Ok, this is weird. I have never liked Tamara Rojo as a dancer, but her Raymonda third act variation is one of the best I've ever seen. And I was prepared to dislike it!! Hats off, Ms. Rojo!
This is clip from South Bank Show documentary tv series UK. Cojocaru and Kobberg Series 28 Episode 16 aired 27th March 2005. Think you can download programme.
around 0'13〜: My biggegt challenge was to…not try to be how most people think Giselle should be,but just try to be whatever feels right for…for the role.
Ma perché rovinare un gioiello del repertorio classico , fatto di stile ed eleganza , con una coreografia così stupidamente ignorante e nella quale emerge solo il narcisismo di una ballerina che non ha proprio niente a che spartire con questo ruolo ? Épaulements al contrario , interpretazione aleatoria degli accenti musicali , mix di versioni coreografiche senza un senso , mancanza totale del « carattere « ungherese , ben noto alla scuola russa ma molto meno alla Signora… Rojo. E pensare che ha avuto pure la presunzione di firmarne una versione coreografica ….
Blue on blue, awful costumes (split breast bodice top widens her to nearly manly appearance)! I have never fully realized, until now, how much scenography and costumes may take away from otherwise great performance!
SPECTACULAR! . ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. MUSICALITY, TECHNIQUE.....THEILLING PERFORMANCE BY STUNNING TAMARA ROJO! WHAT FARUKH RUZIMATOV , THOUGH NOW RWTIRED, OR CHUPIN COULD DO WITH THIS ROLE WOULD BE BEYOND SUPERLATIVE. DID, HOWEVER, LOVE MCRAE.
Ottima performance caratterizzata da una mirabile maestria della ballerina nei passi sulle punte in veloce eundo e laterali .Ottima imptessione di facilità esecutiva d'acchito sorprendente per entrambi e di levità fatta tensione motile sorprendente nella ballerina.Ottimo l'impadronimento imperativo del proscenio da parte del ballerino a balzi falcati amplissimi ed a rotazioni volanti. Ottimo il senso del continuum dato alla pièce danzante dai protagonisti. Superlativi.Bighin Giulio Renzo 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
the scenery is beautiful, i feel like a lot of theaters don’t put this much effort into staging like they used to. it’s disappointing but i am still very happy to see it was prevalent at some point.
That's because it was originally a ballet "interlude" in an opera performance of Strauss's Die Fledermaus. It's now performed by the RB as a standalone Ashton piece. Lucky singers here getting a close-up view of Park and Eagling!
Just for the fact that Nureyev gave the West this exquisite version of the 3rd Act of Raymonda, he should be lifted up to heaven. Brilliant work Tamara. Steven doesn't understand anything about the character but dances perfectly well.
