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.)
“Nutcracker”, choreography by Helgi Tomasson based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, scenic design by Michael Yeargan, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Yuan Yuan Tan 谭元元 and Tiit Helimets, “Prism” (dress rehearsal), choreography by Helgi Tomasson, music by Ludwig van Beethoven, costume by Martin Pakledinaz and Barbara Matera. As part of “Program 6”, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US.
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Misa Kuranaga 倉永美沙 as “Kitri” and Angelo Greco as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов, libretto by Marius Petipa 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), scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US.
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WanTing Zhao as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов, libretto by Marius Petipa 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), scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US. (February 26 to March 6).
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Wona Park박원아 as “Kitri” and Joseph Walsh as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов, libretto by Marius Petipa 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), scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US. (February 26 to March 6).
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Julia Rowe and Isabelle DeVivo, “Don Quixote”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов, libretto by Marius Petipa 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), scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US. (February 26 to March 6).
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Mathilde Froustey as “Kitri” and Angelo Greco as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов, libretto by Marius Petipa 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), scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US. (February 26 to March 6).
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Noelani Pantastico and Seth Orza, “Cinderella” choreography by Kent Stowell, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, staging by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (january 31 to february 9, 2020).
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Laura Tisserand as “The Fairy Godmother”, “Cinderella” choreography by Kent Stowell, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, staging by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (january 31 to february 9, 2020).
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Noelani Pantastico and Seth Orza, “Cinderella” choreography by Kent Stowell, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, staging by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (january 31 to february 9, 2020).
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Sarah Ricard Orza and Seth Orza, “Cinderella” choreography by Kent Stowell, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, staging by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (january 31 to february 9, 2020).
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Sarah Ricard Orza, Maria Chapman, Brittany Reid and Laura Tisserand, “Cinderella” choreography by Kent Stowell, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, staging by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (january 31 to february 9, 2020).
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Lesley Rausch and Jeffrey Stanton – Photographer Angela Sterling
Laura Tisserand – Photographer Angela Sterling
Maria Chapman and Kiyon Gaines – Photographer Lindsay Thomas
Lesley Rausch, Laura Tisserand, Maria Chapman, Kiyon Gaines and Jeffrey Stanton, “Cinderella” choreography by Kent Stowell, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, staging by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (january 31 to february 9, 2020).
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Cecilia Iliesiu as “Hippolyta” (amazonian queen), “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Felix Mendelssohn, scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (April 12-21, 2019)
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Lindsi Dec and Jerome Tisserand, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” choreography by George Balanchine (based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare), music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington, USA (April 12 to 21, 2019)
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 