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.)
Note I: Some links leading to the English version of the Kremlin Ballet websitedo not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their Russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Photographer Yekaterina Vladimirova Екатерина Владимирова
Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Nikiya” and Dmitry Gudanov Дмитрий Гуданов as “Solor”, “La Bayadère Баядерка”, choreo by Marius Petipa (1877), revised choreo by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани (1941), Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume by Evgeny Ponomarev Евгений Пономарёв, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Renata Shakirova Рената Шакирова as “Zobeide” and Timur Askerov Тимур Аскеров as “Zobeide’s Slave”, “SchéhérazadeШехеразада”, choreo by Mikhail Fokine (1910), Isabelle Fokine and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (1994), music by Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov Николай Римский Корсаков, set and costume design by Anna Nezhnaya Анна Нежная, Anatoly Nezhny Анатолий Нежный (original set by Léon Bakst Леон Бакст), scenario by Léon Bakst Леон Бакст and Mikhail Fokine based on arabian nights fairytales. As part of the program “The Ball of Fairy Tales Бал Cказок”, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall Большой Концертный Зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (November 10-11, 2023).
Mariya Shcheglova Мария Щеглова, “Giselle Жизель”, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, Friedrich Burgmüller, Riccardo Drigo and Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Konstantin Uralsky Константин Уральский after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Астраханский Государственный Театр Оперы и Балета, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва as “Carmen”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, choreo and libretto by Alberto Alonso based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée, music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin, production design by Boris Messerer Борис Мессерер, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (January 13, 2013).
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Cecilia Iliesiu as “Sugar Plum Fairy”, “The Nutcracker”, based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, staging by Judith Fugate, Peter Boal and Garielle Whittle, scenic and costume design by Ian Falconer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA (November 24 to December 27).
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Marianela Núñez (Royal Ballet), pas de deux from “Don Quixote”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Marius Petipa, 2015 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy (January 10, 2015).
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Juliet Prine as “Harlequin” and Destiny Wimpye as “Columbine”, “The Nutcracker”, based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, staging by Judith Fugate, Peter Boal and Garielle Whittle, scenic and costume design by Ian Falconer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (November 24 to December 27).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu” and Konstantin Zverev Константин Зверев as “The Vizier”, “The Legend of Love Легенда о любви”, libretto by Nazym Hikmet Назым Хикмет and Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, music by Arif Melikov Ариф Меликов, set, costume and lighting design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (May 4, 2014).
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Maria Abashova Мария Абашова as “Anna Karenina”, “Anna Karenina Анна Каренина”, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, choreo by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балет Борис Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Yekaterina Trusova Екатерина Трусова dressed for “Orient Dance” from “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, choreo by Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Anna Pavlova Russian Ballet Theatre Театр русского балета им. Анны Павловой, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Leah Terada as “Coffee”, “Nutcracker”, based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, staging by Judith Fugate, Peter Boal and Garielle Whittle, scenic and costume design by Ian Falconer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA (November 24 to December 27, 2023).
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Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Polina Diyanshina Полина Дияншина as “Isis” (Egyptian Goddess of Healing and Magic), Amir Salimov Амир Салимов as “Horus” (Egyptian God of the Sky) and Pyotr Gorbunov Петр Горбунов as “Osiris” (Egyptian God of Fertility), “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.
Note I: Some links leading to the English version of the Kremlin Ballet websitedo not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their Russian version.You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Liudmila Ulantseva Людміла Уланцева as “Odile” and Anton Kravchenko Антон Кравченко as “Baron von Rothbart”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus (January 2020).
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Nadzeya Filipava Надзея Філіпавa as “The Harlot” and Vladislav Koliada Владислав Коляда as “The Abbot”, “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 (October 27, 2023).
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Elisa Badenes and Friedemann Vogel, “Initials R.B.M.E.”, choreo by John Cranko, music by Johannes Brahms (Piano Concerto Nº 2), stage and costume by Jürgen Rose. As part of the program “Remember Me” (“Initials R.B.M.E.” and “Requiem” by Sir Kenneth MacMillan), Stuttgarter Ballett, Die Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Madison Rayn Abeo as “Marzipan”, “The Nutcracker”, based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, staging by Judith Fugate, Peter Boal and Garielle Whittle, scenic and costume design by Ian Falconer, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Washington, USA (November 24 to December 27, 2023).
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Spanish Doll”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский [“The Nutcracker” (1892)], libretto by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, ideas from the scenario by Marius Petipa, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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