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.)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (then at Ballett Zürich, today at Boston Ballet) and Alexander Jones (former principal dancer Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux”, choreography by Christian Spuck and music by Gioachino Rossini, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (April 25).
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (then at Ballett Zürich, today at Boston Ballet), “Le Grand Pas De Deux”, choreography by Christian Spuck and music by Gioachino Rossini, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre Александринский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (April 25).
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова and Denis Vieira, “Giselle”, choreography by Patrice Bart after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, music by Adolphe Adam, Ballett Zürich, 2015 Spring Gala / 2015 Весенний Гала, Yekaterinburg Opera Theatre, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. (April 29, 2015).
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (since 2018 at the Boston Ballet) as “Odile” and Alexander Jones as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake – Schwanensee”, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, stage and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan, Ballett Zürich, Zürich Opera House, Zürich, Switzerland (February 6, 2016).
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова and Manuel Renard, “In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated”, choreography, scenic, costume and original lighting design by William Forsythe, music by Thom Willems, Ballett Zürich, Opernhaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова and Alexander Jones, “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck and music by Gioachino Rossini, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова as “Anna Karenina” and Filipe Portugal as “Alexej Karenin”, “Anna Karenina” choreography by Christian Spuck (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой), costumes by Emma Ryott, music by Rodion Shchedrin, Ballett Zürich
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова as “Anna Karenina” and Filipe Portugal as “Alexej Karenin”, “Anna Karenina” choreography by Christian Spuck (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой), costumes by Emma Ryott, music by Rodion Shchedrin and performed by Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова as “Anna Karenina” and Denis Vieira as “Count Alexey Vronsky”, “Anna Karenina” choreography by Christian Spuck (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой), costumes by Emma Ryott, music by Rodion Shchedrin and performed by Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова and Filipe Portugal, “Behind the Mirror” (premiere) choreography and stages by Filipe Portugal and music by Dmitri Shostakovich, 2017 Royal Academy of Dance Italia Gala, Trento, Trentino, Italy (July 7, 2017)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова as “Sugar Plum Fairy”, “Nussknacker und Mausekönig” choreography by Christian Spuck, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, costumes by Buki Shiff, Ballett Zürich
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова as “Anna Karenina” and Filipe Portugal as “Alexej Karenin”, “Anna Karenina” choreography by Christian Spuck (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Лев Толстой), costumes by Emma Ryott, music by Rodion Shchedrin and performed by Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck and music by Gioachino Rossini, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck and music Gioachino Rossini, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова (Ballett Zürich) and Alexander Jones (Stuttgarter Ballett), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” (rehearsal) choreography by Christian Spuck, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова and Alexander Jones, “Swan Lake” choreography by Marius Petipa-Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Ballett Zürich
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова, (Ballett Zürich), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова, (Ballett Zürich), “Le Grand Pas De Deux” choreography by Christian Spuck, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2016 Dance Open Ballet Festival (April 25)
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