| 1/6 of Yuri Burlaka's staging of the Mazurka des enfants, Grand Pas classique & Pas de trois from "Paquita" for the Bolshoi Ballet. November 17, 2008. Moscow, Russia. Set design by Alyona Pikalova, costumes by Yelena Zaitseva. **Cast - --Paquita - Svetlana Zakharova --Lucien d'Hervilly - Adrei Uvarov --Classical variations - Yekaterina Shipulina, Yelena Andrienko, Yekaterina Krysanova, Marianna Ryzhkina, Anna Leonova, Anna Antonicheva, Natalia Osipova, Nadezhda Gracheva, Maria Alexandrova, Svetlana Zakharova & Andrei Uvarov **Résumé of dances - 1. Prélude (Drigo & Minkus - this number consists of a small part of the polacca variation Drigo wrote for Anna Pavlova's performance in "The Pharaoh's Daughter", 1903) 2. Mazurka des enfants (Minkus) 3. Entrée (Minkus) **Notes on the reconstruction - For this staging, Yuri Burlaka has revived the Grand pas classique from "Paquita" closer to the way it was danced at the turn of the 20th century under Petipa's supervision. Choreographic notation from the Sergeyev Collection (created circa 1904-05) was used to help stage this version, but I don't think that Burlaka has followed it 100% ... it has merely served as a "base", if you will. Other sources from the Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum in Moscow were also utilized. The notation also assisted in staging the many variations that are typically included. The famous Pas de trois has also been restored to its original form, at least musically. In my opinion this is the world's ... |
