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 “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress), “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Alexander Belinsky Александр Белинский and Alexei 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, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (original choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен), costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, The Royal Opera House, London, England (August, 2013).
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Natalia Osipova Наталья Осипова as “Firebird”, “The Firebird”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Le Oiseau de Feu”), scenery by Simon Pastukh, costumes by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, American Ballet Theatre, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, US (March 29, 2012).
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) and Denis Savin Денис Савин (Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “Homage to Maya” (dedicated to the 95th birthday of Maya Plisetskaya Майя Плисецкая), choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Camille Saint-Saëns with arranged by Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин sung by soprano Kristina Alieva Кристина Алиева, costume design by Adeline André from program “A Homage to Maya” (“Carmen Suite”, “Concerto DSCH” and “Homage to Maya”), Mariinsky Theatre Мариинский театр (historic stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (November 30, 2020).
World premiere: November 20, 2020; Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
Prisca Zeisel, “Pictures at an Exhibition”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Modest Mussorgsky Модест Мусоргский, costume design by Adeline André. As part of the program “Passages” (“Affairs of the Heart” by David Dawson and Marjan Mozetich, “Sweet Bones’ Melody” by Marco Goecke and Unsuk Chin and “Pictures at an Exhibition”), Bayerisches Staatsballett Bavarian State Ballet, Nationaltheater, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova Софья Иванова-Скобликова, “Pictures at an Exhibition”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Modest Mussorgsky Модест Мусоргский, costume design by Adeline André. As part of the program “Passages” (“Affairs of the Heart” by David Dawson and Marjan Mozetich, “Sweet Bones’ Melody” by Marco Goecke and Unsuk Chin and “Pictures at an Exhibition”), Bayerisches Staatsballett Bavarian State Ballet, Nationaltheater, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Anna Ol Анна Оль (principal dancer from Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet), “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Souvenir d’un lieu cher) arranged by Alexander Glazunov Александр Глазунов from program “Made in Amsterdam”, 2018 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 10).
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Eleonora Sevenard as “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress) and Dmitry Smilevsky Дмитрий Смилевски as “Antoine Mistral” (an actor), “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Alexander Belinsky Александр Белинский and Alexei 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, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (original choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен), costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (April 16).
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Bianca Teixeira, “Pictures at an Exhibition”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Modest Mussorgsky Модест Мусоргский, costume design by Adeline André. As part of the program “Passages” (“Affairs of the Heart” by David Dawson/Marjan Mozetich, “Sweet Bones’ Melody” by Marco Goecke/Unsuk Chin and “Pictures at an Exhibition”), Bayerisches Staatsballett Bavarian State Ballet, Nationaltheater, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress) and Artem Ovcharenko Артем Овчаренко as “Antoine Mistral” (an actor), “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Alexander Belinsky Александр Белинский and Alexei 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, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (original choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен), costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia. (September 25, 2014).
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“Giselle”, choreography by Alexei 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 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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“The Sleeping Beauty”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, scenery and costume by Richard Hudson, American Ballet Theatre. World Premiere on March 3, 2015 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, US.
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Nadja Saidakova Надя Сайдакова, “Namouna, A Grand Divertissement”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Édouard Lalo (“Namouna”), costume by Marc Happel and Rustam Khamdamov, Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae, “24 Preludes”, music by Frédéric Chopin (“24 Preludes”), choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Misty Copeland as “The Firebird” and Herman Cornejo as “Ivan”, “Firebird”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Le Oiseau de Feu”), scenery by Simon Pastukh, costumes by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, American Ballet Theatre, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City, USA.
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва as “Princess Aurora” and Marcelo Gomes as “Prince Désiré”, “The Sleeping Beauty”, choreography by Marius Petipa, staging and additional choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, scenery and costume by Richard Hudson, American Ballet Theatre, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, USA.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 