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.)
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel AleksandrVershinin Подполковник Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreo by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27, 2015).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as “Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин”, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский with arrangement by Philip Gammon, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreo by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27, 2015).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Marianela Núñez as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Thiago Soares as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2016 Kremlin Gala Ballet Stars of the XXI Century, The Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (October 15).
Note I: Marianela Núñez and Thiago Soares are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Marianela Núñez as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Thiago Soares as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2016 Kremlin Gala Ballet Stars of the XXI Century, The Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (October 15).
Note I: Marianela Núñez and Thiago Soares are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Marianela Núñez as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Thiago Soares as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26).
Note I: Marianela Núñez and Thiago Soares are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Note I: Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров are principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, London, England.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Ballet: The Best Photographs 