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Work: Paquita

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ComposerMinkus, Ludwig (1826-1917)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeDance
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VilniusPaquita

© Ana Andrianova
Minkus: Paquita
Manuel Legris; Lithuanian National Ballet; Modestas Barkauskas; Martynas Staškus; Maria Seletskaja; Jean-Marc Puissant

HelsinkiFlight

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Various, Minkus
Javier Torres; Marius Petipa; Joseph Mazilier; Jodie Gates; Finnish National Ballet; Tommi Saviranta; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera

MilanPaquita

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Minkus: Paquita
Pierre Lacotte; Marius Petipa; Joseph Mazilier; Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company; Paul Connelly; Luisa Spinatelli; Andrea Giretti
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Dutch National Ballet brings much needed heat to this winter season

Maia Makhateli, Young Gyu Choi and ensemble in Rachel Beaujean's Paquita © Altin Kaftira
The Dutch National Ballet helped shake off those winter blues with a mixed programme that highlighted ballet’s love affair with Latin rhythms and movement.
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NYCB: Balanchine + Ratmansky program warms the audience

Sara Mearns with the Company in George Balanchine's Serenade © Erin Baiano
NYCB has a winning triple bill with its Balanchine + Ratmansky program. Excellent dancing and contrasting works sends the audience home in buoyant mood.
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New York City Ballet dancers revel in a double scoop of Robbins

Mira Nadon and Joseph Gordon in Alexei Ratmansky's Paquita © Erin Baiano
Two masterworks by Jerome Robbins, Brandenburg and A Suite of Dances, are joined by Wheeldon's steamy After the Rain and Ratmansky's Paquita challenge.
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New kids on the block: dancing Little Sleeping Beauty

Students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute in Little Sleeping Beauty © Attila Nagy
Europe’s newest ballet school – attached to Hungarian State Opera in Budapest – prepares a version of Tchaikovsky and Petipa’s classic, designed expressly for young dancers.