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.)
Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова and Mikhail Lobukhin Михаил Лобухин, “The Last Tango”, music by Astor Piazzolla, choreo by Vyacheslav Gordeev Вячеслав Гордеев, 2015 Gala Russe, les Etoiles des Ballets Russes, Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco (September 12-13, 2015).
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Marie Pavlyukova Марія Павлюкова as “María” (the child) and Filippo Jorio as “Juan”, “María de Buenos Aires”, choreo by Renato Zanella, music by Ástor Piazzolla, libretto by Horacio Ferrer based on the tango opera of the same name, costume design by Alexandra Burgstaller and Anne Marie Legenstein, Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Slovensko Narodno Gledališče Opera in Balet Ljubljana, Ljubljana Opera House Ljubljanska Operna Hiša, Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia.
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Marie Pavlyukova Марія Павлюкова as “María” (the child) and Filippo Jorio as “Juan”, “María de Buenos Aires”, choreo by Renato Zanella, music by Ástor Piazzolla, libretto by Horacio Ferrer based on the tango opera of the same name, costume design by Alexandra Burgstaller and Anne Marie Legenstein, Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Slovensko Narodno Gledališče Opera in Balet Ljubljana, Ljubljana Opera House Ljubljanska Operna Hiša, Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia.
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Maria Vinogradova Мария Виноградова and Denis Rodkin Денис Родькин (dancers from Bolshoi Ballet), “The Last Tango”, music by Astor Piazzolla, choreography by Vyacheslav Gordeev Вячеслав Гордеев, 2015 Kremlin Gala, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia. (September 26, 2015).
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Maria Vinogradova Мария Виноградова (leading soloist from Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “The Last Tango”, music by Astor Piazzolla, choreography by Vyacheslav Gordeev Вячеслав Гордеев, 2015 Kremlin Gala, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (September 26, 2015).
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Igone de Jongh and Jozef Varga (dancers from Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet), “Variations For Two Couples”, choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Benjamin Britten, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer and Astor Piazzolla, costumes by Keso Decker, 2014 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
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Anna Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова and Constantine Allen (dancers from Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet), “Verano Porteño” (“Summer of Buenos Aires”), music by Astor Piazzolla, choreography by Xin Peng Wong, 2020 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина, “5 tango’s”, choreography by Hans van Manen, music by
Astor Piazzolla, set and costume designs by Jean-Paul Vroom, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Natalia Somova Наталья Сомова (Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко), “Fragments of a Biography”, music by Astor Piazzolla, choreography by Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 2019 Christmas Ballet Gala, The Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (December 17, 2019).
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Ulyana Lopatkina Ульяна Лопаткина and Timur Askerov Тимур Аскеров, “Variations For Two Couples”, choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Benjamin Britten, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer and Astor Piazzolla, costumes by Keso Decker, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Nicoletta Manni and Roberto Bolle (both dancers from Teatro alla Scala), rehearsal for “The Seasons” choreography by Massimiliano Volpini and Edwaard Liang, music by Antonio Vivaldi and Astor Piazzolla, costumes and scenery by Erika Carrettaby, Teatro alla Scala (January 2018)
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Tatyana Ten Татьяна Тен and Ilya Manayenkov Илья Манаенков, A Fuego Lento” choreography, lighting and costumes by Ricardo Amarante, music by Lalo Schifrin, Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel, Stefan Wirth and Sayo Kosugi, Astana Ballet (Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan), Palais des Beaux-Arts or “Bozar” (also known as The Paleis voor Schone Kunsten or “PSK”), Brussels, Belgium (November 11, 2017)
Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი and Daniel Camargo, “5 Tango’s” choreography by Hans van Manen and music by Astor Piazzolla from “Ode aan de Meester” (“On the move”, “Alltag”, “Symphonieën der nederlanden”, “Sarcasm” and “5 Tango’s”), Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet
Dores André, Lauren Strongin, Joseph Walsh and Carlo Di Lanno (San Francisco Ballet), “Variations for Two Couples”, choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Benjamin Britten, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer and Astor Piazzolla, costumes by Keso Decker, 2017 Benois de la Danse Laureates Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 31, 2017)
Isaác Hernández (English National Ballet) “5 Tangos” choreography by Hans van Manen and music by Astor Piazzolla, 2017 Benois de la Danse Laureates Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 31, 2017)
Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова and Mikhail Lobukhin Михаил Лобухин (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Last Tango”, music by Astor Piazzolla, choreography by Vyacheslav Gordeev, 2015 Gala Russe, les Etoiles des Ballets Russes, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова and Mikhail Lobukhin Михаил Лобухин (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Last Tango” (rehearsal and performing) music by Astor Piazzolla, choreography by Vyacheslav Gordeev, 2015 Gala Russe, les Etoiles des Ballets Russes, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
Maria Vinogradova Мария Виноградова and Denis Rodkin Денис Родькин (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Last Tango” music by Astor Piazzolla, choreography by Vyacheslav Gordeev, 2015 Kremlin Gala, State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (September 26, 2015)
Remi Wörtmeyer (Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet), “Five Tangos” choreography by Hans van Manen and music by Astor Piazzolla, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Ballet: The Best Photographs 