The Petipa Code or Searching for Raymonda Part 5. Lost in Translation

Our search for Raymonda has taken us along way back in time and on the way we have found that most of the leading characters in the ballet actually existed in real life. But nowhere have we found Raymonda. Search through the lineage of the great families in the 13th century and you will find over and over again the names Sybilla, Isabella, Maria, Blanche, Agnes, Alice, Adele, Eleanor and many, many others – but never a Raymonda. So where is she?

The Petipa Code or Searching for Raymonda Part 1

Raymonda is perhaps the most enigmatic of all the ballets in our rich heritage of 19th century classics. Based on legends of medieval chivalry, the libretto prepared for the octogenarian Marius Petipa has received criticism from every quarter for its literary weakness, scenic confusion and blatant naiveté of the dramatic action. Come with me on a journey back in time to find the real Raymonda….

Bonas Macfarlane and Stellar Alliance performed Special Day Party “Dnevninka”

Join us on the way to the 90th degree of the Northern Latitude where there is no Longitude and all the meridians meet! You can’t determine the date there and the time of day can only be seen on the watch. This is the place where the stars, the planets, and the sun do not change their distance with the rotation of the Earth. Daily orbits of celestial bodies are parallel to the horizon. A place where all the winds blow from the South…;