At 19:30 on the evening of May 6, Wu's planning video number and official Weibo will broadcast the retro version of the officially authorized La Scala Ballet 'Raymonda' retro version of the officially authorized La Scala Ballet for a limited time in the [Classical Parlor Live Room].
"Ramonda" tells the story of the medieval European Crusades, the nightmares of beautiful aristocratic maidens, the inseparable lingering love, and the final duel between good and evil. The play premiered in 1898 at the Imperial Theatre of Russia, which is today the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The choreographer was marius Petipa, the famous "father of classical ballet", who ushered in the heyday of Russian ballet and gave a new twist to the technical vocabulary of ballet. The classic classical ballets that have survived today, such as "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", "Maihime", etc., are all created by Petipa.
At the time of the creation of Raimunda, Petipa was 80 years old, and in collaboration with the young composer Alexander Glazunov, a three-act ballet of nearly three hours was born. The play is recognized as The most successful ballet work of Petipa's later years, and can be said to be the culmination of his choreography collection: there are both magnificent and spectacular scenes, varied group dance performances, different styles of personality dances, and extremely difficult and complex solo dance segments.
In terms of music, At the age of 33, Grazunov inherited the depth and breadth of Tchaikovsky's insistence on "ballet music", transcending the tradition of ballet music focusing on describing plots and rendering atmospheres, and giving works more artistic value.
In 2011, Russian choreographer Sergei Vikhalev created a new "retro version" of "Raimonda" for the Italian La Scala Opera Ballet, almost restoring the creative ideas, choreography, costumes, stage sets, etc. of Petipa's "Raimonda" in history, and reproducing the "Raimonda" of a hundred years ago in front of the eyes of audiences in the 21st century.
The choreography team spent more than two years to successfully realize the "time and space travel" of the ballet "Raymonda"; 150 dancers, including 60 child actors, more than 500 sets of costumes, fully hand-drawn background boards, majestic castles and vast skies, gorgeous stage colors, etc., including 150 dancers including 60 child actors, more than 500 sets of costumes, fully hand-drawn background boards, majestic castles and vast skies, gorgeous stage color matching, etc., as well as dance choreography that is completely faithful to the idea of The Phyllipa Creation Center. Bringing today's audience a pure "Petipa-style" classical ballet experience.
Raimonda is played by Aurecia Novikova, principal dancer of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Fredermann Vogel, principal dancer of the German Ballet of Stuttgart, who plays Jean de Brienne.