When was the composer of the ballet Raymonda, director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory  ?
Raymonda Variations Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's "Raymonda" (1895–97). The premiere took place on 7 December 1961 at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title "Valses et Variations". Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova had mounted a full-length production of "Raymonda" for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1946.
Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer) Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev (Russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Васи́льев), born 18 April 1940 in Moscow, Russia, is a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and its director from 1995 to 2000.