Darya Vasnetsova as Spring in choreographer Yury Smekalov's premiered ballet "Presentiment of Spring" to the music of Anatoly Laydov, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

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Alexander Sergeyev performing Death (center) during the first run of the "Presentiment of Spring" ballet written by Anatoly Lyadov and staged by Yury Smekalov in the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg within the 6th Maslenitsa Music Festival.

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Daniil Korsuntsev as Yarilo and Darya Pavlenko as Plodorodiye (Fertility) in choreographer Yury Smekalov's premiered ballet "Presentiment of Spring" to the music of Anatoly Laydov, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

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Nadezhda Batoyeva and Yelena Yevseyeva as 'women" in choreographer Yury Smekalov's premiered ballet "Presentiment of Spring" to the music of Anatoly Laydov, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

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Nadezhda Batoyeva and Yelena Yevseyeva as "women" in choreographer Yury Smekalov's premiered ballet "Presentiment of Spring" to the music of Anatoly Laydov, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

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Darya Pavlenko as Plodorodiye (Fertility) in choreographer Yury Smekalov's premiered ballet "Presentiment of Spring" to the music of Anatoly Laydov, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

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Alexander Sergeyev as Death and Darya Pavlenko as Winter in choreographer Yury Smekalov's premiered ballet "Presentiment of Spring" to the music of Anatoly Laydov, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

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The first run of the "Presentiment of Spring" ballet written by Anatoly Lyadov and staged by Yury Smekalov in the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg within the 6th Maslenitsa Music Festival.

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Danila Korsuntsev performing Yarilo (background) during the first run of the "Presentiment of Spring" ballet written by Anatoly Lyadov and staged by Yury Smekalov in the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg within the 6th Maslenitsa Music Festival.

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Yelizaveta Cherkasova in choreographer Alexander Gorsky's ballet "Don Quixote" to the music of Ludwig Minkus, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

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Yevgeniya Obraztsova, Andrei Batalov in choreographer Alexander Gorsky's ballet "Don Quixote" to the music of Ludwig Minkus, staged in the Mariinsky Theater and shown during the sixth musical festival "Maslenitsa" (Shrovetide).

10.02.2010#570414

Nadezhda Batoyeva and Andrei Ivanov performing in the "Harlequinade" ballet written by Riccardo Drigo and staged by Marius Petipa in the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg within the 6th Maslenitsa Music Festival.

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Gypsy dance from "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet written by Rodion Shchedrin and staged by Alexei Ratmansky in the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg within the 6th Maslenitsa Music Festival.

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Gypsy dance from "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet written by Rodion Shchedrin and staged by Alexei Ratmansky in the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg within the 6th Maslenitsa Music Festival.

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Artists Fyodor Murashov and Alexei Nedviga and Darya Vasnetsova performing Winter during the first run of the "Presentiment of Spring" ballet written by Anatoly Lyadov and staged by Yury Smekalov in the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg within the 6th Maslenitsa Music Festival.

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