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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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина as “Isis” (Egyptian Goddess of Healing and Magic), “Cleopatra Клеопатра”, music by Vladimir Kachesov Владимиp Качесов, libretto and choreo 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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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Nikiya”, “La Bayadère Баядерка”, choreo by Marius Petipa (1877), revised choreo by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани (1941), Konstantin Sergeyev Константин Сергеев and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume by Evgeny Ponomarev Евгений Пономарёв, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Irina Eromkina Ирина Еромкина, “Carmina Burana Кармина Бурана”, music by Carl Orff, libretto, choreo and stage 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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Natalia Osipova Наталья Осипова as “Kitri” and Ivan Vasiliev Иван Васильев as “Miguel Basilio”, “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), choreo by Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, overall choreographic revision and staging by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер, 2011 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrskiy Concert Hall Большой концертный зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 22).
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Nadzeya Filipava Надзея Філіпавa as “Anitra” (daughter of a bedouin leader), “Peer Gynt Пэр Гюнт”, libretto, choreo and staging by Sergey Mikel Сяргей Мікель based on the drama of the same name by Henrik Ibsen, music by Edvard Grieg, design by Lyubov Sidelnikova Любоў Сідзельнікава, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Polina Semionova Полина Семионова as “Emma Bovary” and Cohen Aitchison Dugas as “Léon Dupuis” (Emma’s lover), “Bovary”, libretto by Claus Spahn based on the novel “Madame Bovary“ by Gustave Flaubert, choreo and staging by Christian Spuck, music by Camille Saint Saëns, Thierry Pécou, György Ligeti and others, costume by Emma Ryott, Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Rita” or “Mademoiselle Margot” and Artem Ovcharenko Артем Овчаренко as “Yashka” or “Monsieur Jacques” (dancers from Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “Tango” from “The Golden Age”, libretto by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович and Isaak Glikman Исаак Гликман, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, music by Dmitry Shostakovich Дмитрий Шостакович, set and costume by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, 2013 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall Большой Концертный Зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 2013).
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Vérine Bouwman and Salvatore Castelli, “Pure”, choreo by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, music by Tsubasa Hori and Olga Wojciechowska. As part of the program “Fall” (“Kaash” by Akram Khan, “Fall” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and “Pure”), Introdans, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
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Olivia Cowley and Edward Watson, “Qualia”, concept, direction, choreo and set design by Wayne McGregor, music by Scanner, 2015 Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund Tribute Gala, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England.
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Weronika Frodyma as “Emma Bovary” and David Motta Soares as “Rodolphe Boulanger” (Emma’s lover), “Bovary”, libretto by Claus Spahn based on the novel “Madame Bovary“ by Gustave Flaubert, choreo and staging by Christian Spuck, music by Camille Saint Saëns, Thierry Pécou, György Ligeti and others, costume by Emma Ryott, Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Virna Toppi as “Marguerite Gautier” and Emilio Paván as “Armand Duval”, “The Lady of the Camellias Die Kameliendame”, choreo, staging and light by John Neumeier, music by Frédéric Chopin, set and costume by Jürgen Rose, based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas fils, Bayerisches Staatsballett Bavarian State Ballet, Nationaltheater, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Yolanda Correa as “Kitri”, “Don Quixote” (general rehearsal), choreo and staging by Víctor Ullate, music by Ludwig Minkus, stage and costume design by Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany (December 2021).
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Olesya Dmitrakova Roslanova Олеся Дмитракова Росланова as “Cleopatra” and Mikhail Evgenov Михаил Евгенов as “Julius Caesar”, “Cleopatra Клеопатра”, music by Vladimir Kachesov Владимиp Качесов, libretto and choreo 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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Elizabeth Murphy and Dylan Wald, “Petite Mort”, choreo by Jiří Kylián, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [Piano Concerto in A Major (Adagio), Piano Concerto in C Major (Andante)], costume by Joke Visser, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич and Mikhail Lobukhin Михаил Лобухин (principal dancers from Bolshoi Ballet) “Moszkowski Waltz”, music by Moritz Moszkowski, choreo by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, 2012 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrskiy Concert Hall Большой Концертный Зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 16, 2012).
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Marian Walter (Staatsballett Berlin), “Lacrimosa”, choreo by Edward Stierle, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (“Requiem” in D minor, K. 626), 2013 Savonlinna Dance Open Ballet Festival, Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Finland (July 2013).
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Denis Medvedev Денис Медведев, “Gopak Гопак”, ukrainian folk dance from ballet “Taras Bulba Тарас Бульба”, music by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi Василий Соловьев-Седой, choreo by Rostislav Zakharov Ростислав Захаров, 2013 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall Большой Концертный Зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 2013).
Liudmila Ulantseva Людміла Уланцева and Even Capitaine, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, libretto, choreo and staging by Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев (libretto based on Aleksandr Blok’s cycle of poems “Carmen”), music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, costume design by Nataliya Protasova Наталия Протасова, 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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