File:Fille Mal Gardee -Kirov.JPG

Scene from Act II of the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet's 1994 production of "La Fille Mal Gardée". This photo was taken by Valentin Baranovsky at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994. The photo was published in the book "A Century of Russian Ballet" by Jeremy Noble.

My rationale for fair use is to illustrate the article on the ballet La fille mal gardée, made for educational purposes. No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information. Mrlopez2681 22:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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