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 as “Raymonda” and Constantine Allen as “Abd al-Rahman”, “Raymonda”, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, libretto by Countess Lydia Pashkova Графиня Лидия Пашкова based on legends of medieval knights, choreo by Marius Petipa, production, concept and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean, costume and set design by Jérôme Kaplan, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Odette” and Constantine Allen as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake Het Zwanenmeer”, choreography by Rudi van Dantzig after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, choreography of character dances of the third act by Toer van Schayk, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Toer van Schayk, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands (March 22 to April 18).
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Anna Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice) and Constantine Allen as “Abd al-Rahman”, “Raymonda”, music by Alexander Glazunov Александр Глазунов, libretto by Countess Lydia Pashkova Графиня Лидия Пашкова based on legends of medieval knights, choreography by Marius Petipa, production, concept and additional choreography by Rachel Beaujean, costume and set design by Jérôme Kaplan, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (April 3 to 23).
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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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Floor Eimers and Constantine Allen, “The Four Seasons”, choreography and concept by David Dawson, music by Max Richter (“The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi), set design by Eno Henze, costume design by Yumiko Takeshima 竹島 由美子, light design by Bert Dalhuysen, assistant to the choreographer: Raphaël Coumes–Marquet. From program “Four Seasons” (“The Two of Us” by Christopher Wheeldon and “The Four Seasons”), Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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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.
Anna Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова and Constantine Allen, “The Two of Us” (european premiere), choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Joni Mitchell. From program “Four Seasons” (“The Four Seasons” by David Dawson and “The Two of Us”), Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Floor Eimers and Constantine Allen, “The Four Seasons” (Dutch premiere), choreography and concept by David Dawson, music by Max Richter (“The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi), set design by Eno Henze, costume design by Yumiko Takeshima 竹島 由美子, light design by Bert Dalhuysen, assistant to the choreographer: Raphaël Coumes–Marquet. From program “Four Seasons” (“The Two of Us” by Christopher Wheeldon and “The Four Seasons”), Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Salome Leverashvili სალომე ლევერაშვილი and Constantine Allen, “Pas/Parts”, choreography, lighting and set design by William Forsythe, music by Thom Willems (Pas/Parts), costume design by Stephen Galloway, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Sasha Mukhamedov as “Kitri” and Constantine Allen as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte“ choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and Alexei Ratmanky Алексей Ратманский, music by Ludwig Minkus, set and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Anna Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова and Constantine Allen, “Swan Lake”, choreography by Rudi van Dantzig after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, choreography of character dances of the third act by Toer van Schayk, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Toer van Schayk, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet
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Dario Elia, James Stout, Constantine Allen, Jared Wright and Martin ten Kortenaar – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Aya Okumura and Jared Wright – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Clara Superfine and Constantine Allen – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Floor Eimers and Dario Elia – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Jingjing Mao and Martin ten Kortenaar – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Nancy Burer and Constantine Allen – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Riho Sakamoto and Nathan Brhane – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Riho Sakamoto, Nathan Brhane and Sem Sjouke – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Sasha Mukhamedov and James Stout – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Suzanna Kaic and Daniel Montero Real – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Suzanna Kaic, Aya Okumura and James Stout – Photographer Altin Kaftira
Aya Okumura, Clara Superfine, Constantine Allen, Daniel Montero Real, Dario Elia, Floor Eimers, James Stout, Jared Wright, Jingjing Mao 毛晶晶, Martin ten Kortenaar, Nancy Burer, Nathan Brhane, Riho Sakamoto, Sasha Mukhamedov, Sem Sjouke and Suzanna Kaic, “Requiem” choreography and concept by David Dawson, music by Gavin Bryars, set design by Eno Henze, costume design by Yumiko Takeshima, light design by Bert Dalhuysen, assistants to the choreographer: Rebecca Gladstone and Christiane Marchant, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet
World première: February 9, 2019; Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Anna Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова and and Constantine Allen, “Cinderella” choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet
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Alicia Amatriain and Constantine Allen, “Don Quixote” choreography by Maximiliano Guerra, music by Ludwig Minkus, stage and costumes by Ramon B. Ivars, Stuttgarter Ballett
Ballet: The Best Photographs 