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.)
Tahmina Uzakova Тахмина Узакова as “Gipsy Girl”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, libretto by Marius Petipa 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), music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский and Marius Petipa, costume and set design by Valery Leventhal Валерий Левенталь, Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater Башкирский государственный театр оперы и балета, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan.
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Elena Germanovich Алена Германовіч as “Princess Aurora” and Aleksandr Misiyuk Александр Мисиюк as “Prince Désiré”, “Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев and Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa and Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев, design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Olesya Novikova Олеся Новикова as “Princess Aurora”, “Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской and Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeev Константина Сергеев (1952), set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 6, 2024).
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Ioanna Avraam and Marcos Menha, II movement solo couple from “Jeunehomme”, choreo by Uwe Scholz, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, stage and costume design by Karl Lagerfeld and reconstruction costume by Catherine Voeffray. As part of the program: “Les Sylphides”, (“Les Sylphides” by Mikhail Fokine, “Eden” by Adi Hanan and “Jeunehomme”), Wiener StaatsBallett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Eva Sergeenkova Ева Сергеенкова as “Odette” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, libretto by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after scenario by Vladimir Begichev Владимир Бегичев and Vasily Geltser Василий Гельцер, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Olga Esina Ольга Есина and Masayu Kimoto 木本正裕, “Les Sylphides”, choreo by Mikhail Fokine, music by Frédéric Chopin, stage and costume design by Darko Petrovic. As part of the program: “Les Sylphides”, (“Les Sylphides”, “Eden” by Adi Hanan and “Jeunehomme” by Uwe Scholz), Wiener StaatsBallett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Anzhelina Vlashinets Ангелина Влашинец as “Street Dancer”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский Marius Petipa and Aleksey Fadeyechev Алексей Фадеечев, libretto by Marius Petipa 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), music by Ludwig Minkus, costume designby Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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“Swan Lake”, choreo and concept by David Dawson, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Yumiko Takeshima 竹島 由美子, Scottish Ballet, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Ioanna Avraam as “Prudence Duvernoy”, “The Lady of the Camellias Die Kameliendame”, choreo, staging and light by John Neumeier, music by Frédéric Chopin, set and costume by Jürgen Rose, based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas fils, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Maria Shirinkina Мария Ширинкина as “Princess Shyrin” and Nikita Korneyev Никита Корнеев as “Ferkhad”, “The Legend of Love Легенда о любви”, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, music by Arif Melikov Ариф Меликов, libretto by Nazim Khikmet Назим Хикмет, set, costume and lighting design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 22, 2024).
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May Nagahisa 永久メイ as “Princess Aurora”, “Sleeping Beauty Спящая красавица”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской and Marius Petipa based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeev Константина Сергеев (1952), set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 8, 2024).
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Anastasia Matvienko Анастасия Матвиенко as “Giselle” and Kenta Yamamoto 山本健太 as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier, Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges and Jean Coralli, choreo José Martínez, costume and set design by Iñaki Cobos Guerrero, Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and BalletSlovensko Narodno Gledališče Opera in Balet Ljubljana, Ljubljana Opera House Ljubljanska Operna Hiša, Republic of Slovenia (October 11, 13 or 15, 2023).
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