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VenuePalace Theatre
TownManchester
CountyGreater Manchester
From15th October 2020
To17th October 2020
Palace Theatre (V490)
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Raymonda

Raymonda

Work:: Raymonda (S01959765781)


Music Alexander Glazunov
Choreographer Marius Petipa (original)

Production:: (T1889722705)

Marking her first foray into choreography and direction, Rojo adapts the three-act production for today's audiences, revisiting this important but rarely performed work of the ballet canon which is not, in its entirety, in any other UK dance companies' repertoire. Bringing the story into the setting of the Crimean war and drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking spirit and work of the women supporting the war effort, including Florence Nightingale in this her bicentennial year, Raymonda is recast as a young woman with a calling to become a nurse. With a new narrative and developed characterisation bringing women's voices to the fore, Rojo's Raymonda introduces a heroine in command of her own destiny.
Corporate Sponsor Cunard
Company English National Ballet
Company Finnish National Ballet
Other Mayflower Theatre Southampton (production partner)
Costume Antony McDonald
Choreographer Tamara Rojo (after Marius Petipa)
Music Alexander Glazunov
Music Gavin Sutherland (music arrangement)
Design Antony McDonald
Lighting Mark Henderson
Choreographer Renato Paroni de Castro (assistant)
Choreographer Vadim Sirotin (character dances)
DramaturgLucinda Coxon

Listing:: L030867402




Production details

Marking her first foray into choreography and direction, Rojo adapts the three-act production for today's audiences, revisiting this important but rarely performed work of the ballet canon which is not, in its entirety, in any other UK dance companies' repertoire. Bringing the story into the setting of the Crimean war and drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking spirit and work of the women supporting the war effort, including Florence Nightingale in this her bicentennial year, Raymonda is recast as a young woman with a calling to become a nurse. With a new narrative and developed characterisation bringing women's voices to the fore, Rojo's Raymonda introduces a heroine in command of her own destiny.

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