Raymonda Variations

Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda (1895-97). The premiere took place on December 7, 1961, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title Valses et Variations. Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova had mounted a full-length production of Raymonda for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1946.

Contents

Casts

Original

  • Patricia Wilde

Winter 2008

first cast

variation i
variation ii
variation v
variation vi
variation vii

second cast

variation i
variation ii
variation v
variation vi
variation vii

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