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.)
Iana Buravchikovа Яна Буравчикова, pas de deux scene from “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Alina Kaicheva Алина Каичева as “Giselle” and Daniil Roslanov Даниил Росланов as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Polina Diyanshina Полина Дияншина as “Zulme” and Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина as “Monna”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Note I: I would like to express my gratitude toAndrey Stepanov for providing me with the names of the some dancers included in this photo who, until that moment, were unknown to me.Thanks Andrey !!!
Note II: The order in which the dancers are mentioned in the post’s description may differ from the order in which they appear in the photo.
Note III: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Galina Nagevich Галина Нагевич as one of Giselle’s Friends, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II : Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Alina Lipchuk Алина Липчук as “Myrtha” (Queen of the Wilis), “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Alina Kaicheva Алина Каичева as “Giselle”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).
Note I: Some links leading to english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II : Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
“Giselle, ou Les Wilis Жизель, или Вилисы”, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2012).
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Elena Solomyanko Елена Соломянко as “Giselle”, “Giselle Жизель”, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Laurent Hilaire, music by Adolphe Adam, set and costume design by Vladimir Arefiev Владимир Арефьев, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Alina Kaicheva Алина каичева as “Giselle” and Daniil Roslanov Даниил Росланов as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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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“Giselle, ou Les Wilis Жизель, или Вилисы”, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2012).
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“Giselle, ou Les Wilis Жизель, или Вилисы”, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2012).
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Polina Semionova Полина Семионова as “Giselle” and Marcelo Gomes as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle, ou Les Wilis Жизель, или Вилисы”, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2012).
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Ksenia Khabinets Ксения Хабинец as “Myrtha”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Prisca Zeisel as “Giselle”, “Giselle, ou Les Wilis Жизель, или Вилисы”, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Alisa Voronova Алиса Воронова as “Giselle” and Nikolay Chevychelov Николай Чевычелов as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Moscow Classical Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Alisa Voronova Алиса Воронова as “Giselle” and Nikolay Chevychelov Николай Чевычелов as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Moscow Classical Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Alisa Voronova Алиса Воронова as “Giselle” and Nikolay Chevychelov Николай Чевычелов as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Moscow Classical Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Alisa Voronova Алиса Воронова as “Giselle”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Moscow Classical Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
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