Alesia Novikova & Mathieu Ganio "Don Quixote" Mariinsky -Ballet Photo by Costas

Description

Alesia Novikova and Mathieu Ganio (etoile of the Paris Opera Ballet ) in "Don Quixote" The Mariinsky Ballet, at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.  Taken in the 2000's.  14x11 color photograph.
This photograph appears in
Dancing Men: Four Decades + of Dance Photography Hardcover – October 15, 2015
by Costas (Author, Illustrator)
Costas
(Costas
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ballet photography!
Creator History
The photographer, Costas, has been the photographer in residence at both New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre for over forty years. In addition, he has documented both the Kirov (Mariinsky) and the Bolshoi ballet companies on their U.S. tours since the 1960s. Hailing from the Greek island of Chios, Costas studied in the United States at Wagner College on New York's Staten Island, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island where he focused on math and physics. When dance photography began to intrigue him, choreographer George Balanchine invited him to rehearsals. The resulting dance pictures have appeared in a variety of publications including books, periodicals, film and television footage and in gallery exhibitions around the world. Costas' 2003 book,
Balanchine: Celebrating a Life in Dance
, has gone through several editions. Costas was also responsible for the photographs included in the annual Balanchine calendar which featured dancers of the New York City Ballet for 19 years.
"Creator History" from:
Costas dance photographs, *MGZEB 18-2788. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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