Don Quixote Act 1 pas de trois, from 9 performances spanning 40 years. Only the Nureyev production (Paris or La Scala). All principals are either POB or La Scala dancers, with the exception of the last pair, who are guesting with La Scala.
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Nureyev has altered the original Kirov/Mariinsky choreography very little - he's put double pirouettes in the section following the renverses and a double rond de jambe instead of two singles. In the 1973 recording he makes the run in 38s.
The POB had a slowed down tempo right from the beginning - not much, but noticeable. One reason might be that Nureyev has also inserted a new solo between the pas d'action and the pas de trois (the PdT was actually Basil's variation because, let's face it, nobody looks at the Flower Girls, but Nureyev felt the necessity of an additional solo). Now the dancers have to do the new solo and the PdT one after another, and it looks like whatever energy they have left from the pas d'action goes into the solo, with little to spare for the PdT. (The La Scala production has Kitri's solo between Basil's and the PdT, probably in order to afford the dancer a breather. )
For the montage I used footage available on YT. Many thanks to the uploaders.
1973 Nureyev
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