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.)
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Anna Animutskaya Анна Анимуцкая, Alena Shevkova Алена Шевкова and Maria Bakhayeva Мария Бахаева, “La BayadèreБаядеркa”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreo fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, 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.
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Photo courtesy of the State Kremlin Palace Press Service.
Maria Bakhayeva Мария Бахаева as a “Butterfly”, “The Scarlet Flower Аленький цветочек”, music by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов, libretto by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale of the same name by Sergey Aksakov Сергей Аксаков, choreography by 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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Maria Bakhayeva Мария Бахаева as a “Butterfly”, “The Scarlet Flower Аленький цветочек”, music by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов, libretto by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale of the same name by Sergey Aksakov Сергей Аксаков, choreography by 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: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Maria Bakhayeva Мария Бахаева as a “Butterfly”, “The Scarlet Flower Аленький цветочек”, music by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов, libretto by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale of the same name by Sergey Aksakov Сергей Аксаков, choreography by 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: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Maria Bakhayeva Мария Бахаева and Alexa Marchenko Алекса Марченко, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Maria Bakhayeva Мария Бахаева, “La Bayadère”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа, The Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
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