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This was actually another Antony McDonald find. вЂњI couldnвЂ™t remove it, so I had to justify it. If you have a very big instep, very flexible ankles, very flexible hips, itвЂ™s far more difficult to jump on pointe, though not impossible.вЂќДЄnd how does Rojo square the Hungarian influences in Act 3, where the wedding traditionally takes place at the court of King Andrew II of Hungary (who led the 1217-18 Crusade)? вЂњI couldnвЂ™t fight that music,вЂќ she smiles. We expect ballerinas today to have more range of movement in terms of flexibility. вЂњI think one thing that has changed is the jumping on pointe, which I think was far more of a feature than today and thatвЂ™s partially because the shape of ballerinas has changed. One of the most remarkable moments comes in RaymondaвЂ™s Act 2 variation, where Petipa demands thirty entrechats-quatre sur la pointe, which caused a sensation at the premiere. I think itвЂ™s the nearest we can get to the original legacy of the ballet.вЂќ We have looked at the original Stepanov notations вЂ“ although these were done in 1903, so not from the balletвЂ™s premiere, but a few years later. Pierina Legnani was an extraordinary dancer for her time in terms of technique. You have to use all of your technical abilities вЂ“ you have to jump on pointe, you have to turn, to do a balance, to do an adagio, to do staccato вЂ“ it contains the whole ballerina vocabulary. The role of Raymonda is one of the biggest roles any ballerina can face,вЂќ Rojo tells me.

вЂњPetipa was the greatest classical choreographer.

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Rojo danced it both with ENB and The Royal Ballet, but she never danced the full role, created for the legendary ballerina Pierina Legnani. ItвЂ™s only that Wedding Divertissement that is presented by UK companies. De Brienne slays him in single combat and Act 3 sees RaymondaвЂ™s wedding. As such, it was more about grand spectacle than actual plot вЂ“ Raymonda awaits the return of her fiancГ©, Jean de Brienne, from the Crusades, but the Saracen knight Abdurakhman arrives unannounced and declares his love. Raymonda was one of Marius PetipaвЂ™s late ballets, premiered in 1898, so it came after creating The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker and the 1895 revisions he and Lev Ivanov made that revived the fortunes of Swan Lake. I felt this was an opportunity that I needed to explore.вЂќ IвЂ™ve always tried to bring repertoire that is identifiable to ENB, that is unique to the company and, despite this incredible music, no company in the UK performs the ballet in its entirety. Why Raymonda? вЂњFirst and foremost because of Alexander GlazunovвЂ™s music,вЂќ Rojo explains.