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.)
Galina Mikhireva Галина Михирева as “Myrtha”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges, Théophile Gautier, Jean Coralli, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, original choreo restored by Irina Kolpakova Ирина Колпакова, set and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Leonid Yacobson Ballet Театр балет имени Леонид Якобсон, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Galina Mikhireva Галина Михирева as “Myrtha”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges, Théophile Gautier, Jean Coralli, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, original choreo restored by Irina Kolpakova Ирина Колпакова, set and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Leonid Yacobson Ballet Театр балет имени Леонид Якобсон, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Galina Mikhireva Галина Михирева as “Myrtha”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges, Théophile Gautier, Jean Coralli, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, original choreo restored by Irina Kolpakova Ирина Колпакова, set and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Leonid Yacobson Ballet Театр балет имени Леонид Якобсон, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Alina Lipchuk Алина Липчук as “Myrtha” (Queen of the Wilis), “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and 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 (March 26, 2024).
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Ksenia Khabinets Ксения Хабинец as “Myrtha”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and 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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Floor Eimers as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, choreo by Marius Petipa, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, production and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, music by Adolphe Adam, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Floor Eimers as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, choreo by Marius Petipa, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, production and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, music by Adolphe Adam, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Marina Volkova Марина Волкова as “Myrtha (Queen of the Wilis), “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
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Marina Volkova Марина Волкова as “Myrtha (Queen of the Wilis), “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Moscow Classical Ballet website 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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Marina Volkova Марина Волкова as “Myrtha (Queen of the Wilis), “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
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Marfa Fedorova Марфа Федорова as “Myrtha” (Queen of the Wilis), “Giselle, ou Les Wilis Жизель, или Вилисы”, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Theatre Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Marina Volkova Марина Волкова as “Myrtha (Queen of the Wilis), “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (December 4, 2023).
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Moscow Classical Ballet website 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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Nina Tonoli as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, music by Adolphe Adam, choreo by Marius Petipa, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, production and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Nina Tonoli as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, music by Adolphe Adam, choreo by Marius Petipa, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, production and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Nina Tonoli as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, music by Adolphe Adam, choreo by Marius Petipa, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, production and additional choreo by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова as “Myrtha”, “Giselle Жызэль”, choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli, set design by Igor Ivanov Игорь Иванов, costume design by Irina Press Ирины Пресс, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Veronika Ovchinnikova Вераніка Аўчыннікава as “Myrtha”, “Giselle Жызэль”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier, Jean Coralli, choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Igor Kolb Игорь Колб (Peasant pas de deux from Act I), stage by Igor Kolb Игорь Колб, set and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Anastasia Kolegova Анастасия Колегова as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli, set design by Igor Ivanov Игорь Иванов, costume design by Irina Press Ирины Пресс, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova Софья Иванова-Скобликова as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, music by Adolphe Adam, choreography by Peter Wright, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Bayerisches Staatsballett Bavarian State Ballet, Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany.
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Anastasia Nuykina Анастасия Нуйкина as “Myrtha”, “Giselle”, choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli, set design by Igor Ivanov Игорь Иванов, costume design by Irina Press Ирины Пресс, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 