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 Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова as “Fairy”, “The Fairy’s Kiss” based on the short story “Isjomfruen The Ice Maiden” by Hans Christian Andersen, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Le Baiser de la fée“), set and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
As part of the program “Stravinsky Fairy Tales” (“The Ice Maiden” and “The Firebird”, both ballets with choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky and music by Igor Stravinsky) and within the framework of the “2024 Holland Festival”.
Note I: Co-production with Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.
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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as the “Firebird”, “Firebird”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Le Oiseau de Feu”), scenery by Simon Pastukh, costume by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
“As part of the program “Stravinsky Fairy Tales” (“The Ice Maiden” and “The Firebird”, both ballets with choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky and music by Igor Stravinsky) and within the framework of the “2024 Holland Festival”.
Note I: Co-production with American Ballet Theatre.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова and Islom Baymuradov Ислом Баймурадов, “Middle Duet”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Yury Khanon Юрий Ханон (“Middle Symphony”), costume by Tatiana Kotegova Татьяна Котегова, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова and Islom Baymuradov Ислом Баймурадов, “Middle Duet”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Yury Khanon Юрий Ханон (“Middle Symphony”), costume by Tatiana Kotegova Татьяна Котегова, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова and Islom Baymuradov Ислом Баймурадов, “Middle Duet”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Yury Khanon Юрий Ханон (“Middle Symphony”), costume by Tatiana Kotegova Татьяна Котегова, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Firebird” and Remi Wörtmeyer as “Ivan”, “Firebird”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Le Oiseau de Feu”), scenery by Simon Pastukh, costume by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Anastasia Denisova Анастасия Денисова and Artur Mkrtchyan Артур Мкртчян, “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (“Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”). As part of the program “Postscript” (“McGregor + Mugler” by Wayne McGregor, Holly Herndon and Nils Frahm; “Faun” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Claude Debussy-Nitin Sawhney; “Postscript” by Sol León, Paul Lightfoot and Philip Glass and “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”), “2021 Evening of Modern Choreography”, Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia. (May 25 & 26, 2021).
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Anastasia Denisova Анастасия Денисова and Artur Mkrtchyan Артур Мкртчян, “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (“Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”). As part of the program “Postscript” (“McGregor + Mugler” by Wayne McGregor, Holly Herndon and Nils Frahm; “Faun” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Claude Debussy-Nitin Sawhney; “Postscript” by Sol León, Paul Lightfoot and Philip Glass and “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”), “2021 Evening of Modern Choreography”, Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia. (May 25 & 26, 2021).
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Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко as “Anna Karenina”, “Anna KareninaАнна Каренина”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (2010), music by Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, set and costume by Mikael Melbye, based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 30, 2014).
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва as “Anna Karenina”, “Anna KareninaАнна Каренина”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (2010), music by Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, costume by Mikael Melbye, based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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“Giselle Жизель”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, set and costume design by Robert Perdziola with the use of Alexandre Benois’ sketches, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко as “Anna Karenina”, “Anna KareninaАнна Каренина”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (2010), music by Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, set and costume by Mikael Melbye, based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 30, 2014).
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Olga Marchenkova Ольга Марченкова as “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress), “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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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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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Giselle” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle”, choreography by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, set and costume design by Robert Perdziola with the use of Aleksandr Benois’ sketches, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (2019).
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Alina Cojocaru, Leanne Benjamin and Edward Watson, “24 Préludes”, music by Frédéric Chopin (“24 Préludes”), choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Igone de Jongh and Jozef Varga, “Serenade after Plato’s Symposium”, choreography by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Leonard Bernstein (“Serenade after Plato’s Symposium”), scenery and costume by Jérôme Kaplan. As part of the program “The New Classics”, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands (September 15 to 25, 2018).
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Maria Khoreva Мария Хорева and Konstantin Zverev Константин Зверев, “Concerto DSCH”, choreography by Alexey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Dmitri Shostakovich Дмитрий Шостакович (Concerto Nº 2 in F Major, Op. 102), costume by Holly Hynes. As part of the program for May 9: “Commemorating the Victory Day” (“The Young Lady and the Hooligan” by Konstantin Boyarsky Константин Боярский, “Leningrad Symphony” by Igor Belsky Игорь Бельский and “Concerto DSCH”), Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Mariinsky II).
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Devon Teuscher as “Juliet Capulet” and Aran Bell as “Romeo Montague”, “Sleeping Beauty”, choreography by Alexey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, scenery and costume by Richard Hudson, American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, USA.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 