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.)
Megan Fairchild and Taylor Stanley, “Jeu de Cartes”, choreography by Peter Martins, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Jeu de Cartes, 1936), costumes by Barbara Matera and Holly Hynes (1992), Ian Falconer (2002), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Ashley Bouder and Jonathan Stafford, “Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto Nº 2”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (Piano Concerto Nº 2 in G, Op. 44), choreography by George Balanchine, costume by Barbara Karinska (original), Ben Benson (1979), Gary Lisz (1990), current costume by Marc Happel (2019), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Maria Kowroski and Ask la Cour, “After the Rain”, choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Arvo Pärt [“Tabula Rasa” (First movement – “Ludus”, 1977) and “Spiegel Im Spiegel”, 1978], costumes by Holly Hynes, New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
Premiere on January 22, 2005, New York State Theater, New York City, USA.
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Sterling Hyltin and Amar Ramasar, “Who Cares?”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by George Gershwin – Hershy Kay, costumes by Barbara Karinska (original) and Santo Loquasto (current), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette, “Danses Concertantes”, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Danses Concertantes for Chamber Orchestra”), choreography by George Balanchine, costume by Eugene Berman (executed by Barbara Matera), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Sterling Hyltin and Andrew Veyette, “Rubies”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra), costume by Barbara Karinska. From “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and “Diamonds”), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Tiler Peck and Tyler Angle, “Two Hearts”, music by Nico Muhly [“Two Hearts” (theme inspired in northern european folk song “Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor”)], choreography by Benjamin Millepied, costume by Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy supervised by Marc Happel, New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Wendy Whelan and Tyler Angle, “Polyphonia”, music by György Ligeti, choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, costumes by Holly Hynes, New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Maria Kowroski, “Diamonds”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (Symphony Nº 3 in D Major Op. 29), costumes by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky, better known as Barbara Karinska or simply Karinska) from “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and “Diamonds”), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Emilie Gerrity, “Pulcinella Variations”, choreography by Justin Peck, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (“Pulcinella Suite”), costume by Tsumori Chisato, New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
Premiere on September 28, 2017 by New York City Ballet at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, USA.
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Ashley Bouder as “The Firebird” and Andrew Veyette as “Prince Ivan”, “Firebird”, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Firebird Suite for Orchestra, 1945), choreography by George Balanchine, original set and costume by Marc Chagall (1945) current costume by Barbara Karinska, David H. Koch Theatre, New York City, USA.
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Teresa Reichlen and Taylor Stanley, “DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse”, music by Michael Nyman [“MGV” (Musique à Grand Vitesse)], choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, set and costume by Jean-Marc Puissant, New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center for the performing Arts, New York City, USA.
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Sterling Hyltin as “The Sugar Plum Fairy”, “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский [“The Nutcracker” (1892)], costumes by Barbara Karinska. Based on the version of Alexandre Dumas père of the tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC, USA (November 25, 2016).
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Sara Mearns and Amar Ramasar, “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes”, choreography by Justin Peck, music by Aaron Copland [“Four Dance Episodes” from “Rodeo” (1942)], costumes by Reid Bartelme, Harriet Jung and Justin Peck, New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Sara Mearns and Ask la Cour, “Walpurgisnacht Ballet”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Charles Gounod (“Faust”), costumes by Barbara Karinska, New York City Ballet, USA.
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Sterling Hyltin and Gonzalo García, “Rubies”, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky Игорь Стравинский (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra), costumes by Barbara Karinska. From “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and Diamonds), New York City Ballet, New York City, USA.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 