Nina Kaptsova and Alexander Volchkov in the duet of Bianca and Lucentio from the Taming of the Shrew

Nina Kaptsova (Rus. Нина Капцова) and Alexander Volchkov (Rus. Александр Волчков),  both with The Bolshoi Theatre, in the duet of Bianca and Lucentio from the Taming of the Shrew. Music by Dmitri Shostakovich, choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot. Benois de la Danse 2017, Brilliant Quarter of Century, shot in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow on 31.5.2017. 

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Nina Kaptsova (Rus. Нина Капцова) is Prima Ballerina with the Bolshoi Theatre. She was born in 1978 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. She studied at the Moscow Choreographic College (today the Academy), in the class of Sophia Golovkina. Upon graduating in 1996 she joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. For a long time her coach at the Bolshoi was Marina Kondratieva. Now she rehearses under Nina Semizorova.

Photos by Jack Devant Ballet Photography with kind permission of the Benois de la Danse and Bolshoi Theatre, special thanks to Nina Kudriavtseva-Loory and Regina Nikiforova.