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.)
Polina Buldakova Полина Булдакова as “Juliet Capulet”, “Romeo and Juliet Ромео и Джульетта”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, Adrian Piotrovsky Адриана Пиотровского and Sergey Radlov Сергея Радлов based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare, choreo by Sir Kenneth Macmillan, Perm Opera and Ballet Пермский театр оперы и балета, Perm, Russia.
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Polina Buldakova Полина Булдакова as “Juliet Capulet” and Kirill Makurin Кирилл Макурин as “Romeo Montague”, “Romeo and Juliet Ромео и Джульетта”, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, Adrian Piotrovsky Адриана Пиотровского and Sergei Radlov Сергея Радлов based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare, choreo by Sir Kenneth Macmillan, Perm Opera and Ballet Пермский театр оперы и балета, Perm, Russia.
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Polina Buldakova Полина Булдакова as “Juliet Capulet” and Kirill Makurin Кирилл Макурин as “Romeo Montague”, “Romeo and Juliet Ромео и Джульетта”, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, Adrian Piotrovsky Адриана Пиотровского and Sergei Radlov Сергея Радлов based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare, choreo by Sir Kenneth Macmillan, Perm Opera and Ballet Пермский театр оперы и балета, Perm, Russia.
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Polina Semionova Полина Семионова (Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet) as “Manon Lescaut” and Igor Zelensky Игорь Зеленский (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) as “Chevalier Des Grieux”, “Manon”, based on the novel “L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut” by Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost), music by Gilles Massenet, choreo by Sir Kenneth McMillan, design by Nicholas Georgiadis, 2010 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Mikhailovsky Theater Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 31).
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Natalia Somova Наталья Сомова as “Manon Lescaut” and Ivan Mikhalev Иван Михалев as “Chevalier Des Grieux”, “Manon Манон” (act III swamp scene) general rehearsal, based on the novel “L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut” by Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost), music by Jules Massenet, choreography and libretto by Sir Kenneth McMillan, design by Nicholas Georgiadis, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia (July 2, 2014).
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Sarah Lamb and Valeri Hristov, “Elite Syncopations”, choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan, music by Scott Joplin, Scott Hayden, Paul Pratt, Joseph F. Lamb, Max Morath, Donald Ashwander and Robert Hampton, costume design by Ian Spurling, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Sarah Lamb as “Masha Prozorova Маша Прозорова” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Vershinin Александр Вершинин, “Farewell Pas de Deux” from “Winter Dreams”, libretto and choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan based on the play “Three Sisters Три Cестры” by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music “Romance in F Major op. 51” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский with arrangement by Philip Gammon, set and costume design by Peter Farmer, 2015 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 27).
Alena Shkatula (Estonian National Ballet Eesti Rahvusballett) as “Manon Lescaut” and Friedemann Vogel (Das Stuttgarter Ballett) as “Chevalier Des Grieux”, “The Port Scene” from “Manon”, based on the novel “L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut” by Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost), music by Gilles Massenet, choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan, design by Nicholas Georgiadis, Estonian National Ballet Eesti Rahvusballett, Estonian National Opera Rahvusooper Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia (February 12, 2014).
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Marianela Núñez as Manon Lescaut and Federico Bonelli as Chevalier Des Grieux, “Manon”, based on the novel “L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut” by Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost), music by Gilles Massenet, choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan, design by Nicholas Georgiadis, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва as “Manon Lescaut” and Marcelo Gomes as “Chevalier Des Grieux”, “Manon”, choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, music by Jules Messenet, based on the novel “L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut” by Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost), scenery and costume by Nicholas Georgiadis, 2011 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 2011).
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Anna Rose O’Sullivan as “Princess Stéphanie of Belgium” and Matthew Ball as “Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria” (Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph), “Mayerling”, choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan, music by Franz Liszt, libretto by Gillian Freeman (based on the Mayerling Incident), costume design by Nicholas Georgiadis, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Ludmila Pagliero as “Baroness Marie von Vetsera” (Rudolf’s mistress) and Mathieu Ganio as “Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria” (Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph), “Mayerling”, choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan, music by Franz Liszt, libretto by Gillian Freeman (based on the Mayerling Incident), set and costume design by Nicholas Georgiadis, Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Garnier, Paris, France.
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Melissa Hamilton as “Baroness Marie von Vetsera” (Rudolf’s mistress) and Ryoichi Hirano as “Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria” (Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph), “Mayerling”, choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan, music by Franz Liszt, libretto by Gillian Freeman (based on the Mayerling Incident), costume design by Nicholas Georgiadis, The Royal Ballet, London, England.
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Dorothée Gilbert as “Baroness Marie von Vetsera” (Rudolf’s mistress) and Hugo Marchand as “Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria” (Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph), “Mayerling”, choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan, music by Franz Liszt, libretto by Gillian Freeman (based on the Mayerling Incident), set and costume design by Nicholas Georgiadis, Le Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Garnier, Paris, France (November 22).
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 