In the opening scene of SF Ballet’s “Raymonda,” a man shoots a woman. Then he steps out from behind his camera. Like a phrase whose double meaning is only revealed when you read it aloud, the initial ...
The Boston Ballet premiered Mikko Nissenen’s reimagined one-act version of “Raymonda” as part of their Winter Experience this February. “Raymonda” stands alongside “The Sleeping Beauty” and “Swan Lake ...
Stanton Welch’s commitment to keeping classical technique alive at Houston Ballet takes a new turn this week with the premiere of his “Raymonda,” a grand production that promises three hours of ...
San Francisco Ballet has revealed creative details for the North American premiere of Artistic Director Tamara Rojo's Raymonda. A bold retelling of Marius Petipa's 1898 masterpiece that is rarely ...
Stanton Welch’s new “Raymonda” is a Fabergé egg of a ballet, gob-smackingly sparkly yet refined, with three hours of non-stop classical dancing as brilliant as the sets, costumes, lighting and music.
Marius Petipa's "Raymonda" is the grandest of the grand old ballets. First staged in 1898 to Alexander Glazunov's ravishing score, it is rarely danced in America. The work has seen many changes over ...
The Mariinsky Ballet finally arrived on the East Coast of the United States 118 years after its initial apparition in a revival of “Raymonda,” a classical piece of the Russian ballet repertoire, at ...
Boston Ballet has an ambitious goal for its upcoming “Winter Experience” Feb. 22-March 3 at the Citizens Bank Opera House. Artistic director Mikko Nissinen likens it to a cinematic double feature, ...
The great Marius Petipa, aged 80 when he crafted the steps, was on a creative roll following the success of The Sleeping Beauty and channeled half a century’s experience into the final work of his ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tamara Rojo, San Francisco Ballet’s incoming artistic director, has half updated the 19th-century work for English National Ballet. By Laura Cappelle ...
In February next year, Dutch National Ballet will bring a major new production of the ballet classic Raymonda. Dutch National Ballets associate artistic director Rachel Beaujean, assisted by director ...