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.)
Aubane Philbert as “Cupid”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Camille Bon as “Queen of the Dryads”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France.
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Hohyun Kang, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France.
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Héloïse Bourdon as “Kitri” and Thomas Docquir as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France.
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Héloïse Bourdon as “Kitri” and Thomas Docquir as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France.
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Valentine Colasante as “Kitri” and Paul Marque as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France.
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Valentine Colasante as “Kitri” and Paul Marque as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France.
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Hannah O’Neill as “Kitri”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Garnier, Paris, France.
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Valentine Colasante as “Kitri”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreo by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costume by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France.
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with Maia Makhateli – Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
with Maia Makhateli – Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
Photographer Sasha Gouliaev Саша Гуляев
Photographer Altin Kaftira
Anatole Babenko Анатолий Бабенко as “Gamache” (betrothed to marry Kitri), “Don Quixote Don Quichotte“, choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and Alexei Ratmansky 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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Hannah O’Neill as “Kitri”, “Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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“Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Héloïse Bourdon as “La Reine des Dryades” (Queen of the Dryads), “Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Bleuenn Battistoni as “La Première Demoiselle d’honneur” (Bridesmaid), “Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Sae Eun Park 박세은 as “Kitri” and Hugo Marchand as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France. (December 29).
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Léonore Baulac as “Kitri”, “Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Dorothée Gilbert as “Kitri” and Hugo Marchand as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Hohyun Kang as “Cupidon – Cupid”, “Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France. (December 20).
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Léonore Baulac as “Kitri”, “Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Bleuenn Battistoni as “La Première Demoiselle d’honneur” (Bridesmaid), “Don Quixote – Don Quichotte”, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev Рудольф Нуреев, Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Elena Rivkina, 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), Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Paris, France.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 