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.)
Nina Kaptsova Нина Капцова as “Bianca” and Alexander Volchkov Александр Волчков as “Lucentio” (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Taming of the Shrew” choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot and music by Dmitri Shostakovich, 2017 Benois de la Danse Laureates Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 30, 2017)
Anna Balukova Анна Балукова as “The Widow”, Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич as “Bianca”, Semyon Chudin Семен Чудин as “Lucentio”, Alexander Volchkov Александр Волчков as “Baptista”, Alexander Smolianinov Александр Смольянинов as “Hortensio”, Vyacheslav Lopatin Вячеслав Лопатин as “Gremio” and Vladislav Lantratov Владислав Лантратов as “Petruchio”, “The Taming of the Shrew / Укрощение строптивой” choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Bolshoi Ballet, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24)
Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Katharina”, Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “the Housekeeper”, Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич as “Bianca”, Semyon Chudin Семен Чудин as “Lucentio” and Vladislav Lantratov Владислав Лантратов as “Petruchio”, “The Taming of the Shrew Укрощение строптивой” choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Bolshoi Ballet at 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24, 2015)
Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Katharina”, Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “The Housekeeper”, Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич as “Bianca”, Anna Balukova Анна Балукова as “The Widow”, Semyon Chudin Семен Чудин as “Lucentio”, Alexander Volchkov Александр Волчков as “Baptista”, Alexander Smolianinov Александр Смольянинов as “Hortensio”, Vyacheslav Lopatin Вячеслав Лопатин as “Gremio” and Vladislav Lantratov Владислав Лантратов as “Petruchio”, “The Taming of the Shrew / Укрощение строптивой” choreographer by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Bolshoi Ballet, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24)
Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Katharina”, Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “the Housekeeper”, Anastasia Stashkevich Анастасия Сташкевич as “Bianca”, Semyon Chudin Семен Чудин as “Lucentio”, Vyacheslav Lopatin Вячеслав Лопатин as “Gremio”, Vladislav Lantratov Владислав Лантратов as “Petruchio”, Alexander Smolianinov Александр Смольянинов as “Hortensio”, Alexander Volchkov Александр Волчков as “Baptista”, “The Taming of the Shrew Укрощение строптивой” choreographer by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Bolshoi Ballet at 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24, 2015)
Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова as “Bianca” and Semyon Chudin Семен Чудин as “Lucentio” (Bolshoi Ballet), “The Taming of the Shrew” “Укрощение строптивой” choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot, 2015 Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 26)
Yekaterina Krysanova as “Katharina”, Anna Tikhomirova as “The Housekeeper”, Anastasia Stashkevich as “Bianca”, Semyon Chudin as “Lucentio”, Alexander Volchkov as “Baptista”, Alexander Smolianinov as “Hortensio” and Vladislav Lantratov as “Petruchio”, “The Taming of the Shrew / Укрощение строптивой” choreographer by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Bolshoi Ballet at 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24)
Yekaterina Krysanova as “Katharina”, Anna Tikhomirova as “the Housekeeper”, Anastasia Stashkevich as “Bianca”, Semyon Chudin as “Lucentio”, Vyacheslav Lopatin as “Gremio” and Vladislav Lantratov as “Petruchio”, “The Taming of the Shrew / Укрощение строптивой” choreographer by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Bolshoi Ballet at 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24, 2015)
Anastasia Stashkevich as “Bianca” and Artem Ovcharenko as “Lucentio” in “The Taming of the Shrew / Укрощение строптивой” by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Bolshoi Ballet (Rehearsal)