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.)
Marianela Núñez and William Brackwell, “Coppélia”, music by Léo Delibes, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Enrico Cecchetti, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 29).
Marianela Núñez as “Odette” and William Brackwell as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” (adagio), choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and Sir Frederick Ashton, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by John F. Macfarlane, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Marianela Núñez as “Odette” and William Brackwell as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” (adagio), choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and Sir Frederick Ashton, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by John F. Macfarlane, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Polina Semionova Полина Семионова, “Cinque”, choreo by Mauro Bigonzetti (2011), music by Antonio Vivaldi (Trio Sonata in D Minor Op. 1 Nº 12 RV 63 “La Follia”), 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note I: Polina Semionova is principal guest artist at the Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Berlin, Germany.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Marianela Núñez as “Odette” and William Brackwell as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” (adagio), choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and Sir Frederick Ashton, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by John F. Macfarlane, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Polina Semionova Полина Семионова as “Odile” and Alejandro Virelles as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” (pdd), music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, choreo by Marius Petipa, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note I: Polina Semionova is principal guest artist and Alejandro Virelles is principal dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Berlin, Germany.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Anna Rose O’Sullivan as “Princess Aurora”, “Sleeping Beauty”, choreography by Marius Petipa, Sir Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note I: Anna Rose O’Sullivan is principal dancer at The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Valentine Colasante and Paul Marque, “Scarlatti Pas de Deux”, music by Domenico Scarlatti (Sonata K 208 Adagio and Cantabile, Sonata in C major K 159), choreography by José Martínez, costume by Agnès Letestu, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Medora”, “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).
Note I: Maia Makhateli is principal dancer from Het Nationale Ballet Dutch Nationale Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherland.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Anna Rose O’Sullivan as “Princess Aurora” and Marcelino Sambé as “Prince Désiré”, “Sleeping Beauty”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Sir Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, The Royal Ballet, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note I: Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Valentine Colasante and Paul Marque (étoiles from Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris), “La Nuit s’Achève” (“The Night is Ending”), choreography by Benjamin Millepied, music by Ludwig van Beethoven [“Appassionata” (Piano Sonata Nº 23 in F Minor, Op. 57)], costume by Alessandro Sartori, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
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).
Marianela Núñez (Royal Ballet), “Grand Pas Classique”, music by Daniel Auber, choreography by Victor Gsovsky Виктор Гсовский, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Note I: Polina Semionova is principal guest artist and Alejandro Virelles is principal dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Berlin, Germany.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Valentine Colasante and Paul Marque (étoiles from Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris), “La Nuit s’Achève” (“The Night is Ending”), choreography by Benjamin Millepied, music by Ludwig van Beethoven [“Appassionata” (Piano Sonata Nº 23 in F Minor, Op. 57)], costume by Alessandro Sartori, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Marianela Núñez as “Odette” and William Brackwell as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” (adagio), choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and Sir Frederick Ashton, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by John F. Macfarlane, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Polina Semionova Полина Семионова and Alejandro Virelles (Principal Dancers from Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet), “Mercy” (duet) from “Voices”, choreography by David Dawson, music by Max Richter (“Voices”), costume design by Yumiko Takeshima 竹島 由美子, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 29).
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Polina Semionova Полина Семионова as “Odile” and Alejandro Virelles as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” (pdd), music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, choreo by Marius Petipa, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 28).
Note I: Polina Semionova is principal guest artist and Alejandro Virelles is principal dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet, Berlin, Germany.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Marianela Núñez (The Royal Ballet), “Coppélia”, music by Léo Delibes, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Enrico Cecchetti, 2023 Les Etoiles Gala, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 29).
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Ballet: The Best Photographs 