RAYMONDA

Tamara Rojo has created a new version of the iconic ballet, Raymonda that will be performed by the San Francisco Ballet from March 1 to 8, 2025.

Raymonda is a grand ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Alexander Glazunov (his opus 57) and libretto by Lydia Pashkova.

Set against the backdrop of the 19th-century Crimean War, Rojo expertly draws on the figure of Florence Nightingale to create a Raymonda who redefines the role of women in wartime and society…

Tamara Rojo comments on the most unique aspects of this new version of Raymonda

CINDERELLA

Premiered: May 25th 2022 by the Royal Swedish Ballet at Kungliga Operan, Stockholm.

More than an update, with her version of Cinderella, Tamara Rojo elevates classical dance to narrative splendour through virtuosity.

Synopsis:
Cinderella is washed up alone in a Stockholm port. She is immediately taken to an orphanage where she ends up at the bottom of the pecking order. A cook, a cleaner and a kind housekeeper become her friends. When the dull jury of the big dance contest rejects Cinderella at her first audition because her style is too bold and explosive, she gets help from her friends. Cinderella must qualify! But will she make it to the competition in time? And will she be reunited with her family? She misses them so much.

CHOREOGRAPHY: Tamara Rojo
MUSIC: Sergei Prokofiev
CONDUCTOR: Gavin Sutherland, David Björkman, Ewa Strusi?ska
SET DESIGN: Christian Lacroix & Tobias Rylander
COSTUMES: Christian Lacroix
LIGHT & VIDEO: Tobias Rylander
DRAMATURGE: Lucinda Coxon

Sergey Prokofiev’s Cinderella was first performed by the Bolshoi ballet in 1945. This entirely new production was created especially for the Royal Swedish Ballet by Tamara Rojo, artistic director of the English National Ballet. The colourful costumes by fashion icon Christian Lacroix and famous music by Prokofiev make for a vibrant evening of dance for the whole family.