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.)
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Elizaveta Kokoreva Елизавета Кокорева as “Princess Shyrin”, “The Legend of Love Легенда о любви”, music by Arif Melikov Ариф Меликов, libretto by Nazym Hikmet Назым Хикмет and Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр (historic stage), Moscow, Russia. (October 9, 2022).
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Maria Chernyavskaya Мария Чернявская, “Waltz of the Snowflakes”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design bySimon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Aleksandra Borodina Александра Бородина as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, 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), choreography by Konstantin Uralsky Константин Уральский after Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, production design by Maria Volskaya Мария Вольская, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Астраханский Государственный Театр Оперы и Балета, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Young Gypsy Woman”, “The 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 “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography 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 (July 8, 2023).
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Cara Verschraegen and Adson Lipaus Zocca, “Chaconne”, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (“Chaconne in D minor”, violin solo by Alexej Barchevitch), choreography and set design by Andris Plucis, costume design by Danielle Jost. As part of the program “Total Dance” (“Chaconne”, “Boléro” by Andris Plucis and Maurice Ravel; “Ich müsste sein, ich müsste tun, ich müsste…” by Lucia Giarratana and Vincenzo La Palerma, and “Squad” by Jorge Pérez Martínez and Edvard Grieg), Ballett Landestheater Eisenach Eisenach State Theater Ballet, Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain” and Aleksandr Sergeev Александр Сергеев as “Severian”, “The 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 “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography 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 (July 8, 2023).
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Evgenia Telyatnikova Евгения Телятникова and Aleksandra Krisa Александра Криса as “Flower Fairies”, “The Scarlet Flower Аленький цветочек”, music by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов, libretto by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale of the same name by Sergey Aksakov Сергей Аксаков, choreography by 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.
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Aleksandra Morozova Александра Морозова as “Carmen”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, choreography by Konstantin Uralsky Константин Уральский, libretto based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée, music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, costume design by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgaleva Елена Нецветаева Долгалёва, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Астраханский Государственный Театр Оперы и Балета, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко as “Giselle”, “Giselle”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier, Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges and Jean Coralli, choreography José Martínez, costume and set design by Iñaki Cobos Guerrero, Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Slovensko Narodno Gledališče Opera in Balet Ljubljana, Ljubljana Opera House Ljubljanska Operna Hiša, Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia (January 12).
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Viktoria Brileva Виктория Брилёва, Yulia Kobzar Юлия Кобзарь, Zlata Yalinich Злата Ялинич as “The Three Odalisques”, “Schéhérazade Шехеразада”, music by Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov Николай Римский Корсаков, choreography by Mikhail Fokine (1910) reconstruction by Isabelle Fokine and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (1994), set and costume design by Anna Nezhnaya Анна Нежная, Anatoly Nezhny Анатолий Нежный after original sketches by Léon Bakst Леон Бакст, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Valeriya Pobedinskaya Валерия Побединская as “White Pussycat” (also know as “The White Cat” or “White Kitty”), “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, choreography by 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.
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