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.)
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Phrygia”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, choreo by Leonid Yakobson Леонид Якобсон, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, sets and costume by Valentina Khodasevich Валентина Ходасевич, choreo revived by Vyacheslav Khomyakov Вячеслав Хомяков, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 4, 2024).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu”, “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.
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu”, “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.
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Carmen” andRoman Belyakov Роман Беляков as “Don José”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, choreo and libretto by Alberto Alonso (libretto based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée), music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, production design by Boris Messerer Борис Мессерер, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Zobeide” and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров as “Zobeide’s Slave”, “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). As part of the program “Vladimir Shklyarov 20 Years on Stage” [“Schéhérazade” and “La Bayadère” (The Shadows Act) by Marius Petipa/Andris Liepa], Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (November 20, 2023).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Zobeide” and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров as “Zobeide’s Slave”, “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). As part of the program “Vladimir Shklyarov 20 Years on Stage” [“Schéhérazade” and “La Bayadère” (The Shadows Act) by Marius Petipa and Andris Liepa], Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (November 20, 2023).
Note II: 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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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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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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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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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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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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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Nikiya”, “La Bayadère Баядерка”, choreo by Marius Petipa (1877), revised choreography 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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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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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина, “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux” (rehearsal), choreo by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (Excerpt from “Swan Lake”, Op. 20, Act III), costume by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина is principal dancer from Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина, “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux” (rehearsal), choreography by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (Excerpt from “Swan Lake”, Op. 20, Act III), costume by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина is principal dancer from Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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