1. Pas de deux: Harlequinade

This is a pas de deux from the ballet Harlequinade, choreographed by my mentor Marius Petipa.  I have performed this myself in the Mariinsky Theater in the year 1900.  It is one of my favorite ballets to perform because of it's use of slower, more simple music. The music allows for elegance, expressiveness, and purity of movement and technique, which are all characteristics that both my dancing and teaching is known for. My performance of Harlequinade was amoung my first performances as principle dancer of the Imperial Russian Ballet and is very special to me.



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