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.)
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Maria Chernyavskaya Мария Чернявская, “Waltz of the Snowflakes”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design bySimon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Elizaveta Kokoreva Елизавета Кокорева as “Jeanne”, “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев and Aleksandr Belinsky Александр Белинский music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Elizaveta Kokoreva Елизавета Кокорева as “Jeanne”, “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев and Aleksandr Belinsky Александр Белинский music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Elizaveta Kokoreva Елизавета Кокорева as “Jeanne”, “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев and Aleksandr Belinsky Александр Белинский music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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May Nagahisa 永久メイ as “Masha” and Philipp Stepin Филипп Стёпин as “Nutcracker Prince”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен (1934), music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design bySimon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе (1954), Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (probably on January 14).
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Julia Lukyanenko Юлия Лукьяненко as “The Tsar-Maiden”, “The Little Humpbacked Horse Konyok-Gorbunok“, libretto by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен and Pavel Malyarevsky Павел Маляревский based on the fairy tale of the same name by Pyotr Yershov Петр Ершов, music by Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, choreo by Aleksander Radunsky Александр Радунский, staging by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Sofia Romanova София Романова as “Masha” and Vsevolod Tabachuk Всеволод Табачук as “The Nutcracker Prince”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa revised by Vasily Vainonen Василий based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Астраханский Государственный Театр Оперы и Балета, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Sofia Romanova София Романова as “Masha” and Vsevolod Tabachuk Всеволод Табачук as “The Nutcracker Prince”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa revised by Vasily Vainonen Василий based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Астраханский Государственный Театр Оперы и Балета, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Valeriya Ivanova Валерия Иванова and Aleksandra Morozova Александра Морозова, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa revised by Vasily Vainonen Василий based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Астраханский Государственный Театр Оперы и Балета, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Anastasiya Lukina Анастасия Лукина as “Masha” and Yevgeny Konovalov Евгений Коновалов as “The Nutcracker Prince”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy-tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design bySimon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (December 25).
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress), “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Alexander Belinsky Александр Белинский and Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, on basis of the original libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков and Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев, music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (original choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен), costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, The Royal Opera House, London, England (August, 2013).
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Natalia Osipova Наталья Осипова (at that time principal dancer in the Mikhailovsky Ballet), as “Jeanne”, “The Flames of Paris”, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков and Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев after the novel “Les Rouges du Midi” by Felix Gras revised by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер, choreography by Vasily Vaynonen Василий Вайнонен revised by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер, stage and costume design by Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев, music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, 2013 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 2013).
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Maria Bulanova Мария Буланова as “The Queen of the Snowflakes”, “The Nutcracker”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy-tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design bySimon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Eleonora Sevenard as “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress) and Dmitry Smilevsky Дмитрий Смилевски as “Antoine Mistral” (an actor), “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Alexander Belinsky Александр Белинский and Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, on basis of the original libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков and Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев, music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (original choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен), costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (April 16).
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Mireille de Poitiers” (an actress) and Artem Ovcharenko Артем Овчаренко as “Antoine Mistral” (an actor), “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Alexander Belinsky Александр Белинский and Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, on basis of the original libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков and Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев, music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский (original choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен), costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia. (September 25, 2014).
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Maria Bulanova Мария Буланова as “The Queen of the Snowflakes”, “The Nutcracker”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy-tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design bySimon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко as “Masha”, “The Nutcracker”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the fairy-tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design bySimon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, 2021 Festpielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany.
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“Nutcracker – Щелкунчик”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, set design by Lev Solodovnikov Лев Солодовников and Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, costume design by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, State Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev, Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Moscow, Russia.
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Natalia Osipova Наталья Осипова (at that time soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр ) as “Jeanne”, pas de deux from “The Flames of Paris”, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, 2008 YAGP Gala: Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow, New York City Center, New York City, USA (April 21).
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