Variations in “Paquita”- Choreographed by Marius Petipa

Paquita is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist.
In 1847, Paquita was staged for the first time in Russia for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg by Marius Petipa and Pierre-Frédéric Malavergne, being the first work ever staged by Petipa in Russia. In 1881, Petipa produced a revival of the ballet for which he added new pieces specially composed by Ludwig Minkus. This included the Paquita pas de trois for the first act and the Paquita grand pas classique and the Mazurka des enfants for the last act. Petipa's version of Paquita was retained in the repertory of the Mariinsky Theatre until 1926.
Petipa's 1881 additions for Paquita survived long after the full-length ballet left the stage. Today these pieces, particularly the Grand pas classique, are major cornerstones of the traditional classical ballet repertory and have been staged by ballet companies throughout the world.

00:00 1st Variation in Pas de Trois
Performer : Nadezhda Gonchar
01:24 2nd Variation in Pas de Trois
Performer : Yana Selina
02:20 Variation from “The Naiad and the Fisherman”
Performer : Alina Somova
03:30 Variation from “King Candaule”
Performer : Yekaterina Kondaurova
06:15 Variation from “Don Quixote”
Performer : Veronika Ivanova
07:07 Variation from “Armida’s Pavilion”
Performer : Evgenia Obraztsova
08:19 Variation from “The Stream”
Performer : Ekaterina Krysanova
09:50 Variation from “La Camargo”
Performer : Marianna Ryzhkina
12:14 Variation from “King Candaule” (Called “Vestalka”)
Performer : Anna Antonicheva
14:03 Variation (known as Variation of Lucien)
Performer : Nadezhda Gracheva
15:34 Variation from “Armida”
Performer : Natalia Osipova
16:37 Variation from “Le Corsaire”
Performer : Nadezhda Gonchar
18:00 Variation (Variation for Anna Pavlova)
Performer : Maria Khoreva
19:16 Variation from “Trilbi”
Performer : Viktoria Tereshkina
20:33 Variation from “La Sylphide” (Called “Etoile”)
Performer : Ulyana Lopatkina

[erikahansen]

The variation from “King Candaule” is my absolute favorite. Doesn't matter who performs it, I will always watch.

[iluvu]

2:28 is my favorite variation of all time. it is so upbeat and fun to do. it looks beautiful and is short so it doesn’t take long to learn.

[isabelaandzico]

I’ve always danced the fourth variation (King Caudale). I’m a professional ballerina trained in Moscow. I love seeing all of them together. Of course I’ve performed some of the jumping variations (Lucien and Armida) too. I think Paquita is the ballet I’ve done the most - it’s great for galas and special performance🇧🇷🇵🇹🩰

[simaraft]

Twenty-two minutes of bliss, thank you. And of course to end with Lapotkina... just divine!

[ellenolenska]

All wonderful. Ulyana gives me chills.

[avesraggiana]

Yekaterina Kondaurova in her variation. The gold standard in this variation. No one does it better. Her transition from a high a la seconde to a deep arabesque penchée is particularly delicious. Most ballerinas, even Russian ones, turn this relatively simple transition into a hydraulic nightmare.

[Cattily]

This is the Vestalka variation from King Candaule, most commonly performed as a variation in Paquita.

[rylieguldenpfennig]

My variation that I learned recently is Paquita six, or variation for Anna Pavlova here, timestamp 18:00
Its pretty fun but a bit challenging at the end

[D.A.A.]

15:35 “Variation from Armida” - is that Natalia Osipova? The quality of the video is bad but I see Natalia in her jumps and movements. Is that her?

[macy.k_ballet]

trilbi and armida are my favorites. what about everyone else? what are your favorite paquita variations?

[ludmilasergienko]

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[MiaKurtz]

does the third one remind anyone else of queen of the dryads ? 😅

[RuFairy]

Isn’t Nadejda Gratcheva performing the Lucien’s variation?

[МушаОмицу]

20:33 Where is this scene in la sylphide??

[chloe.mason_]

what is the variation number at 15:35 ! i would like to learn this and perform it so if anyone knows what this is called other than “variation from armida” that would be so helpful! every time i look it up i only get results from armida’s pavilion

[Greta-cv]

One of my favourites linda artistry and tecnique of russia

[brooke_cd]

cupid variation is actually in don quixote not paquita

[gabrielasoto]

Min 2:20
12:18
The stream 8:20

[horseslife_ECuestrian]

Why was she so out of time in the first variation? She literally started before the phrase even ended. I'm not sure if that is the original way the timing is, but it made the whole thing seem overly rushed.

[CarmenReyes-emnp]

🎉Excelente. la de rosado. Nombre??¿??!?!