharov Ростислав Захаров (1934), music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, based on the poem (1823) of the same name by Alexander Pushkin Александр Пуyшкин, set and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Nesvizh Castle Нясьвіскі замак, Niasviž, Republic of Belarus.
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Daria Ionova Дарья Ионова as “The Shapphire Fairy”, “The Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской and Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreography by Marius Petipa revised version by Konstantin Sergeev Константина Сергеев (1952), set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Liudmila Khitrova Людмила Хитрова as “Rose”, “Le Petit Prince Маленький Принц”, music by Eugene Glebov Евгений Глебов, libretto version of Larisa Glebova Лариса Глебова (based on the novella “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), choreography and stage by Aleksandra Tikhomirova Александра Тихомирова, design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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“La Bayadère Баядерка”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, stage and costume design by Angelina Atlagić Ангелина Атлагич, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 21 & 22).
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Maria Vinogradova Мария Виноградова and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков (duet in black), Postscript” (rehearsal), choreography and costume desig by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, music by Philip Glass. As part of the program “Postscript 2.0, An Evening of Modern Choreography”, (“Initium” by Aleхander Scryabin Александр Скрябин and Konstantin Keykhel Константин Кейхель; “Faun” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Claude Debussy-Nitin Sawhney; “Sonata-Fantasy” by Aleхander Scryabin Александр Скрябин and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов and “Postscript”), Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia. (June 21 & 22, 2022).
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Yulia Makhalina Юлии Махалиной (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) as “Balerina” and Yuri Ananyan Юрий Ананян (Eifman Ballet Театр балета Борис Эйфман) as “Commissar”, “Red Giselle Красная Жизель” choreography by Boris Eifman Бориса Эйфман, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Alfred Sсhnittke, Georges Bizet, sets and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфмана, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 