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.)
Tina Pereira and Keiichi Hirano, “Veer”, choreography by Sabrina Matthews, music by Franghiz Ali Zadeh, costume design by Caroline O’Brien, The National Ballet of Canada, The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood, “Raven Girl” (reheasal), direction and choreo by Wayne McGregor, original music by Gabriel Yared, set and costume design by Vicki Mortimer. Based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger, 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич and Mikhail Lobukhin Михаил Лобухин (dancers from Bolshoi Ballet) “Moszkowski Waltz”, music by Moritz Moszkowski, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, 2012 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrskiy Concert Hall Большой Концертный Зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 16).
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Misty Copeland (American Ballet Theatre), “Paganini”, choreo by Marcelo Gomes, music by Niccolò Paganini (Caprice Nº 24 in A Minor), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина as “Isis” (Egyptian Goddess of Healing and Magic), Pyotr Gorbunov Петр Горбунов as “Osiris” (Egyptian God of Fertility) and Amir Salimov Амир Салимов as “Horus” (Egyptian God of the Sky), “Cleopatra Клеопатра”, music by Vladimir Kachesov Владимиp Качесов, libretto and choreography by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, stage design by Grigory Belov Григорий Белов, 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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“Swan Lake Лебединое Озеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltzer Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константина Сергеев, set design by Igor Ivanov Игорь Иванов, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева,Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, 2013 Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany.
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Iana Salenko Яна Саленко (Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet) and Herman Cornejo (American Ballet Theatre) “Diana and Acteon” (rehearsal), choreo by Agrippina Vaganova Агриппина Ваганова, music by Cesare Pugni, 2013 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall Большой Kонцертный зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 22).
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Viktoria Trenkina Виктория Тренкина as “Phrygia” and Denis Shpak Дзяніс Шпак as “Spartacus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, libretto by Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев and Eugene Lysik Евгений Лысик after Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, choreography and stage by Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев, design by Eugene Lysik Евгений Лысик, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Anita Pudikova Анита Пудикова, “Raymonda Раймонда”, libretto by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович based on legends of medieval knights, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (version of 2003), Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Vera Arbuzova Вера Арбузова as “Carmen” and Andrey Kasyanenko Андрей Касьяненко as “Torero”, “Carmen Suite”, choreography and libretto by Alberto Alonso (libretto based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée), music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, 2013 Lahti Russian Ballet Festival, Lahti, Finland.
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Lyubov Andreyeva Любовь Андреева as “Camille Claudel” and Oleg Gabyshev Олег Габышев as “Auguste Rodin”, “Rodin, Her Eternal Idol Роден, ее вечный идол”, choreo by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music by Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint Saëns and Jules Massenet, costume by Olga Shaishmelashvili Ольга Шайшмелашвили, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Anastasia Meskova Анастасия Меськова and Anton Savichev Антон Савичев, “Bolero” (scene from Act III), “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa and Aleksey Fadeyechev Алексей Фадеечев, 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 Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (October 13, 2021).
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