Le Talisman “Pas de deux” by P. Gusev (1987) Music by R. Drigo(1889)C. Pugni(1862)V. Bocharov(1984)

PAS DE DEUX OF NIRITI AND THE WIND GOD VAYU (ELLA AND THE HURRICANE) Pytor Gusev 1987. Music by R. Drigo, C. Pugni and V. Bocharov.

Ella's Entrée (Niriti) - Valse des esprits from the prologue (1889)

(00:00) “Andante non troppo” R. Drigo

(00:17) “Tempo di valzer moderato R. Drigo

Hurricane’s Entrée (Wind God Wayu) R. Drigo

(01:12) “Sostenuto”

Adagio from Act III (1889)

(02:38) “Andante molto sostenuto”

(04:50) Variation of Vayou, the Wind God Wayu (Hurricane) C. Pugni “Allegro moderato” (1862)

Based on the 3rd variation of “Pas de Trois des Almées” from La Fille du Pharaon.

(05:51) Variation of Niriti (Ella) V. Bocharov “Moderato” (1984)

1987 - choreographer Peter Gusev for the ballerina Lilia Vorobyova.
Based on the music of the Russian composer Vladimir Bocharov (conductor of the Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre), written in 1984 on the request of P. Gusev for the ballet "La Bayadère" (variation of Gamzatti). Since then this variation was recognized as the canonical — its music is attributed mistakenly to R. Drigo, as well as its choreography — to M. Petipa.

Coda R. Drigo from Act I (1889)

(07:13) “Andante mosso”
(07:36) “Tempo di valse moderato”
(08:38) “Con forza, brillante”

1889 - choreographer Marius Petipa, for the ballerina Elena Cornalba (later Varvara Nikitina) and Enrico Cecchetti, the names of the heroes are Ella and Hurricane respectively (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg).
1895 - choreographer Marius Petipa, for the ballerina Pierina Legnani and Alexander Gorsky.
1909 - choreographer Nikolai Legat after M. Petipa, for the ballerina Olga Preobrazhenskaya, the names of the heroes are changed: Ella to Niriti and Hurricane to the Wind God Vayu (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg).
1926 - Choreographers Vladimir Ponomarev and Alexander Shiryaev after M. Petipa (LHU on the stage of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theatre, in the part of Vayu Alexey Ermolaev).
1987 - Choreographer P. Gusev after M. Petipa N. Legat V. Ponomarev, for the ballerina Lyudmila Semenyaka and Alexander Vetrov (Bolshoi Theatre. Moscow).