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.)
Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева and Lev Semyonov Лев Семенов, “One Thousand and One Nights Тысяча и одна ночь” (rehearsal), music by Fikret Amirov Fikrət Əmirov, choreo Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, libretto by Murad Ibragimbekov Мурад Ибрагимбеков, Rustam Ibragimbekov Рустам Ибрагимбеков and Naila Nazirova Наиля Назирова based on “One Thousand and One Nights” Arabian fairy tales, a masterpiece of medieval Arabian literature, a collection of fairy tales and parables told by Schéhérazade, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева and Ivan Zakharchenko Иван Захарченко, “One Thousand and One Nights Тысяча и одна ночь” (rehearsal), music by Fikret Amirov Fikrət Əmirov, choreo Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, libretto by Murad Ibragimbekov Мурад Ибрагимбеков, Rustam Ibragimbekov Рустам Ибрагимбеков and Naila Nazirova Наиля Назирова based on “One Thousand and One Nights” Arabian fairy tales, a masterpiece of medieval Arabian literature, a collection of fairy tales and parables told by Schéhérazade, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева, “Cleopatra Клеопатра”, music by Vladimir Kachesov Владимиp Качесов, libretto and choreo by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, stage design by Grigory Belov Григорий Белов, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: The original quality of photographs might be affected by the compression algorithms of the website where they are hosted.
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева and Aleksandra Marchenko Александра Марченко, “Cleopatra Клеопатра”, music by Vladimir Kachesov Владимиp Качесов, libretto and choreo by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, stage design by Grigory Belov Григорий Белов, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version do not work or have incomplete info. For this reason, they are published in their russian version. You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: The original quality of photographs might be affected by the compression algorithms of the website where they are hosted.
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева, “Indian Dance” (Dance with Drum), “La Bayadère Баядерка”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their original version (russian). You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева as “Gorislava Горислава” (Ratmir’s captive woman), “Ruslan and Ludmila Руслан и Людмила”, libretto by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the poem by Aleksandr Pushkin Александр Пуyшкин and the opera of the same name by Mikhail Glinka Михаил Глинка, music by Mikhail Glinka Михаил Глинка and Vladislav Agafonnikov Владислав Агафонников, choreography by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, set design by Marina Sokolova Марина Соколова, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia (May 9).
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Photographer Yekaterina Lola Екатерина Лола (Kate Lola)
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева as “Spanish Dance”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, libretto by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreography by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Konstantin Sergeev Константин Сергеев, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева, “Indian Dance” (Dance with Drum), “La Bayadère Баядерка”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreo fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Alina Kaicheva Алина каичева as “Giselle”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Alina Kaicheva Алина каичева as “Giselle”, “Giselle Жизель” (with Veronika Varnovskaya Вероника Варновская and Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева) music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges, choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
“Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, libretto by Marius Petipa adapted by Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), choreo by Aleksander Gorsky Александр Горский, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева, (soloist from Kremlin Ballet) “Persian Girl” (Polovtsian Dances from Opera “Prince Igor”, music by Alexander Borodin Александр Бородин, choreography by Kasyan Goleizovsky Касьян Голейзовский, 2021 All-Russian Competition Ballet Dancers and Choreographers, Concert and Entertainment Center “Millennium” Kontsertno-Zrelishchnyy Tsentr “Millenium”, Yaroslavl, Russia.
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева, “Indian Dance” (Dance with Drum), “La Bayadère”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Zlata Dorofeeva Злата Дорофеева, “Dance of Snowflakes”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrei Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, The Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 