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Join The Royal Ballet for a Friday Premiere stream of Rudolf Nureyev's Raymonda Act III (2019) from 7pm GMT on 12 February 2021. Buy your ticket now at http://stream.roh.org.uk

Raymonda was created by Marius Petipa in 1898 for the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. It contains some of his most spectacular choreography and a magnificent score by Alexander Glazunov, full of spirited rhythms and lilting waltzes – George Balanchine called it ‘some of the finest ballet music we have’. Rudolf Nureyev had an intimate knowledge of Raymonda: he performed in the ballet as a young dancer with the Kirov Theatre and staged a full-length version for The Royal Ballet in 1964, reviving many of the dances from memory.

Nureyev presented an adapted version of Act III at Covent Garden in 1969. Against an opulent setting created by Barry Kay, a Hungarian folkdance opens the wedding celebrations for a ballerina and her cavalier. A lively male pas de quatre is followed by the famous grand pas hongrois, which contains ensembles for all 10 dancers, who wear radiant white costumes. Act III of Raymonda was performed as part of a tribute to Nureyev at the Royal Opera House in 2003.

Le 6 janvier 1993 s’éteignait Rudolf Noureev, dont le talent exerça une influence majeure sur des générations de danseurs et de chorégraphes. Kader Belarbi, Étoile des années Noureev à l’Opéra de Paris, a tenu à le célébrer à travers ce magnifique florilège, permettant ainsi aux danseurs du Ballet du Capitole de se confronter à un remarquable exercice de style, sophistiqué et élégant.

Malgré la pandémie, le World Ballet Day a été maintenu et aura lieu en 2020. Lancée en 2014, cette opération propose pendant 24 heures des live-streams, cours de danse et répétitions en direct à suivre sur les réseaux sociaux, de la part des grandes compagnies de danse du monde entier. Le World Ballet Day a réuni plus de 315 millions de personnes en 2019.

Découvrez 3 répétitions de "La Bayadère" de Rudolf Noureev dans les studios du Palais Garnier avec :
- Les Étoiles Amadine Albisson et Hugo Marchand
- Les Premières Danseuses Hannah O'Neill, Sae Eun Park et Silvia Saint-Martin
- Le Corps de Ballet

Enter the Ballet School of the Opéra national de Paris and follow the young students’ dance lessons, taught by Danseurs Étoiles Élisabeth Platel (also Director of the Ballet School) and Charles Jude in the style of legendary ballet master Alexander Kalioujny...

Buy online : https://geni.us/KalioujnyDVD

A ‘‘Danseur Étoile’’ and ballet master, Alexander ‘‘Sasha’’ Kalioujny was born in Prague in 1923 to emigrants Russian parents. After a brilliant carreer in Serge Lifar’s Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris, he was appointed ballet teacher at the Nice Conservatoire. In 1970, he was called back to the Opéra by the other ‘‘Étoiles’’ so that he could teach their classes. There, he devised a training highly praised by dancers, focusing on technique, strength and movement mastery. In 1985, Rudolf Nureyev, then Ballet Director, started planning a book based on those classes, but died before he could complete this project. Thirty-five years later, this film aims to be the living memory of his classes, reconstituted by his former students, Danseurs Étoiles Élisabeth Platel and Charles Jude, and performed by the young dancers of the Ballet School of the Opéra national de Paris. A fascinating testimony and an indispensable work tool for all classical dancers around the world.

Special features :
Interviews with Élisabeth Platel (1)
Conversation between Charles Jude & Élisabeth Platel
Interview with Charles Jude
Interview with Noëlla Pontois, Danseuse Étoile
Interview with Attilio Labis, Danseur Étoile
Interview with Gil Isoart, Danseur et pédagogue
Interview with the students (girls)
Interview with the students (boys)