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.)
Ioanna Avraam as “Prudence Duvernoy” and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕 as “Gaston Rieux”, “Lady of the Camellias Die Kameliendame”, choreo, staging and light by John Neumeier, music by Frédéric Chopin, set and costume by Jürgen Rose, based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas fils, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Olga Esina Ольга Есина and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕, “Les Sylphides”, choreo by Mikhail Fokine, music by Frédéric Chopin, stage and costume design by Darko Petrovic. As part of the program: “Les Sylphides”, (“Les Sylphides”, “Eden” by Adi Hanan and “Jeunehomme” by Uwe Scholz), Wiener StaatsBallett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Liudmila Konovalova Людмила Коновалова as “Giselle” and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕 as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle”, libretto by Théophile Gautier, choreography by Elena Tschernischova, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, costume design by Clarisse Praun-Maylunas, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. (February 17, 18, 20 & 23).
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Eszter Ledán and Masayu Kimoto, “Le Sacre”, choreography by John Neumeier, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский. Based on “Le Sacre du Printemps” (“The Rite of Spring”), choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, Das Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Liudmila Konovalova Людмила Коновалова and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕, “Duo Concertant”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Duo Concertant”). As part of the program “A Suite of Dances” (“Glass Pieces”, “The Concert” and “A Suite of Dances” by Jerome Robbins and “Duo Concertant” by George Balanchine), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wierner Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
Maria Yakovleva Мария Яковлева and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕, “Movements to Stravinsky” choreography, stage design, costumes and lighting by András Lukács, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский from program “LUKÁCS | LIDBERG | DUATO” (“Movements to Stravinsky”, “Between Dogs and Wolves” by Pontus Lidberg / Dmitri Shostakovich Дмитрий Шостакович and “White Darkness” by Nacho Duato / Karl Jenkins), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. (March, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11, 2020).
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Alice Firenze and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕, “Movements to Stravinsky” choreography, stage design, costumes and lighting by András Lukács, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский from program “LUKÁCS | LIDBERG | DUATO” (“Movements to Stravinsky”, “Between Dogs and Wolves” by Pontus Lidberg / Dmitri Shostakovich Дмитрий Шостакович and “White Darkness” by Nacho Duato / Karl Jenkins), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. (March, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11, 2020).
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Maria Yakovleva Мария Яковлева and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕, “Movements to Stravinsky” choreography, stage design, costumes and lighting by András Lukács, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский from program “LUKÁCS | LIDBERG | DUATO” (“Movements to Stravinsky”, “Between Dogs and Wolves” by Pontus Lidberg / Dmitri Shostakovich Дмитрий Шостакович and “White Darkness” by Nacho Duato / Karl Jenkins), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. (March, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11, 2020).
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Maria Yakovleva Мария Яковлева as “Giselle” and Masayu Kimoto as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle” choreography by Elena Tschernischova, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet
Natascha Mair and Masayu Kimoto, “Donizetti Pas de deux” choreography by Manuel Legris, music by Gaetano Donizetti, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, 2017 Weltstar Gala, Volkstheater Wien, Vienna, Austria (October 29, 2017)
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