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.)
Natalia Povoroznyuk Наталья Поворознюк, graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy Aкадемии Русского балета А.Я. Вагановой, former principal at Eifman Ballet Театр балета Борис Эйфман. Currently teacher and choreographer.
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“Le Corsaire Корсар” (rehearsal), choreo by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Pyotr Gusev revised by Farukh Ruzimatov, music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburg, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 2023).
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Yana Moiseeva Яна Моисеева as “White Cat” (also know as “White Pussycat” or “White Kitty”) and Egor Motuzov Егор Мотузов as “Puss in Boots”, “Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreography by Marius Petipa, Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 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 (January 18, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do 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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Alina Lipchuk Алина Липчук as “Fairy of Tenderness” (“Candide” or “Crystal Fountain Fairy”), “Sleeping Beauty Спящая Kрасавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa, Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 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 (January 18, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do 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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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва as “Carmen”, “Carmen“, music by Georges Bizet, libretto by Roland Petit based on the novel of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, choreo by Roland Petit, set design and costume by Antoni Clavé, lighting design by Roland Petit, with dancers of Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Novat) Новосибирский Государственный Академический Театр Оперы и Балета (Hobat), 2014 Igor Zelensky Gala, Mariinsky Theatre Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 15, 2014).
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Francesca Hayward as “Manon Lescaut”, “Manon”, based on the novel “L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut” by Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost), music by Gilles Massenet, choreo by Sir Kenneth McMillan, design by Nicholas Georgiadis, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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“Giselle”, choreo by Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, production and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, music by Adolphe Adam, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Arina Tomilina Арина Томилина as “Little Red Riding Hood Красная шапочка”, “Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa, Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 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 (January 18, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do 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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Valeriya Pobedinskaya Валерия Побединская, Aliya Khassenova Алия Хасенова and Yuliya Voronina Юлия Воронина, “The Three Odalisques”, “Schéhérazade Шехеразада”, choreo by Mikhail Fokine (1910) reconstruction by 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), 2012 Russian Seasons of the XXI Century Festival, Mikhailovsky Theater Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 3-5, 2012).
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Alisa Voronova Алиса Воронова as “Giselle” and Nikolay Chevychelov Николай Чевычелов as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Moscow Classical Ballet website do 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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Natalia Povoroznyuk Наталья Поворознюк, graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy Aкадемии Русского балета А.Я. Вагановой, former principal at Eifman Ballet Театр балета Борис Эйфман. Currently teacher and choreographer.
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Aleksandra Krisa Александра Криса as “Princess Florina” (or “The Enchanted Princess”), “Sleeping Beauty Спящая Kрасавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa, Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 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 (January 18, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do 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 was not mentioned by the source of this photograph.
Nadzeya Filipava Надзея Філіпавa as “The Firebird”, “The Firebird Жар птушка”, libretto and choreo by Mikhail Fokine reconstruction by Isabelle Fokine and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский, costume by Léon Bakst Леон Бакст, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus (March 15, 2019).
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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “Raymonda”, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, libretto by Countess Lydia Pashkova Графиня Лидия Пашкова based on legends of medieval knights, choreo by Marius Petipa, production, concept and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean, costume and set design by Jérôme Kaplan, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Giselle”, “Giselle”, choreo by Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, production and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, music by Adolphe Adam, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Polina Diyanshina Полина Дияншина as “Fairy of Playfulness” (“Fleure de Farin”), “The Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreography by Marius Petipa, Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 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 (January 18, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do 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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Elena Chernova Елена Чернова as “Odette” and Andrey Sorokin Андрей Сорокин as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Leonid Yacobson Ballet Театр балет имени Леонид Якобсон, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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