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.)
Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова as “The Young Girl”, “Le Spectre de la Rose Видение Розы”, choreo by Mikhail Fokine and restored by Maris Liepa, music by Carl Maria von Weber (“Afforderung zum Tanz”), libretto by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer based on the poem “Le Spectre de la Rose” by Théophile Gautier, costume by Léon Bakst, Ballet Gala in the Memory of Maris Liepa, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (December 20, 2016).
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Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова as “The Young Girl” and Jacopo Tissi as “The Rose”, “Le Spectre de la Rose”, choreo by Mikhail Fokine (1911) and restored by Maris Liepa, music by Carl Maria von Weber (“Afforderung zum Tanz”), libretto by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer based on the poem “Le Spectre de la Rose” by Théophile Gautier, costume by Léon Bakst, Ballet Gala in the Memory of Maris Liepa, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (December 20, 2016).
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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Odette” and Jacopo Tissi as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (2001), Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Svetlana Zakharova Светлана Захарова and Jacopo Tissi, “Diamonds”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra), costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева. From “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and “Diamonds”), Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Odette” and Jacopo Tissi as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (2001), Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Maria Vinogradova Мария Виноградова as “Anna Karenina” and Jacopo Tissi as “Count Alexey Vronsky”, “Anna Karenina Анна Каренина”, choreography, set and costume design, lighting concept and libretto by John Neumeier, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Alfred Sсhnittke, Cat Stevens and Yusuf Islam, based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (July 10).
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Alena Kovaleva Алена Ковалева and Jacopo Tissi, “Diamonds”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra), costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева. From “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and “Diamonds”), Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Alena Kovaleva Алена Ковалева and Jacopo Tissi, “Diamonds”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra), costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева. From “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and “Diamonds”), Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Eleonora Sevenard as “Orlando” and Jacopo Tissi as “Shelmerdine” and “Elizabeth I”, “Orlando”, music by Edward Elgar, Philip Glass, Lera Auerbach and Eleha Kats-Chernin, libretto byClaus Spahn based on the novel of the same name by Virginia Wolf, choreography by Christian Spuck, costume design by Emma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр (New Stage) Moscow, Russia (September 25).
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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Odette” and Jacopo Tissi as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (2001), Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia. Season 21-22 Bolshoi Ballet in Cinemas Worldwide (March 6, 2022).
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Anna Nikulina Анна Никулина as “Princess Shyrin” and Jacopo Tissi as “Ferkhad”, “The Legend of Love”, music by Arif Melikov Ариф Меликов, libretto by Nazym Hikmet Назым Хикмет and Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр (historic stage), Moscow, Russia (May 30, 2021).
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Olga Esina Ольга Есина as “Ballerina”, Kirill Kourlaev Кирилл Курлаев as “Commissar”, Roman Lazik as “Partner”, Jacopo Tissi as “Freund”, Eno Peci as “Lehrer”, “Red Giselle – Красная Жизель”, choreography by Boris Eifman Бориса Эйфман, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Alfred Sсhnittke, Georges Bizet, sets and costumes by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Eifman Ballet Театр балета Бориса Эйфмана, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Vienna, Austria.
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Svetlana Zakharova Светлана Захарова and Jacopo Tissi, “Silentium”, music by Arvo Pärt, choreography by Martin Chaix, set design by Thomas Mika, costume design by Aleksandar Noshpal from program “Four Characters in Search of a Plot”, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia (September 10, 2020).
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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Odette – Odile”, Egor Gerashchenko Егор Геращенко as “Baron Von Rothbart” and Jacopo Tissi as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, libretto by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (2001), Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (February 23, 2020).
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Ksenia Zhiganshina Ксения Жиганшина and Jacopo Tissi (Couple in White), “Forgotten Land – Vergessenes Land, choreography by Jiří Kylián, costume and set design by John F. Macfarlane, music by Benjamin Britten (Sinfonia da requiem op 20) from “The Cage, Forgotten Land and Etudes”, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (New stage, February 18, 2020).
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Alena Kovaleva Алена Ковалева as “Odile” and Jacopo Tissi as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” libretto by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (2001), Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Alexander Gorsky, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Royal Opera House, London, England (August 13, 2019)
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Olesya Novikova and Jacopo Tissi – Photographer Jack Devant
Olesya Novikova and Jacopo Tissi – Photographer Jack Devant
Olesya Novikova – Photographer Jack Devant
Svetlana Zakharova – Photographer Jack Devant
Svetlana Zakharova – Photographer Jack Devant
Svetlana Zakharova and Jacopo Tissi – Photographer Jack Devant
Svetlana Zakharova Светлана Захарова (Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр) as “Nikiya”, Olesya Novikova Олеся Новикова (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) as “Gamzatti” and Jacopo Tissi (Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр) as “Solor”, “La Bayadere” choreography by Marius Petipa (1877) revised choreography by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani (1941), Konstantin Sergeyev Константин Сергеев and Nikolay Zubkovsky, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Evgeny Ponomarev Евгений Пономарёв, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (December 30, 2018)
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 