Raymonda Variations

Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda (1895–97). The premiere took place on 7 December 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.

Casts

Original

Patricia Wilde

Jacques d'Amboise

first cast

Ashley Bouder variation i variation ii variation v variation vi variation vii

Andrew Veyette Savannah Lowery Tiler Peck Sara Mearns Rebecca Krohn Teresa Reichlen

second cast

Megan Fairchild variation i variation ii variation v variation vi variation vii

Benjamin Millepied Savannah Lowery Tiler Peck Sara Mearns Rebecca Krohn Teresa Reichlen

Reviews

NY Times by Jennifer Dunning, 28 April 2008 NY Times by Anna Kisselgoff, 1 February 1981

NY Times by John Martin, 8 December 1961 NY Times by John Martin, 13 March 1946

External links

• Raymonda Variations on the website of the Balanchine Trust