Segerstrom Center: Mariinsky Ballet's RAYMONDA Opens Int'l Dance Series 9/24 – 9/27! #SCFTA

We're getting excited for the start of the 2015– 2016 International Dance Series at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts! This year Russia’s cultural treasure returns for the the Southern California Premiere of Mariinsky Ballet's RAYMONDA September 24 – 27, 2015 in Costa Mesa, CA.

Segerstrom Center - Mariinsky Ballet's Raymonda - Photo by Valentin Baranovsky 

Russia’s Mariinsky Ballet, one of the world’s most important and historically rich dance companies, opens the Segerstrom's 30th Season with RAYMONDA. Performing with the Mariinsky Orchestra, this will be the company’s eighth visit to the Center and the first time this masterpiece from the Golden Age of Russian classical ballet. RAYMONDA has been called the “last grand ballet” of the 19th century. The choreography by Marius Petipa to Alexander Glazunov’s atmospheric and dramatic score is filled with dazzling solos and beautiful duets. The ballet is set in medieval Hungary and tells the story of a beautiful young noblewoman who is conflicted by her love for her betrothed, the crusader knight Jean de Brienne, and a handsome Saracen warrior.

FREE PREVIEW TALKS: Get more out of it, and go one hour early for Preview Talks. Here you will have the chance to meet Yuri Fateev, director of the Mariinsky Ballet. The Friday, September 25 Preview Talk will be sign-language interpreted.

Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra's RAYMONDA

September 24 – 27, 2015

• Valery Gergiev, Artistic Director
• Choreography by Marius Petipa
• Revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev
• with choreographic fragments by Fyodor Lopukhov
• Music by Alexander Glazunov
• Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Gavriel Heine

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 

Segerstrom Hall
600 Town Center Drive

Costa Mesa, CA
(714) 556-2787

www.scfta.org
Tickets start at $29. 

PERFORMANCES: 

• Thursday, 9/24, 7:30 pm; 
• Friday, 9/25, 7:30 pm; 
• Saturday, 9/26, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm; and 
• Sunday, 9/27, 1:00 pm & 6:30 pm. 

Note: The Friday, 9/25 Preview Talk will be sign-language interpreted. Information provided is accurate at the time of printing, but is subject to change.

Mariinsky Ballet’s repertory is colossal and of course its dancers are worldly renowned for their artistry and technique. Originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet dates back to the 1740’s. The renaissance of Russian ballet was the result of the creative genius of France’s Marius Petipa in collaboration with the Mariinsky troupe. In addition to Raymonda, these joint efforts gave fruit to La Bayadère, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, making the Mariinsky Ballet the highest esteem in classical ballet. RAYMONDA was created by the Mariinsky and premiered in 1898. Sets and costumes are by Simon Virsaladze.