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.)
Polina Semionova Полина Семионова as “Zobeide” and Igor Zelensky Игорь Зеленский 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, 2014 Igor Zelensky Gala, Mariinsky Theatre Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 15).
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Rita” or “Mademoiselle Margot” (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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Oksana Skorik Оксана Скорик as “Odette” and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan LakeЛебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeyev Константин Сергеев and music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, 2012 Mariinsky Ballet USA Tour, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, USA (October 3).
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Irma Nioradze Ирма Ниорадзе, “The Dying Swan”, choreo by Mikhail Fokine, music by Camille Saint Saëns, 2013 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall Большой концертный зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April).
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Elizaveta Kokoreva Елизавета Кокорева as “Jeanne”, “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев and Aleksandr Belinsky Александр Белинский music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Angélica Generosa and Lucien Postlewaite, “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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Igone de Jongh and Casey Herd, “Fantasía”, choreo by Hans van Manen, music by Johann Sebastian Bach [Choral overture, Prelude in a minor (Fantasie)], costume by Keso Dekker, 2014 Het Nationale Ballet Gala, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands (September 13-14).
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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 (July 16, 2023).
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Svetlana Zakharova Светлана Захарова as “Aegina” and Aleksandr Volchkov Александр Волчков as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, libretto and choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, costume by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, David H. Koch Theater, 2014 Lincoln Center Festival, New York City, USA (July 25-27, 2014).
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Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич and Mikhail Lobukhin Михаил Лобухин (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).
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Marian Walter (Staatsballett Berlin), “Lacrimosa”, choreo by Edward Stierle, music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (“Requiem” in D minor, K. 626), 2013 Savonlinna Dance Open Ballet Festival, Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Finland (July).
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Maria Khoreva Мария Хорева as “Odette”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costumes design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 2).
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Vera Arbuzova Вера Арбузова as “Carmen” and Andrey Kasyanenko Андрей Касьяненко as “Torero”, “Carmen Suite”, choreography and libretto by Alberto Alonso based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée, music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, 2013 Lahti Russian Ballet Festival, Lahti, Finland.
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Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров as “Solor”, “La Bayadère Баядеркa”, 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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Sara Mearns and Russell Janzen, “Diamonds”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (Symphony Nº 3 in D Major Op. 29), costume by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky) from “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and “Diamonds”), New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, USA.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 