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 Semionova Полина Семионова as “Giselle”, “Giselle” choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli, set design by Igor Ivanov Игорь Иванов, costume design by Irina Press, XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 24, 2019).
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова, “A Flashback”, concept, direction and choreography by Ilya Jivoy Илья Живой, music by Arvo Pärt, lighting design by Konstantin Binkin Константин Бинкин. As part of the program “A Creative Workshop of Young Choreographers” in the framework of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 26, 2019).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Odile”, “Swan Lake”, choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costumes design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 30, 2019).
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова and Roman Belyakov Роман Беляков, “A Flashback”, concept, direction and choreography by Ilya Jivoy Илья Живой, music by Arvo Pärt, lighting design by Konstantin Binkin from “A Creative Workshop of Young Choreographers” in the framework of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 26, 2019).
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with Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Baron Von Rothbart” – Photographer Irina Tuminene Ирина Туминене
with Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Baron Von Rothbart” – Photographer Irina Tuminene Ирина Туминене
Photographer Irina Tuminene Ирина Туминене
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Odette-Odile” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Baron Von Rothbart”, “Swan Lake” choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costumes design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 30, 2019)
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова as “Carmen” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Don José”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты” choreography by Alberto Alonso, music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, close of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 31, 2019)
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина and Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, “Concerto for Contrabass” choreography by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, music by Giovanni Bottesini, costume by Nina Shterenberg from “A Creative Workshop of Young Choreographers” in the framework of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 26, 2019, Mariinsky New Stage)
Lauren Cuthbertson (The Royal Ballet) as “Marguerite Gautier” and Xander Parish (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) as “Armand Duval”, White Pas de Deux from “Marguerite and Armand” (based on the novel “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas) choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton, music by Franz Liszt (Piano Sonata in B Minor), costumes by Cecil Beaton, close of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 31, 2019)
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова and Roman Belyakov Роман Беляков, “A Flashback” concept, direction and choreography by Ilya Jivoy Илья Живой, music by Arvo Pärt, lighting design by Konstantin Binkin from “A Creative Workshop of Young Choreographers” in the framework of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 26, Mariinsky New Stage)
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Yekaterina Chebykina Екатерина Чебыкина and Xander Parish, “I’m not scared” concept, direction and choreography by Ilya Jivoy Илья Живой, music by Ezio Bosso, costume design by Sonya Vartanyan, lighting design by Konstantin Binkin from “A Creative Workshop of Young Choreographers” in the framework of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 26, Mariinsky New Stage)
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Maria Khoreva Мария Хорева and Xander Parish (both dancers from Mariinsky Ballet), “Closure” choreography by Juliano Nunes and music by Franz Schubert [“Improptus”, D. 899 (Op.90)], rehearsal for close of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 31, 2019)
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Polina Semionova Полина Семионова as “Giselle” and Kimin Kim as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle” choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli, set design by Igor Ivanov, costume design by Irina Press, XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (old stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 24, 2019)
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина (Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр) as “Odette-Odile” and Daniel Camargo (Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet) as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake” choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costumes design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 30, 2019)
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Maria Khoreva Мария Хорева and Xander Parish (both dancers from Mariinsky Ballet), “Closure” choreography by Juliano Nunes and music by Franz Schubert [“Improptus”, D. 899 (Op.90)], close of the XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, Mariinsky Theatre (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 31, 2019)
On video performed by Nancy Osbaldeston (The Royal Ballet of Flanders Koninklijk Ballet Vlaanderen and Juliano Nunes
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 