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.)
Photographer Andrey Stepanov Андрей Степанов– Photo courtesy of the State Kremlin Palace Press Service.
Yekaterina Pervushina Екатерина Первушина as “Princess Aurora”, “Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa, Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 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.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or 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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Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Anna Animutskaya Анна Анимуцкая, Alena Shevkova Алена Шевкова and Maria Bakhayeva Мария Бахаева, “La BayadèreБаядеркa”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreo fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or 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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Photo courtesy of the State Kremlin Palace Press Service.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина as “The Evil Witch”, “The Scarlet Flower Аленький цветочек”, music by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов, libretto by Vladimir Kuptsov Владимир Купцов and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale of the same name by Sergey Aksakov Сергей Аксаков, choreography by 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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Photo courtesy of the State Kremlin Palace Press Service.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola) – Photo courtesy of the State Kremlin Palace Press Service.
Anna Animutskaya Анна Анимуцкая and Pyotr Gorbunov Петр Горбунов, “Chinese Dance” from “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny Анатолий Нежный, 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.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or 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.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Yekaterina Chekryzheva Екатерина Чекрыжева as “Columbine” and Bogdan Pleshakov Богдан Плешаков as “Harlequin”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny, 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.
Note I: Some links leading to the English version of the Kremlin Ballet websitedo not work or 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.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by the compression algorithms of the website where they are hosted.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Bogdan Pleshakov Богдан Плешаков as “Harlequin”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny, 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.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or 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.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Olesya Dmitrakova Олеся Дмитракова as “Magnolia” and Daniil Roslanov Даниил Росланов as “Little Count Cherry”, “Cipollino Чиполлино”, libretto by Gennady Rykhlov Геннадий Рыхлов after the fairy-tale by Gianni Rodari, choreo by Genrikh Mayorov Генрих Майоров, music by Karen Khachaturian Карэн Хачатурян, stage and costume designer by Valery Levental Валерий Левенталь, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца), Moscow, Russia.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or 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.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Iana Buravchikovа Яна Буравчикова as “Columbine”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny, 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.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Iana Buravchikovа Яна Буравчикова as “Columbine”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny, 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.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Iana Buravchikovа Яна Буравчикова and Egor Motuzov Егор Мотузов as “French Dolls”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская. The Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted
Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Yekaterina Chekryzheva Екатерина Чекрыжева as “Columbine”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская. The Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted
Ballet: The Best Photographs 