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.)
Natalia Osipova Наталья Осипова and Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова, “Le Corsaire”, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier edited by Marius Petipa, based on the poem “The Corsair” (1814) by Lord George Byron, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (September 24, 2008).
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова as “Paquita”, “Paquita – Пахита”, libretto by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, choreography by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, Marius Petipa and Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака, music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, costume designer by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Maria Khoreva Мария Хорева as “Paquita” and Kimin Kim as “Andrés”, “Paquita – Пахита”, libretto by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, choreography by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, Marius Petipa, reconstruction and staging of Marius Petipa’s choreography Act III Grand Pas by Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака, music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, costume designer by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (November 18).
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Anastasia Nuykina Анастасия Нуйкина as “Paquita’s Friend”, “Paquita – Пахита”, libretto and choreography by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов (reconstruction and staging of Marius Petipa’s choreography Act III Grand Pas by Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака), music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, costume design Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (November 18).
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May Nagahisa 永久メイ as “Paquita’s Friends”, “Paquita – Пахита”, libretto by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, choreography by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, Marius Petipa and Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака, music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, costume designer by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Maria Alexandrova Мария Александрова as “Medora”, “Le Corsaire”, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier edited by Marius Petipa, based on the poem “The Corsair” (1814) by Lord Byron, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Kristina Kretova Кристина Кретова as “Medora”, Igor Tsvirko Игорь Цвирко as “Conrad” (dancers from Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр) and Daniil Simkin Даниил Симкин as “Ali” (dancer from Staatsballett Berlin Berlin State Ballet), pas de trois from “Le Corsaire”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier edited by Marius Petipa, based on the poem “The Corsair” (1814) by Lord Byron, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака and Marius Petipa, costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, 2020 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia (December 16, 2020)
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Svetlana Lunkina Светлана Лунькина as “Medora” and Yuri Klevtsov Юрий Клевцов as “Conrad” (The Pirate), “Le Corsaire”, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier edited by Marius Petipa, based on the poem “The Corsair” (1814) by Lord Byron, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, Yuri Burlaka Юрий Бурлака and Marius Petipa, music by Adolphe Adam, costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
Maria Khoreva Мария Хорева as “Paquita” and Xander Parish as “Andrés”, “Paquita – Пахита”, libretto by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, choreography by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, Marius Petipa and Yuri Burlaka, music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, costume designer by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова, “Paquita Пахита” (backstage), libretto and choreography by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, Marius Petipa and Yuri Burlaka, music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, costume designer by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Vlada Borodulina Влада Бородулина as “Paquita’s friend”, “Paquita”, music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, libretto and choreography by Yuri Smekalov Юрий Смекалов, reconstruction and staging of Marius Petipa’s choreography (Act III Grand Pas) by Yuri Burlaka, costume design by Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондаурова as “Paquita, Nadezhda Batoeva Надежда Батоева as “Cristina”, Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova Софья Иванова-Скобликова as “Carducha”, Anastasiya Lukina Анастасия Лукина as “Paquita friend” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Andrés” with the participation of students of Vaganova Ballet Academy, “Paquita” choreography and libretto by Yury Smekalov Юрий Смекалов (reconstruction and staging of Marius Petipa and choreography by Yuri Burlaka), music by Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (March 31, 2017)
Premiere on March 30, 2017 performed by Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Paquita”, Elena Yevseyeva Елена Евсеева as “Cristina” and Timur Askerov Тимур Аскеров as “Andrés” at the opening of the XVII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky
Svetlana Zakharova Светлана Захарова, “Le Corsaire” libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges and Joseph Mazilier edited by Marius Petipa, choreography by Marius Petipa, new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka, costume by Elena Zaitseva, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр
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