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.)
Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Nina Anisimova Нина Анисимова (gypsy and oriental dances) and Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов (Fandango), 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), music by Ludwig Minkus, costume design by Konstantin Korovin Константин Коровин, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (February 3, 2024).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Nina Anisimova Нина Анисимова (gypsy and oriental dances) and Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов (Fandango), 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), music by Ludwig Minkus, costume design by Konstantin Korovin Константин Коровин, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (February 3, 2024).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик, “Hungarian Dance”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик and Anton Osetrov Антон Осетров, “Spanish Dance”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик, “Spanish Dance”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик, “Spanish Dance”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Young Gypsy Woman”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Young Gypsy Woman” and Nail Yenikeyev Наиль Еникеев as “Young Gypsy Man”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Young Gypsy Woman” and Nail Yenikeyev Наиль Еникеев“ as “Young Gypsy Man”, The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Nina Anisimova Нина Анисимова (gypsy and oriental dances) and Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов (Fandango), 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), music by Ludwig Minkus, costume design by Konstantin Korovin Константин Коровин, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик, “Chopiniana – Шопениана”, choreography and scenario by Michel Fokine (1908) revised version by Agrippina Vaganova Агриппины Вагановой (1931), music by Frédéric Chopin, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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