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.)
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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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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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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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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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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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина, “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux”, choreography byGeorge 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, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28, 2014).
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина is principal dancer from Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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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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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина, “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux”, 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, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28, 2014).
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина is principal dancer from Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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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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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина, “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux”, 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, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 28, 2014).
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина is principal dancer from Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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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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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров are principal dancers from Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Svetlana Bednenko Светлана Бедненко as “Ballerina” and Aleksey Turko Алексей Турко as “Commissar”, “Red Giselle Красная Жизель”, choreography by Boris Eifman Бориса Эйфман, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Alfred Sсhnittke, Georges Bizet, sets and costumes by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфмана, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Mara Tudose Мара Тудосе as “Nina Zarechnaya Нина Заречная” and Artem Lepkov Артём Лепков as “Boris Trigorin Борис Тригорин”, “The Seagull. A Ballet Story Чайка. Балетная история”, choreography and libreto by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман based on the play of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Sergey Rachmaninoff Сергей Рахманинов and Alexander Sitkovetsky Александр Ситковецкий, costume by Olga Shaishmelashvili Ольга Шайшмелашвили, Eifman Ballet Театр балет Борис Эйфман, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Igone de Jongh and Vito Mazzeo (dancers from Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet), “Replay”, choreography by Ted Brandsen, music by Philip Glass (excerpt from the film “The Hours”), 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 21).
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Maria Abashova Мария Абашова as “Irina Arkadina (Trepleva) Ирина Аркадина (Треплева)” and Daniel Rubin (today Artist at the Boston Ballet) as “Konstantin Treplev Константин Треплев”, “The Seagull. A Ballet Story Чайка. Балетная история”, choreo and libreto by Boris Eifman Борис Эйфман based on the play of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Sergey Rachmaninoff Сергей Рахманинов and Alexander Sitkovetsky Александр Ситковецкий, costume by Olga Shaishmelashvili Ольга Шайшмелашвили, Eifman Ballet Театр балет Борис Эйфман, Alexandrinsky 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 with arrangement by Philip Gammon, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Jurgita Dronina Юргита Дронина and James Stout, “Minos Duet” (Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet), choreography by Juanjo Arqués, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, costume by Oliver Haller, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 21).
Polina Buldakova Полина Булдакова (Perm Opera and Ballet Пермский театр оперы и балета) as “Vera Nadezhdina Вера Надеждина”, “Cinderella Золушка”, libretto and choreography by Alexey Miroshnichenko Алексей Мирошниченко, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, costume by Tatiana Noginova Татьяна Ногинова, 2017 Dance Open Ballet Festival Gala, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24, 2017).
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Anna Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова and Jozef Varga, “Duet”, choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Maurice Ravel (Piano Concerto in G major), 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 21, 2015).
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 