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.)
Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Nurida” (Tsar Shakhriyar’s Wife) and Amir Salimov Амир Салимов as “Mas’ud” (Nurida’s Slave), “One Thousand and One Nights Тысяча и одна ночь”, music by Fikret Amirov Fikrət Əmirov, choreo Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, libretto by Murad and Rustam Ibragimbekov Мурад и Рустам Ибрагимбеков and Naila Nazirova Наиля Назирова based on “One Thousand and One Nights” Arabian fairy tales, a masterpiece of medieval Arabian literature, a collection of fairy tales and parables told by Schéhérazade, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Nikiya”, “La Bayadère Баядерка”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Olesya Dmitrakova Олеся Дмитракова as “Gamzatti” and Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Nikiya”, “La Bayadère”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia. (May 19, 2021).
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Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Nikiya” and Maxim Afanasev Максим Афанасьев as “Solor”, “La Bayadère”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia. (May 19, 2021).
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Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Odette”, “Swan Lake – Лебединое озеро”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, The Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Medora”, “Le Jardin Animé” scene (“Lively Garden”), “Le Corsaire”, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier, based on “The Corsaire” (1814) by Lord Byron, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburg Петр Ольденбургский, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Juliet”, “Romeo and Juliet Ромео и Джульетта” (debut on this role) libretto by Yuri Grigorovich (based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy), choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, The Kremlin Ballet, The Kremlin Palace (March 29, 2017)
The performance is accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra Radio Orpheus (Artistic managing director and Principal conductor Sergey Kondrashov)
Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Nikiya”, “La Bayadere” choreography by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev, Vakhtang Chabukiani and Nikolay Zubkovsky, The Kremlin Ballet, The Kremlin Palace
Irina Ablitsova as “Nikiya” and Mikhail Evgenov as “Solor”, “La Bayadere” choreography by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani and Nikolay Zubkovsky, The Kremlin Ballet, The Kremlin Palace (January 21, 2017)
Hee Seo (American Ballet Theatre), Alexandra Timofeeva Александра Тимофеева, Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова, Olesya Dmitrakova Олеся Дмитракова, Thiago Soares (The Royal Ballet), Egor Motuzov Егор Мотузов, Daniil Roslanov Даниил Росланов and Mikhail Evgenov Михаил Евгенов (The Kremlin Ballet), “Swan Lake Лебединое озеро”, choreography by Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and Andrei Petrov (choreographer director), music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, V Kremlin International Ballet Festival V Международный фестиваль балета в Кремле, The Kremlin Palace (September 22, 2016)
Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “Nikiya”, Joy Womack as “Gamzatti”, Mikhail Martynyuk Михаил Мартынюк as “Solor”, Alina Kaicheva Алина Каичева, Olesya Dmitrakova Олеся Дмитракова, Valeriya Pobedinskaya Валерия Побединская, Alexander Khmylov Александр Хмылов, Mikhail Evgenov Михаил Евгенов and Nikolay Zheltikov Николай Желтиков as “High Brahman”, “La Bayadere” choreography by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev, Vakhtang Chabukiani and Nikolay Zubkovsky, The Kremlin Ballet, The Kremlin Palace
Ballet: The Best Photographs 