RAYMONDA ballet Maria Khoreva Vladimir Shklyarov

Marius Petipa created Raymonda when he was in his eightieth year, and it was one of his late grand ballets. Its simple story, based on a medieval chivalrous legend, brought together everything that was the best of the best that Petipa had done in the course of his long career as a choreographer in Russia. Here there is a ballet and detective plot including dreams, kidnappings and joyous releases, a complex and varied ballerina role and a conflict between the male roles - the refined and classical Jean de Brienne and the passionate and pointedly typical oriental Abderakhman, the vast number of characters, meaning a similar number of dancers engaged in the ballet, the colourful character dances and, arguably, Petipa's main pride and glory - the fully-developed dance scenes of classical ensembles.
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CREDITS
Music by Alexander Glazunov
Libretto by Lidia Pashkova and Marius Petipa based on a medieval legend
Choreography by Marius Petipa (1898), revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev (1948)
with choreographic fragments by Fyodor Lopukhov
Set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze
SYNOPSIS
ACT I
Scene 1
Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle.
The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René de Brienne from Hungary enters the hall together with other knights and armour-bearers. He asks for the fair Raymonda’s hand in marriage on his son’s behalf and presents her with a tapestry portrait depicting Jean de Brienne.
The seneschal barely manages to announce the arrival of other guests when Abderakhman, a Saracen sheikh, decisively enters the hall. He is unable to tear his eyes away from the beauty he sees and resolves to do anything in order to have her.
The party lasts late into the night. Alone and exhausted, Raymonda sits down in a chair and falls asleep...
Scene 2
(Raymonda’s Dream)
Raymonda dreams that the tapestry portrait comes to life; the handsome young knight draws her to himself and leads her into a castle.
Raymonda is enchanted with this beautiful world, one she has never seen before. The castle suddenly disappears, however, and in its place stands a desert tent...
Scene 3
(Raymonda’s Dream)
... The Saracen sheikh appears before Raymonda. He is gloomy and threatening and pursues her. Overcome, Raymonda falls, unconscious...
Scene 4
... Waking up, Raymonda can’t understand where she is. Her eyes catch the little Arabs presented to her by Abderakhman: they revive in her memory the image of the Saracen sheikh. A ray of sunlight touches the portrait of Jean de Brienne. So it was just a dream!
ACT II
Scene 5
The inner courtyard of the castle. Guests arrive from various countries to take part in the wedding festivities. Raymonda impatiently awaits the arrival of Jean de Brienne, but Abderakhman approaches her again and again with his passionate and ardent declarations of love. He promises her inestimable riches and supreme control of his lands, anything she desires! Having been refused, Abderakhman and his retinue attempt to abduct Raymonda, but his path is barred by Jean de Brienne. He challenges the sheikh to a duel and Abderakhman dies, slain by the knight’s sword. Raymonda welcomes her groom.
ACT III
Scene 6
Raymonda and Jean de Brienne are happy. The castle celebrates their marriage in an explosion of merriment.
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I love Maria :-)

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Congratulations, dear Maria❤❤❤! Absolutely wonderful! Stunning! Gorgeous!

[@claramitchell2040]

I am in love with the grace and power of your performances!

[@lmob5284]

Ay María! Es Glorioso verte! Excelentes ambos. Delicadeza. Fineza. Realeza pura.GRACIAS a ambos. BRAVO a USTEDES.

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Машенька, здравствуйте! Поздравляю вас с прошедшим днём рождения! Вы просто ангелок!

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Спасибо!😇

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Спасибо, что ответили!)💖

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@@lisamomdzhi9937 Такое впечатление, что это у меня ДР 🤪потому что этого видео я ждал давно и оно для меня настоящий подарок. Присоединяюсь к поздравлениям. Маша, вы прекрасная, замечательная балерина! Всего вам самого красивого!

[@parismorgan4428]

Incredible and georgous as always Masha!!

[@goriladance3220]

It is a very clean Pas De Deux, her extensions are perfectly placed, her piruettes are in the center and apart they are in music, saying that she is beautiful and he is an excellent Partner

[@nordischbynature]

Absolutely stunning 😍👌. I can watch you for hours Maria bravo! 👏👏👏

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so good maria

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Прекрасный дуэт Брвво молодцы спасибо Это БАЛЕТ

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Merci beaucoup pour le partage, pour ces moments de pure bonheur! ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@SMSmeza]

Marvelous Maria!!! Your movements are living poetry!!!

[@minazackrison6385]

stunning and perfect as always!! Brava Maria!!

[@ahones2255]

¡Maravillosos María y Vladimir! Excelentes artistas, qué gran interpretación.

[@claramitchell2040]

I love the grace and power of this performance

[@karenweinheimer150]

Tenderly beautiful! In all my years attending ballets, I had never been to a performance of Raymonda. Thank you for sharing this beautiful variation.

[@itsmekathyy884]

so beautiful maria love watching your vids

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Really beautiful 👏

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This is perfection. I am so inspired.

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Beautiful!

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Beautiful! Thank you. 💛

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Gorgeous!!!! 🤍🤍

[@ashleyma2857]

Молодец Машенька! Вы мой кумир!

[@williamdeng1870]

Maria Khoreva dances with the charm of classical ballet, her graceful figure and beautiful temperament are like an artist born for ballet. There is no doubt that she will be the prima ballerina of the new generation of Mariinsky Ballet. I wish her success!

[@asclepius3117]

Gorgeous dancing.

[@sharonreeve7509]

This is possibly they most sublime dancing I have ever seen.

[@sarahhoopes8126]

This was just so beautiful. The costumes, the violin music, your graceful and powerful dancing were perfection. Thank you for sharing this moving performance with us.

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С прошедшим Манечка!!!!

[@mariannestoffers5067]

It's so beautiful as it hurts. That's what the ballet is with us - ugly when we're young, happy when I grew old and in the middle of it, there 's an attraction to find within or a story coming out of it.

[@evgenyryu8285]

Гений!!!!

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This was so beautiful!

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Stunning!

[@gr8fuldeb699]

Absolutely beautiful. Maria is amazing

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Sublime

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❤️

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👏👏👏

[@ceribeedle4387]

You are so beautiful Maria.. I love watching you in couples.. At what age did you start Balet?? Becoming a Prima, Was that your choice your another's??

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What’s this piece of music called?