Dancer Herman Cornejo of American Ballet Theater, in the pas de deux from ballet La Esmeralda, composed by Cesare Pugni, at the Closing Gala Concert of the XII International Ballet Festival Dance Open 2013. Cropped image.22.04.2013#1455945
Dancers Lucia Lacarra and Marlon Dino of the Bavarian State Opera perform a duet from " Lady of the Camellias" ballet featuring Chopin's music at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455527
Actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, center, and her husband figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev seen ahead of the awarding ceremony at the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455478
Actress Ksenia Rappoport pictured ahead of the awarding ceremony at the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455477
Actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk pictured ahead of the awarding ceremony at the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455476
Ahead of the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455474
Prize figirines of the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455473
Miguel Angel Corbacho, second from right, a principal dancer of the National Ballet of Spain, pictured ahead of the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455469
Polish writer Janusz Wiśniewski, left, hands out the Mr Virtuoso Award to Joseph Gatti of the Boston ballet at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455467
Mikhail Tatarnikov, chief conductor and music director of the Mikhailovsky Theater, hands out the Miss Virtuosa Award at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455466
Ashley Bouder of the New York City Ballet, left, seen at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455465
Actress Ksenia Rappoport hands out the Mr Expressiveness Award at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455464
Herman Cornejo of the American Ballet Theatre gets Mr Expressiveness Award at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455463
Vyacheslav Polunin, artistic director of the Circus on Fontanka, seen at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg as he hands out Miss Expressiveness award to Bolshoi ballerina Olga Smirnova.22.04.2013#1455462
Bolshoi ballerina Olga Smirnova gets Miss Expressiveness award at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455461
Vyacheslav Polunin, artistic director of the Circus on Fontanka, seen at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg as he hands out Miss Expressiveness award.22.04.2013#1455460
Actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and her husband figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev speak at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455459
Vyacheslav Polunin, left, artistic director of the Circus in Fontanka, actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and her husband figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev seen at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455457
Famous choreographer and a jury member Hans vann Manen hands out the top prize to Lucia Lacarra, a prima of the Bavarian State Opera, at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455456
Famous choreographer and a jury member Hans vann Manen hands out the top prize to Lucia Lacarra, a prima of the Bavarian State Opera, at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455455
Lucia Lacarra, a prima of the Bavarian State Opera, gets the top prize at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455454
Famous choreographer and a jury member Hans vann Manen gets a tsar's hat at the awarding ceremony of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455453
Yevgenia Obraztsova of the Bolshoi Theater and Joseph Gatti of the Boston Ballet perform a grand pas from the ballet Flower Festival in Genzano, music by Edvard Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455452
Joseph Gatti of the Boston Ballet performs a grand pas from the ballet Flower Festival in Genzano, music by Edvard Helsted and Holger Simon Paulli, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455451
Ballerina Anna Tsygankova and Matthew Golding of the National Dutch Ballet in a ballet scene from Cinderella to the music by Sergey Prokofiev at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455450
Ballerina Anna Tsygankova and Matthew Golding of the National Dutch Ballet in a ballet scene from Cinderella to the music by Sergey Prokofiev at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455449
Daniel Ulbricht of the New York City Ballet in a scene from the ballet "It Shoulda Been Me," music by Ray Charles, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455447
Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reiley, principal dancers of the Stuttgart Ballet, perform a duet from the ballet "Onegin" to the music by Tchaikovsky at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455446
Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reiley of the Stuttgart Ballet perform a duet from the ballet "Onegin" to the music by Tchaikovsky at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455445
Ballerina Yana Salenko of the Staatsoper Berlin and Herman Cornejo of the American Ballet Theater performs in a pas-de-deux from the ballet La Esmeralda, music by Cesare Pugni at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455443
Ballerina Yana Salenko of the Berlin Staatsoper in a pas-de-deux from the ballet La Esmeralda, music by Cesare Pugni at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455441
Herman Cornejo of the American Ballet Theater performs in a pas-de-deux from the ballet La Esmeralda, music by Cesare Pugni, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455440
Herman Cornejo of the American Ballet Theater performs in a pas-de-deux from the ballet La Esmeralda, music by Cesare Pugni, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455439
Bolshoi Theater dancers Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudilin in a scene from the ballet Thaïs, music by Jules Massenet, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455438
Bolshoi Theater dancers Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudilin in a scene from the ballet Thaïs, music by Jules Massenet, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455437
Bolshoi Theater dancers Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudilin in a scene from the ballet Thaïs, music by Jules Massenet, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455436
Elena Algado of the Entredos Ballet Espanol company in a scene from Al Alma ballet featuring music by Manuel Carrasco at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455435
Elena Algado and Miguel Angel Corbacho of the Entredos Ballet Espanol company in a scene from Al Alma ballet featuring music by Manuel Carrasco at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455433
Elena Algado of the Entredos Ballet Espanol company in a scene from Al Alma ballet featuring music by Manuel Carrasco at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455431
Entredos Ballet Espanol company in a scene from Al ALma ballet featuring music by Mauel Carrasco at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455430
Anastasia Stashkevich, a Bolshoi Theater ballerina, and Yonah Acosta of the English National Ballet perform a piece of the Talisman Ballet featuring the music of Riccardo Driga at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455429
Yonah Acosta of the English National Ballet in a scene from the Talisman ballet featuring the music of Riccardo Driga at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455427
Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reiley perform a scene from the ballet "Fanfare LX" to the music by Michael Nyman at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455425
Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reiley perform a scene from the ballet "Fanfare LX" to the music by Michael Nyman at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455423
Jurgita Dronina of the Dutch National Ballet and Fabien Voranger of the Dresden Semperoper perform a pas-de-deux of the ballet "A Sweet Spell of Oblivion" to the music by Bach at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455422
Jurgita Dronina of the Dutch National Ballet and Fabien Voranger of the Dresden Semperoper pictured as they perform a pas-de-deux of the ballet "A Sweet Spell of Oblivion" to the music by Bach at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455421
Ashley Bouder of the New York City performs in a pas-de-deux from the ballet "Stars and Stripes," music by John Sousa, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455419
Joseph Gatti of the Boston Ballet performs in a pas-de-deux from the ballet "Stars and Stripes," music by John Sousa, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455418
Ashley Bouder of the New York City Ballet and Joseph Gatti of the Boston Ballet perform a pas-de-deux from the ballet "Stars and Stripes," music by John Sousa, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455417
Elisa Carrillo Cabrera of the Staatsoper Berlin and Mikhail Kaniskin in a scene from the ballet Transparente, music by Fido, at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455414
Bolshoi Theater dancers Kristina Kretova and Anna Tikhomirova, right, in a scene from the ballet "The Triangle" featuring Johannes Brahms's music at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455413
From left: Bolshoi Theater dancers Kristina Kretova, Artyom Ovcharenko and Anna Tikhomirova in a scene from the ballet "The Triangle" featuring Johannes Brahms's music at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455412
Dancers Lucia Lacarra and Marlon Dino of the Bavarian State Opera perform a duet from " Lady of the camellias" ballet featuring Chopin's music at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455411
Dancers Lucia Lacarra and Marlon Dino of the Bavarian State Opera perform a duet from " Lady of the Camellias" ballet featuring Chopin's music at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455410
Dancers Lucia Lacarra and Marlon Dino of the Bavarian State Opera perform a duet from " Lady of the Camellias" ballet featuring Chopin's music at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455409
Ballerina Anna Tsygankova and Matthew Golding of the National Dutch Ballet and Daniel Ulbricht of the New York City Ballet in a ballet scene "Walpurgisnacht" from Charles Gounod's ballet "Faust" at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455408
Ballerina Anna Tsygankova of the National Dutch Ballet and Daniel Ulbricht of the New York City Ballet in a ballet scene "Walpurgisnacht" from Charles Gounod's ballet "Faust" at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455404
Ballerina Anna Tsygankova of the National Dutch Ballet and Daniel Ulbricht of the New York City Ballet in a ballet scene "Walpurgisnacht" from Charles Gounod's ballet "Faust" at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455403
Ballerina Anna Tsygankova of the National Dutch Ballet in a ballet scene "Walpurgisnacht" from Charles Gounod's ballet "Faust" at the wrap-up gala concert of the 12th International Ballet Festival "Dance Open-2013" in St Petersburg.22.04.2013#1455402
