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 Zayarnaya Полина Заярная as one of the four “Esmeralda’s Gypsy Friends”, “La Esmeralda Эсмеральда”, choreo by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер revival by Sergey Filin, music by Cesare Pugni, Reinhold Glière, Sergey Vasilenko, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Polina Zayarnaya Полина Заярная as one of the four “Esmeralda’s Gypsy Friends”, “La Esmeralda Эсмеральда”, choreo by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер revival by Sergey Filin, music by Cesare Pugni, Reinhold Glière, Sergey Vasilenko, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Polina Zayarnaya Полина Заярная as one of the four “Esmeralda’s Gypsy Friends” and Natalia Somova Наталья Сомова as “Esmeralda”, “La Esmeralda Эсмеральда”, choreo by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер revival by Sergey Filin, music by Cesare Pugni, Reinhold Glière, Sergey Vasilenko, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Polina Zayarnaya Полина Заярная as one of the four “Esmeralda’s Gypsy Friends”, “La Esmeralda Эсмеральда”, choreo by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер revival by Sergey Filin, music by Cesare Pugni, Reinhold Glière, Sergey Vasilenko, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Photographer Karina Zhitkova Карина Жуковаfor Ballet Magazine Журнал Балет
Oksana Kardash Оксана Кардаш as “Odette”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltzer Василий Гельцер, choreography by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер, set and costume design by Vladimir Arefiev Владимир Арефьев, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Iana Salenko Яна Саленко (Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet) as “Odette”, “Swan Lake Лебедине Oзеро”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев, and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera Анатолія Шекери, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Photographer Oleksandra Zlunitsyna Олександра Злуниціна
Olga Golitsa Ольга Голиця as “Odette” and and Stanislav Olshanskyi Станіслав Ольшанський, as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев, and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera Анатолія Шекери, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Ksenia Shevtsova Ксения Шевцова as “Odette”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltzer Василий Гельцер, choreography by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер, set and costume design by Vladimir Arefiev Владимир Арефьев, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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“Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltzer Василий Гельцер, choreography by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер, set and costume design by Vladimir Arefiev Владимир Арефьев, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Olga Mikhaylova Ольга Михайлова, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltzer Василий Гельцер, choreography by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер, set and costume design by Vladimir Arefiev Владимир Арефьев, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Ksenia Abdulkarimova Ксения Абдулкаримова, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltzer Василий Гельцер, choreography by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер, set and costume design by Vladimir Arefiev Владимир Арефьев, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Erika Mikirticheva Эрика Микиртичева and Denis Dmitriev Денис Дмитриев are Principal Dancers at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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“Swan Lake Лебедине Озеро”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев, and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera Анатолія Шекери, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Photographer Alexandra Zlunitsyna Олександра Злуниціна
Photographer Alexandra Zlunitsyna Олександра Злуниціна
Anna Muromtseva Ганна Муромцева as “Odile” and Mykyta Sukhorukov Микита Сухоруков as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев, and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera Анатолія Шекери, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Photographer Alexandra Zlunitsyna Олександра Злуниціна
Iana Salenko Яна Саленко as “Odette” and Marian Walter as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев, and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Iana Salenko Яна Саленко as “Odette” and Marian Walter as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Photographer Alexandra Zlunitsyna Олександра Злуниціна
Iana Salenko Яна Саленко as “Odette”, “Swan Lake”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев, and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Iana Salenko Яна Саленко as “Odile” and Marian Walter as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер and Anatoliy Shekera, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, National Opera of Ukraine Національна Опера України, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Polina Zayarnaya Полина Заярная as one of the four “Esmeralda’s Gypsy Friends”, “La Esmeralda Эсмеральда”, choreo by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер revival by Sergey Filin, music by Cesare Pugni, Reinhold Glière, Sergey Vasilenko, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Moscow, Russia.
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Erika Mikirticheva Эрика Микиртичева as “Esmeralda”, “La Esmeralda” choreography by Vladimir Burmeister Владимир Бурмейстер, choreography revival by Sergey Filin, music by Cesare Pugni, Reinhold Glière ans Sergei Vasilenko, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre (Stanmus) Музыкального театра им. К.С. Станиславского и Вл.И. Немировича-Данченко (MAMT), Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Ballet: The Best Photographs 