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.)
Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко and Denis Matvienko Денис Матвиенко (Mariinsky Ballet), “Grand Pas Classique” choreography by Victor Gsovsky, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Stars of Benois de la Danse, Laureates of Different Years, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 27)
Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко and Denis Matvienko Денис Матвиенко (Mariinsky Ballet), “Grand Pas Classique” choreography by Victor Gsovsky, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Stars of Benois de la Danse, Laureates of Different Years, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 27)
Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова and Semyon Chudin Семен Чудин, “The Tchaikovsky pdd” choreography by George Balanchine, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Stars of Benois de la Danse, Laureates of Different Years, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 27)
Maria Allash Мария Аллаш and Denis Rodkin Денис Родькин, (Bolshoi Ballet), Adagio from “The Legend of Love” choreography by Yuri Grigorovich, Bolshoi Theatre, 2015 Benois de la Danse (May 27, 2015)
Ulyana Lopatkina Ульяна Лопаткина and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков (Mariinsky Ballet), “Trois Gnossiennes” choreography by Hans Van Manen, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Stars of Benois de la Danse, Laureates of Different Years, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 27)
Silvia Azzoni and Alexandre Riabko (Hamburg Ballett), “Desire” choreography by John Neumeier, Laureates of Different Years, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 27, 2015)
Dorothee Gilbert and Hugo Marchand (Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris), “Manon” duet choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Laureates of Different Years, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 27, 2015)
Nicoletta Manni (Ballet La Scala) as “Esmeralda” and Ivan Vasiliev Иван Васильев as “Quasimodo”, “Notre-Dame de Paris” choreography by Roland Petit, 2015 Benois de la Danse Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26, 2015)
Yolanda Correa and Yoel Carreño (The Norwegian National Ballet), “Onegin” choreography by John Cranko, 2015 Benois de la Danse Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26, 2015)
Marian Walter (Staatsballett Berlin) and Rainer Krenstetter (Miami City Ballet), “Morel et St Loup ou le combat des anges” from “Proust, ou Les intermittences du coeur” choreography by Roland Petit, 2015 Benois de la Danse Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26, 2015)
Marianela Núñez as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Thiago Soares as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26).
Note I: Marianela Núñez and Thiago Soares are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Bianca” and Semyon Chudin Семен Чудин as “Lucentio” (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Taming of the Shrew” “Укрощение строптивой” choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26)
Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова and Denis Rodkin Денис Родькин (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Talisman” pdd choreography by Marius Petipa, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26)
Evgenia Obraztsova and Denis Rodkin (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Talisman” choreography by Marius Petipa
Marianela Núñez and Thiago Soares (The Royal Ballet), “Winter Dreams” choreography by Kenneth MacMillan
Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudin (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Taming of the Shrew” choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot
Nicoletta Manni (La Scala Ballet) and Ivan Vasiliev, “Notre-Dame de Paris” choreography by Roland Petit
Yuko Kato, So Yeon Kim and Chidozie Nzerem (Ballett Am Rheim) “Deep Field” choreography by Martin Schläpfer
Alexander Ekman, “Thoughts at the Bolshoi” choreography, text and dancing by Alexander Ekman
Clifford Williams (Complexions Contemporary Ballet), “And So It Is” choreography by Dwight Rhoden
Yolanda Correa and Yoel Carreño (The Norwegian National Ballet), “Onegin” choreography by John Cranko
Marian Walter (Staatsballett Berlin) and Rainer Krenstetter (Miami City Ballet), “Morel et St Loup ou le combat des anges” from “Proust” choreography by Roland Petit
2015 Benois de la Danse Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26, 2015)
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