Daria Khokhlova and Denis Medvedev in La Sylphide pas de deux, music H.S. Levenskold, choreography A. Burnoville

Vera Arbuzova and Andrey Kasyanenko in Carmen adagio, music by G. Bizet, choreography A. Alonso

Anastasia Stashkevich and Vyacheslav Lopatin in The Nutcracker,
music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography M. Petipa

Elena Evseyeva and Alexey Timofeyev in Sagalobeli, Georgian folk music, choreo by Y Possokhov

Chinara Alizade and Alexander Smolianinov in The Talisman pas de deux, music by R.Drigo, choreo M Petipa

Anastasia Stashkevich and Vyacheslav Lopatin in Waltx, music by M. Moszkovsky, choreo by V. Vainonen

Daria Khokhlova and Alexander Smolianinov in Esmeralda pas de deux,
music by R.Drigo, choreo by A. Vaganova

Vera Arbuzova and Andrey Kasyanenko in Inside. Behind The Sleep Music,
music by Arvo Pärt, choreo by V. Arbuzova

Denis Medvedev in Heroic Dance, music by A Skryabin, choreo by R Cato

Chinara Alizade in Fragments of One Biography, music by A Piazzolla, choreo V Vasiliev

Elena Evseyeva and Alexei Timofeyev in Le Corsaire pas de deux, music by A Adam, choreo by Marius Petipa

The Gala Program

01 Daria Khokhlova and Denis Medvedev in La Sylphide pas de deux, music H.S. Levenskold, choreography A. Burnoville

02 Vera Arbuzova and Andrey Kasyanenko in Carmen adagio, music by G. Bizet, choreography A. Alonso

03 Anastasia Stashkevich and Vyacheslav Lopatin in The Nutcracker, music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography M. Petipa

04 Elena Evseyeva and Alexey Timofeyev in Sagalobeli, Georgian folk music, choreo by Yu. Possokhov

05 Chinara Alizade and Alexander Smolianinov in The Talisman pas de deux, music by R.Drigo, choreo M Petipa

06 Anastasia Stashkevich and Vyacheslav Lopatin in Waltx, music by M. Moszkovsky, choreo by V. Vainonen

07 Daria Khokhlova and Alexander Smolianinov in Esmeralda pas de deux, music by R.Drigo, choreo by A. Vaganova

08 Vera Arbuzova and Andrey Kasyanenko in Inside. Behind The Sleep Music, music by Arvo Pärt, choreo by V. Arbuzova

09 Denis Medvedev in Heroic Dance, music by A Skryabin, choreo by R Cato

10 Chinara Alizade in Fragments of One Biography, music by A Piazzolla, choreo V Vasiliev

11 Elena Evseyeva and Alexei Timofeyev in Le Corsaire pas de deux, music by A Adam, choreo by Marius Petipa

Photos by Jack Devant © with kind permission of the Russian Ballet Festival 2013, special thanks to Natalia Nefedova.

Russian Ballet Festival Lahti 2013