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.)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (then at Ballett Zürich, today at Boston Ballet) and Alexander Jones (former principal dancer Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux”, choreography by Christian Spuck and music by Gioachino Rossini, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (April 25).
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (since 2018 at the Boston Ballet) as “Odile” and Alexander Jones as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake – Schwanensee”, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, stage and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan, Ballett Zürich, Zürich Opera House, Zürich, Switzerland (February 6, 2016).
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Alessandra Tognoloni, Filip Barankiewicz, Alicia Amatriain, Alexander Jones, Ami Morita, Roman Novitzky, Elisa Badenes, Katarzyna Kozielska, Maria Eichwald, Constantine Allen, Myriam Simon, Damiano Pettenella, Evan McKie, Rachele Buriassi and Rocío Alemán, “Slice to Sharp”, choreography by Jorma Elo, music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and Antonio Vivaldi, costumes by Holly Hynes, Stuttgarter Ballett, Die Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Katja Wünsche and Alexander Jones, “Aria”, stage design, costume and choreography by Douglas Lee, music by Michael Gordon, David Lanf and Julia Wolf. As part of the program“Restless” [“New Sleep” (William Forsythe – Thom Willems), “Skew Whiff” (Sol León, Paul Lighfoot – Gioachino Rossini), “Dialogos” (Felipe Portugal – Nik Bärtsch) and “Aria”], Ballett Zürich, Zürich Opera House, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Elena Vostrotina Елена Востротина as “Odette”, Manuel Renard as “Baron Von Rothbart” and Alexander Jones as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake Schwanensee” choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, reconstruction by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Ballett Zürich, Zürich Opera House; Zürich, Switzerland
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Irmina Kopaczynska and Alexander Jones, “Kammerballett” choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Kara Karayev (24 Preludes for Piano: nr. 1, 2, 3 and 5, Domenico Scarlatti (Sonate in C major K.159 and Sonate in b minor K.87: Andante), John Cage (In a Landscape) costumes by Keso Dekker from “Quintett”, Ballett Zürich
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова and Alexander Jones, “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck and music by Gioachino Rossini, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
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Katja Wünsche as “Anna Karenina” and Alexander Jones as “Alexej Karenin”, “Anna Karenina” choreography by Christian Spuck (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой), costumes by Emma Ryott, music by Rodion Shchedrin and performed by Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich
Mélissa Ligurgo and Alexander Jones, “Minus 16” choreography, stage and costume design by Ohad Naharin, music by Dean Martin, Yma Sumac Rolley Polley, Dick Dale, Tractor’s Revenge & Ohad Naharin, Antonio Vivaldi, Harold Arlen/Marusha from “Gods and Dogs” (“Gods and Dogs” by Jiří Kylián, “Minus 16” by Ohad Naharin and “In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated” by William Forsythe), Ballett Zürich
Elena Vostrotina Елена Востротина and Alexander Jones, “Swan Lake Schwanensee“ choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, reconstruction by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Ballett Zürich (March 18, 2017)
“Kammerballett” choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Kara Karayev (24 Preludes for Piano: nr. 1, 2, 3 and 5, Domenico Scarlatti (Sonate in C major K.159 and Sonate in b minor K.87: Andante), John Cage (In a Landscape) costumes by Keso Dekker
“Quintett” choreography by William Forsythe in collaboration with Dana Caspersen, Stephen Galloway, Jacopo Godani, Thomas McManus and Jone San Martin, music by Gavin Bryars, stage design and lighting design by William Forsythe, costumes by Stephen Galloway
“Rituals from Another When” choreography, stage design, costumes and lighting design by Jacopo Godani, music by Ulrich Müller and Siegfried Rössert (48nord)
Note: No information provided about the names of the dancers. As soon as this blog gets that information it will be included in this post. If you can contribute by supplying the missing information, please, leave your comment at the bottom of this post. Thanks in advance!
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck and music by Gioachino Rossini, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Irmina Kopaczynska, Alexander Jones, Mélanie Borel and Daniel Mulligan, “Kammerballett” choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Kara Karayev (24 Preludes for Piano: nr. 1, 2, 3 and 5, Domenico Scarlatti (Sonate in C major K.159 and Sonate in b minor K.87: Andante), John Cage (In a Landscape) costumes by
Keso Dekker
Jan Casier, Anna Khamzina, Francesca dell’Aria and Cristian Alex Assis, “Rituals from Another When” choreography, stage design, costumes and lighting design by Jacopo Godani, music by Ulrich Müller and Siegfried Rössert (48nord)
Katja Wünsche and Tars Vandebeek, “Quintett” choreography by William Forsythe in collaboration with Dana Caspersen, Stephen Galloway, Jacopo Godani, Thomas McManus and Jone San Martin, music by Gavin Bryars, stage design and lighting design by William Forsythe, costumes by Stephen Galloway
Katja Wünsche as “Anna Karenina” and Alexander Jones as “Alexej Karenin”, “Anna Karenina” choreography by Christian Spuck (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой), costumes by Emma Ryott, music by Rodion Shchedrin and performed by Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich
Tonight (January 20) Katja Wünsche will play the role of “Princess Ekaterina ‘Kitty’ Shcherbatskaya”
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck and music Gioachino Rossini, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” (rehearsal) choreography by Christian Spuck, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова and Alexander Jones, “Swan Lake” choreography by Marius Petipa-Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Ballett Zürich
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” (rehearsal) choreography by Christian Spuck, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
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