Beautiful Friday

Natalya Sologub, First Soloist with the ballet company of the Semperoper (Dresden, Germany), a soloist with the Mariinsky Ballet from 1998 to 2006, makes a return visit to the Mariinsky Theatre to dance the title role in Prokofiev/Ratmansky’s Cinderella.

Photo: © Mariinsky Theatre | Natasha Razina.

Anastasia Matvienko and Tonino Scatolino in Le Corsaire, Mariinsky

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Uliana Lopatkina

Poignant perfection: In “Dying Swan.” Photo by Natasha Razina

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Daria Khokhlova, Bolshoi Ballet

Natalia Osipova

Photo by Nathan Sayers

The Sleeping Beauty in MikhailovskyThe Sleeping beauty in Mikhailovsky

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Photo by Nikolay Krusser, Russia

Daria Khokhlova, Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow

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Vladimir Malakhov and Diana Vishneva. Photo by Nikolay Krusser.

Anastasia Matvienko

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Bolshoi Ballet by David May

Alina Somova

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An American in Russia (She is beautiful)Keenan Kampa made her debut in ‘Don Quixote’ ballet in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Kampa is the first American dancer to graduate from the Vaganova Academy and to win a spot at the Mariinsky Ballet, but hard work lies ahead.

Source: Kommersant (photo of the day)

Love this- happy Friday.

Polina Semionova (HD - Ballet - H. Grönemeyer - instrumental)