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.)
Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Rita” or “Mademoiselle Margot” and Artem Ovcharenko Артем Овчаренко as “Yashka” or “Monsieur Jacques” (dancers from 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 Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreography 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, 2012).
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Kristina Shapran Кристина Шапран as “The Young Girl” and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров as “The Rose”, “Le Spectre de la Rose Видение Розы” (rehearsal), choreo and scenario by Mikhail Fokine (1911), music by Carl Maria von Weber (“Afforderung zum Tanz”), libretto by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer based on the poem “Le Spectre de la Rose” by Théophile Gautier, costume by Léon Bakst Леон Бакст, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Polina Semionova Полина Семионова as “Zobeide”, “Schéhérazade Шехеразада”, 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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Clara Ruf Maldonado and Dammiel Cruz, “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, “Rubies”, choreo by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra), costume by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky). From “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” & “Diamonds”), Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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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, choreo by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, 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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Olesya Dmitrakova Roslanova Олеся Дмитракова Росланова as “Cleopatra”, “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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Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова, “The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude”, choreo, staging and lighting by William Forsythe, music by Franz Schubert (Symphony Nº 9 in С major Op. 31. Finale), costume by Stephen Galloway, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2009).
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“Serenade”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48), costume by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич and Mikhail Lobukhin Михаил Лобухин (principal 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 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (“Requiem” in D minor, K. 626), 2013 Savonlinna Dance Open Ballet Festival, Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Finland (July).
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Denis Medvedev Денис Медведев, ukrainian folk dance “Gopak Гопак” from ballet “Taras Bulba Тарас Бульба”, music by Vasily Solovyov Sedoi Василий Соловьев Седой, choreo by Rostislav Zakharov Ростислав Захаров, 2013 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall Большой Концертный Зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (april).
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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Olga Marchenkova Ольга Марченкова as “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress) and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Antoine Mistral” (an actor), “The Flames of ParisПламя Парижа”, libretto by Aleksandr Belinsky Александр Белинский and Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, on basis of the original libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков and Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев, music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (original choreo by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен), costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (November 13, 2022).
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Teresa Reichlen and Russell Janzen, “Diamonds”, choreo 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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Carla Körbes, “Swan Lake”, choreography by Kent Stowell, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, staging by Francia Russell, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, costume design by Paul Tazewell, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 