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.)
Yuliana Chereshkevich Юлиана Черешкевич as one of the “Brides of the Prince”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Yulia Grebenshchikova Юлия Гребенщикова as one of the “Birds”, “The Seagull Чайка”, libretto by Aleksandr Molochnikov Александр Молочников, Olga Khenkina Ольга Хенкина, based on a play (1895) of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Ilya Demutsky Илья Демуцкий, choreo by Yury Possokhov Юрий Посохов, costume designbyEmma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 16, 2024).
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Polina Andryevna Полина Андреевна” (Ilya Shamraev’s wife), “The Seagull Чайка”, libretto by Aleksandr Molochnikov Александр Молочников, Olga Khenkina Ольга Хенкина, based on a play (1895) of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Ilya Demutsky Илья Демуцкий, choreo by Yury Possokhov Юрий Посохов, costume designbyEmma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 16, 2024).
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
“One Thousand and One Nights Тысяча и одна ночь” (rehearsal), music by Fikret Amirov Fikrət Əmirov, choreo Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, libretto by Murad Ibragimbekov Мурад Ибрагимбеков, Rustam Ibragimbekov Рустам Ибрагимбеков and Naila Nazirova Наиля Назирова based on “One Thousand and One Nights” Arabian fairy tales, a masterpiece of medieval Arabian literature, a collection of fairy tales and parables told by Schéhérazade, 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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