BALLET in 30 sec - RAYMONDA - Maria Khoreva in #shorts

Ballet Raymonda, Mariinsky Theatre #shorts. First soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Maria Khoreva dances Raymonda by Glazunov & Petipa.

PERFORMERS
Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
Raymonda: Maria Khoreva
Jean de Brienne: Xander Parish
Abderakhman: Konstantin Zverev
Clemence: Alexandra Khiteeva
Henrietta: Nadezhda Gonchar

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

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Marius Petipa created Raymonda when he was in his eightieth year, and it was one of his latest 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.
The composer, on the other hand, began his ballet career with Raymonda. The production was staged when Alexander Glazunov was in his thirty-third year. In this work the composer, new to the ballet genre, so ardently used his experience as a symphonist and maestro of vivid and colourful orchestral music that his subsequent dance works (The Trial of Damis and The Seasons) never cast a shadow over the glory of Raymonda, and it is this ballet that remains in history as perhaps Glazunov's most famous work.
Its conflict is based on the contrast of two different worlds: the serene and knightly noble idyll of Raymonda's medieval castle meets the Barbarian world of ungovernable passions embodied by Abderakhman and his suite. The choreographer resolved the musical contrast by juxtaposing the expressive nature of Abderakhman's gestures, the temperamental character dances of his suite and the classical dance of Raymonda's world. The role of Raymonda is one of the most demanding in the classical ballet repertoire. In this masterpiece by Marius Petipa, the ballerina performs five variations as well as incredibly beautiful adagios, the Pas d’action and the Grand pas. Alexander Glazunov did not stint in the musical richness of the female protagonist, accentuating each of her variations with different emotional colours. Choreographically, too, she reveals new sides to her character in the solo variations. In Act I Raymonda is light-heartedly youthful, in the scene The Dream her variation is songfully dreamy, in Act II she is ceremonially triumphant, and in Act III she alone is coquettish and different, performed to piano solo, meditative. Together this all creates the image of a heroine who embodies the many facets of womanhood. That's on the one hand. And, on the other, it is a role that showcases a virtuoso ballerina fully armed with universal technique and grace, beauty of line and absolute skill, a ballerina the likes of whom Marius Petipa sought throughout his creative career and an anthem for whom was to be his "swan song", Raymonda.
Olga Makarova

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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[SGeerdink]

She made it seem like it's so effortless! She definitely loves what she does

[HeyyyitsBell]

She has so much charisma and feeling on top of her incredible skill. 👏 ❤

[kovbvvt]

Ой как приятно смотреть ❤ ну просто глаз не оторвать, пересмотрела раз 10😊
в балете нужны не только техничность, но и артистизм, харизма. Живое лицо, эмоции.
У многих сейчас этого нет, на лице каменная натянутая улыбка 😢

[freyahutcheson]

Her acting is incredible ! I barley noticed she was dancing because I was so captivated my her face

[gleeebe]

Нынче редкое явление - танец - исполнение роли, а не показ техники. 👏👏👏🌸🌸🌸

[hejhej]

This is HER ROLE! Love her smile and her acting

[zuubkvb]

Балет-это чудесное соединение музыки и танца. Наслаждение!

[Konfeta]

Нежная, воздушная, ладная, настоящая балерина!👍🤗

[amandashare]

Ballet, the most graceful dance in the world!

[juliegill]

EXCELLENT First of all because she danced almost ENTIRELY on pointe, and secondly because the EXCELLENT camera work gave you CRYSTAL CLEAR footage of the ballerina's feet at ALL

[nadiraalieva]

Машенька - воздушная грациозная девочка. Именно роль свою танцует легко, а не гимнастические движения показывает.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[theonyszidat]

A real life fairy
Absolutely stunning ❤❤❤❤

[strawberry-jelly-bean]

This is literally the most beautiful and graceful thing I have ever seen.

[diodelbrivido]

that hands movement + solemn music moment = 💔💔💔

[candidacarino]

She's my favourite young dancer, 'Maria Khoreva' ❤❤❤❤❤! Thank you for sharing ❤😊.

[gtaa]

Все красиво! И лицо, и руки, и ноги, не успеваешь смотреть. Каждое движение уникально. Прелесть!

[Ohsocolorfull]

Geez you are so beautiful and graceful I can tell you live, breathe, eat, and sleep ballet. Like you even make falling out of a turn look pretty and graceful. You have to be a principal dancer because omg your techenic is absolutely amazing!

[uralbob]

So wonderfully fluid and beautiful!
Thank you, and love from U.S.A.!

[bibimimi]

Oltre alla grazia della Danza un magnifico sorriso che aumenta l'emozione !

[YedidahMVO]

Usually the legs seem more important but I love the hand gestures!