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.)
Maria Abashova Мария Абашова as “Anna Karenina”, “Anna Karenina Анна Каренина”, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, choreo by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балет Борис Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Maria Abashova Мария Абашова as “Anna Karenina”, “Anna Karenina Анна Каренина”, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, choreo by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балет Борис Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Misty Copeland (American Ballet Theatre), “Paganini”, choreo by Marcelo Gomes, music by Niccolò Paganini (Caprice Nº 24 in A Minor), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Photographer was not mentioned by the source of this photograph
Iana Salenko Яна Саленко (StaatsBallett Berlin Berlin State Ballet) as “Gulnare” and Joseph Gatti (at that time principal dancer at Boston Ballet) as slave trader “Lankendem”, “Pas d’Esclave” from “Le Corsaire Корсар”, music by Adolphe Adam, choreo by Marius Petipa, new version by Pyotr Gusev Петр Гусев, 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Misty Copeland (American Ballet Theatre), “Paganini”, choreo by Marcelo Gomes, music by Niccolò Paganini (Caprice Nº 24 in A Minor), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Leonid Leontyev Леонид Леонтьев and Oleg Markov Олег Марков, “Beyond Sin По Ту Сторону Греха”, choreo and light by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, based on the novel “The Karamazov Brothers Братья Карамазовы” byFyodor Dostoyevsky Фёдор Михайлович, music by Richard Wagner, Modest Mussorgsky Модест Мусоргский and Sergey Rachmaninoff Сергей Рахманинов, set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балет Борис Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Misty Copeland (American Ballet Theatre), “Paganini”, choreo by Marcelo Gomes, music by Niccolò Paganini (Caprice Nº 24 in A Minor), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Misty Copeland (American Ballet Theatre), “Paganini”, choreo by Marcelo Gomes, music by Niccolò Paganini (Caprice Nº 24 in A Minor), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Lyubov Andreyeva Любовь Андреева as “Camille Claudel” and Oleg Gabyshev Олег Габышев as “Auguste Rodin”, “Rodin, Her Eternal Idol Роден, ее вечный идол”, choreo by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music by Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint Saëns and Jules Massenet, costume by Olga Shaishmelashvili Ольга Шайшмелашвили, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Photographer was not mentioned by the source of this photograph.
Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood, “Raven Girl” (reheasal), direction and choreography by Wayne McGregor, original music by Gabriel Yared, set and costume design by Vicki Mortimer. Based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger, 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Misty Copeland (American Ballet Theatre), “Paganini”, choreo by Marcelo Gomes, music by Niccolò Paganini (Caprice Nº 24 in A Minor), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Photographer was not mentioned by the source of this photograph
Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood, “Raven Girl” (reheasal), direction and choreo by Wayne McGregor, original music by Gabriel Yared, set and costume design by Vicki Mortimer. Based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger, 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Misty Copeland (American Ballet Theatre), “Paganini”, choreo by Marcelo Gomes, music by Niccolò Paganini (Caprice Nº 24 in A Minor), 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Lyubov Andreyeva Любовь Андреева as “Camille Claudel” and Oleg Gabyshev Олег Габышев as “Auguste Rodin”, “Rodin, Her Eternal Idol Роден, ее вечный идол”, choreo by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music by Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint Saëns and Jules Massenet, costume by Olga Shaishmelashvili Ольга Шайшмелашвили, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Lyubov Andreyeva Любовь Андреева as “Camille Claudel” and Oleg Gabyshev Олег Габышев as “Auguste Rodin”, “Rodin, Her Eternal Idol Роден, ее вечный идол”, choreography: Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман, music: Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint Saëns and Jules Massenet, costume: Olga Shaishmelashvili Ольга Шайшмелашвили, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфман, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров 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 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood (dancers from The Royal Ballet), “Raven Girl”, direction and choreography by Wayne McGregor, original music by Gabriel Yared, set and costume design by Vicki Mortimer. Based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger, 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28).
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 