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.)
Anna Tsygankova Анна Цыганкова as “Fairy”, “The Fairy’s Kiss” based on the short story “Isjomfruen The Ice Maiden” by Hans Christian Andersen, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Le Baiser de la fée“), set and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
As part of the program “Stravinsky Fairy Tales” (“The Ice Maiden” and “The Firebird”, both ballets with choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky and music by Igor Stravinsky) and within the framework of the “2024 Holland Festival”.
Note I: Co-production with Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.
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Arianna Maldini, “Dream Scene” from “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 in collaboration with Ted Brandsen and Grigori Tchitcherine Григорий Чичерин, costume and set design by Jérôme Kaplan, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Maria Chugai Мария Чугай, “Dream Scene” from “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 in collaboration with Ted Brandsen and Grigori Tchitcherine Григорий Чичерин, costume and set design by Jérôme Kaplan, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Jessica Xuan as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “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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Elisabeth Tonev as “Clémence” (Raymonda’s friend), “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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice) and Semyon Velichko Семен Величко as “Knight Jean de Brienne” (Raymonda’s fiance), “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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice) and Young Gyu Choi 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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice) and Young Gyu Choi 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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Valerie Gómez de Cádiz, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот“, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, libretto and choreo interpretation by Johan Kobborg 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), set design by Jérôme Kaplan, 2021 Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre Grand Tour, Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia (November 26 & 27, 2021).
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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “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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Nina Tonoli as “Clémence” (Raymonda’s friend), “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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice) and Young Gyu Choi 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 “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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Maria Chugai Марія Чугай as “Clémence” (Raymonda’s friend), “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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Maia Makhateli მაია მახათელი as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “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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Yuan Yuan Zhang 张媛媛 as “Clémence” (Raymonda’s friend), “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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Maria Chugai Марія Чугай as “Clémence” (Raymonda’s friend), “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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Ballet: The Best Photographs 