#Andrey Stepanov Андрей Степанов

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Vladislav Martorosov Владислав Марторосов

Vladislav Martorosov Владислав Марторосов as “Harlequin”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny Анатолий Нежный, 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 (May 14, 2025).

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Galina Nagevich Галина Нагевич

Galina Nagevich Галина Нагевич as one of Giselle’s Friends, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).

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Anastasia Denisova and Artur Mkrtchyan

Anastasia Denisova Анастасия Денисова and Artur Mkrtchyan Артур Мкртчян, “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (“Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”). As part of the program “Postscript” (“McGregor + Mugler” by Wayne McGregor, Holly Herndon and Nils Frahm; “Faun” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Claude Debussy-Nitin Sawhney; “Postscript” by Sol León, Paul Lightfoot and Philip Glass and “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”), “2021 Evening of Modern Choreography”, Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia. (May 25 & 26, 2021).

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Polina Diyanshina and Anastasia Teterina

Polina Diyanshina Полина Дияншина as “Zulma” and Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина as “Moyna”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).

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Iana Buravchikova Яна Буравчикова

Iana Buravchikovа Яна Буравчикова, pas de deux scene from “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, 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 (March 26, 2024).

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Olesya Roslanova Олеся Росланова

Olesya Roslanova Dmitrakova Олеся Росланова Дмитракова as “Nikiya”, “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 (February 12, 2025).

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Galina Nagevich and Viktoriya Zeyfert

Galina Nagevich Галина Нагевич and Viktoriya Zeyfert Виктория Зейферт, “D’Jampe Dance” (Джампе) from “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 (February 12, 2025).

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Olesya Roslanova Олеся Росланова

Olesya Roslanova Dmitrakova Олеся Росланова Дмитракова as “Nikiya”, “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 (February 12, 2025).

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Viktoriya Zeyfert Виктория Зейферт

Viktoriya Zeyfert Виктория Зейферт as one of the two soloists within “D’Jampe Dance” (Джампе) from “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 (February 12, 2025).

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Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова

Irina Ablitsova Ирина Аблицова as “The Ghost of the White Lady” (patroness of Doris’s house), “Raymonda Раймонда”, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, libretto by Lidiya Pashkova Лидия Пашкова and Marius Petipa based on a medieval legend, choreo by Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа with choreo fragments by Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, 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 (February 27, 2025).

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Varvara Tereshina and Anastasia Teterina

Varvara Tereshina Вар��ара Терешина and Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина, “Russian Dolls”, “The Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa as adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreo and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny Анатолий Нежный, 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 (May 14, 2025).

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Anastasia Denisova and Artur Mkrtchyan

Anastasia Denisova Анастасия Денисова and Artur Mkrtchyan Артур Мкртчян, “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”, choreo by Aleksey Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский (“Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”). As part of the program “Postscript” (“McGregor + Mugler” by Wayne McGregor, Holly Herndon and Nils Frahm; “Faun” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Claude Debussy-Nitin Sawhney; “Postscript” by Sol León, Paul Lightfoot and Philip Glass and “Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher”), “2021 Evening of Modern Choreography”, Bolshoi Theatre Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia. (May 25 & 26, 2021).

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Olesya Roslanova and Maksim Apatonov

 Olesya Roslanova Dmitrakova Олеся Росланова Дмитракова as “Princess Aurora” and Maksim Apatonov Максим Апатонов as “Prince Désiré”, “Sleeping Beauty Спящая Қрасавица“, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault, choreo by Marius Petipa, Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, 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 (May 15, 2024).

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Veronika Varnovskaya and Oleg Kroshkin

Veronika Varnovskaya Вероника Варновская and Oleg Kroshkin Олег Крошкин, “Hungarian Dance” from “Raymonda Раймонда” (final rehearsal), music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, libretto by Lidiya Pashkova Лидия Пашкова and Marius Petipa based on a medieval legend, choreo by Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа with choreo fragments by Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, 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 (September 10, 2024).

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Veronika Varnovskaya Вероника Варновская

Veronika Varnovskaya Вероника Варновская as “Marjana” (Ali Baba’s servant), “One Thousand and One Nights Тысяча и одна ночь”, 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.

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Galina Garmash Галина Гармаш

Galina Garmash Галина Гармаш as “Dulcinea”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, libretto and production by Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and 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 Marius Petipa, Aleksander Gorsky Александр Горский, Natalia Kasatkina Наталия Касаткина and Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв, scenery by Lev Solodovnikov Лев Солодовников, costume by Elizaveta Dvorkina Елизавета Дворкина, State Moscow Classical Ballet Theatre Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev, Театр классического балета Наталия Касаткина и Владимир Василёв, Moscow, Russia.

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