Ballet "Raymonda" staged at NCPA

German Bavarian State Ballet is performing the classic Raymonda until Friday, June 26 at Beijing's National Center for Performing Art.

Dancers from German Bavarian State Ballet are performing the classic Raymonda at Beijing’s National Center for Performing Art. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/ Xu Liuliu]

Raymonda was the last work of the great choreographer Marius Petipa and Alexander Glasounov's brilliant score even has some comparing it with the best Tchaikovsky ballets.