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.)
Alice Firenze as “Judith” and Kirill Kourlaev Кирилл Курлаев as “Blaubart”, “The Mystery of the Bluebeard Blaubarts Geheimnis”, choreo by Stephan Thoss, music by Philip Glass. As part of the program from “Blaubarts Geheimnis Tour Premiere” (“Blaubarts Geheimnis”, “Le Souffle de L’esprit” by Jiří Bubeníček and “Skew-Whiff” by Paul Lightfoot/Sol León), Das Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 16, 2016).
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Alice Firenze as “Judith” and Kirill Kourlaev Кирилл Курлаев as “Blaubart”, “The Mystery of the Bluebeard Blaubarts Geheimnis”, choreo by Stephan Thoss, music by Philip Glass. As part of the program from “Blaubarts Geheimnis Tour Premiere” (“Blaubarts Geheimnis”, “Le Souffle de L’esprit” by Jiří Bubeníček and “Skew-Whiff” by Paul Lightfoot/Sol León), Das Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Aleksandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 16, 2016).
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Maria Vinogradova Мария Виноградова and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков (duet in black), Postscript” (rehearsal), choreography and costume desig by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, music by Philip Glass. As part of the program “Postscript 2.0, An Evening of Modern Choreography”, (“Initium” by Aleхander Scryabin Александр Скрябин and Konstantin Keykhel Константин Кейхель; “Faun” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Claude Debussy-Nitin Sawhney; “Sonata-Fantasy” by Aleхander Scryabin Александр Скрябин and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов and “Postscript”), Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia. (June 21 & 22, 2022).
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Olga Smirnova Ольга Смирнова and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков (duet in black), Postscript”, choreography and costume desig by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, music by Philip Glass. As part of the program “Postscript” (“McGregor + Mugler” by Wayne McGregor, Holly Herndon and Nils Frahm; “Faun” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Claude Debussy-Nitin Sawhney; “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher” by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский and Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский and “Postscript”), “2021 Evening of Modern Choreography”, Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia. (May 25 & 26, 2021).
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва, “Subject to Change”, choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, music by Franz Schubert [Der Tod und das Mädchen (second section; Andante con moto) arranged for chamber orchestra by Gustav Mahler] from program “Dialogues” (“Errand into the Maze” choreography by Martha Graham, “Dialogue” choreography by John Neumeier and “Subject to Change”), Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) and Andrey Merkuriev Андрей Меркурьев (Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “Subject to Change” choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, music by Franz Schubert [Der Tod und das Mädchen (second section; Andante con moto) arranged for chamber orchestra by Gustav Mahler] from program “Dialogues” (“Errand into the Maze” choreography by Martha Graham, “Dialogue” choreography by John Neumeier and “Subject to Change”), Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) and Ben Schultz (Martha Graham Dance Company, New York City, USA), “Errand into the Maze” choreography by Martha Graham, music by Gian Carlo Menotti, costume by Edythe Gilfond from “Dialogues” (“Errand into the Maze”, “Dialogue” by John Neumeier and “Subject to Change” by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León), Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (October 2011).
Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва (Mariinsky Ballet) and Andrey Merkuriev Андрей Меркурьев (Bolshoi Ballet), “Subject to Change” choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, music by Franz Schubert [Der Tod und das Mädchen (second section; Andante con moto) arranged for chamber orchestra by Gustav Mahler] from “Dialogues” (“Errand into the Maze” choreography by Martha Graham, “Dialogue” choreography by John Neumeier and “Subject to Change”, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Chloé Albaret and Jorge Nozal, “Stop-Motion” choreography by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, Nederlands Dans Theater, New York City Center (November 16, 2016)
Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва (Mariinsky Ballet) and Andrey Merkuriev Андрей Меркурьев (Bolshoi Ballet), “Subject to Change” choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León from “Dialogues” (“Errand into the Maze” choreography by Martha Graham, “Dialogue” choreography by John Neumeier and “Subject to Change” choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León)
Diana Vishneva (Mariinsky Ballet) and Andrey Merkuriev (Bolshoi Ballet), “Subject to Change” choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León from “Dialogues” (“Errand into the Maze” choreography by Martha Graham, “Dialogue” choreography by John Neumeier and “Subject to Change” choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León) (rehearsal)
Диана Вишнёва (Мариинский театр) и Андрей Меркурьев (Большой театр), “Объект перемен” xореография Пол Лайтфут и Сол Леон; “Диалоги” (“Лабиринт” xореография Марты Грэм, “Диалог” xореография Джон Ноймайер и “Объект перемен” xореография Пол Лайтфут и Сол Леон) (репетиция)
Alice Firenze as “Judith” and Kirill Kourlaev as “Blaubart”, “The Mystery of the Bluebeard” “Blaubarts Geheimnis” choreography by Stephan Thoss from Blaubarts Geheimnis Tour Premiere (“Blaubarts Geheimnis” choreography by Stephan Thoss, “Le Souffle de L’esprit” choreography by Jiří Bubeníček and “Skew-Whiff” choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León), Das Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 16, 2016)
Olga Malinovskaya Ольга Малиновская (Ballet Nice Méditerranée) and Artjom Maksakov Артем Максаков (Ballet Du Capitole), choreography by Paul Lightfoot & Sol León, 2013 International Baltic Ballet Competition, Riga, Latvia
Ballet: The Best Photographs 