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.)
Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Medora” and Giorgi Potskhishvili გიორგი ფოცხიშვილი as “Ali”, “Grand Pas de Deux” from “Le Corsaire”, music Adolphe Adam and Riccardo Drigo, choreography by Marius Petipa after Joseph Mazilier, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 29).
Elena Yevseyeva Елена Евсеева as “Medora”, Timur Askerov Тимур Аскеров as “Conrad” and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров as “Ali”, “Le Corsaire Корсар”, choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Pyotr Gusev Петр Гусев, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier, edited by Yuri Slonimsky Юрий Слонимский and Pyotr Gusev Петр Гусев, music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburgsky Петр Ольденбургский, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage). As part of the festive events for the Day of the City of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (May 28, 2022).
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Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко as “Medora” and Denis Matvienko Денис Матвиенко as “Ali” (dancers from Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр), “Le Corsaire”, choreography by Pyotr Gusev Петр Гусев (original choreography by Marius Petipa), music by Adolphe Adam, Leo Delibes, Cesare Pugni, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburg Петр Ольденбургский, 2012 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 2012), Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Marianela Núñez as “Medora” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as “Ali” (both dancers from The Royal Ballet), “Le Corsaire”, choreography by Marius Petipa, music by Riccardo Drigo, 2019 Les Étoiles Gala Internazionale di Danza, (Daniele Cipriani Entertainment), Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 20 and 21, 2019)
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Anastasia Kolegova Анастасия Колегова as “Medora”, Yevgeny Ivanchenko Евгений Иванченко as “Conrad” and Ernest Latypov Эрнест Латыпов as “Ali”, “Le Corsaire” choreography by Pyotr Gusev (original choreography by Marius Petipa), Mariinsky Ballet (July 2, 2015)
Timur Askerov Тимур Аскеров as “Ali”, “Le Corsaire” choreography by Pyotr Gusev (1987) based on the composition and choreography Marius Petipa, Mariinsky Ballet
Ballet: The Best Photographs 