Music | Ludwig Minkus |
Choreography | Natalia Makarova |
Music Director and Conductor | Anton Grishanin |
Set Designer | Pier Luigi Samaritani |
Costume Designer | Yolanda Sonnabend |
Assistant to Choreographer | Olga Evreinoff |
Lighting Designer | John B. Read |
La Bayadère is one of the most famous ballets of the Russian imperial stage. This creation by Marius Petipa to the music by Ludwig Minkus and the libretto by Sergei Khudekov saw the light in 1877 and immediately became popular. All the great ballerinas have dreamt of dancing the main part, that of the bayadere Nikiya. It gave a good chance to make a brilliant display of both perfection of the technique and cantilena of the dance. The tragic love story made possible for prima ballerinas of the imperial and later the Soviet ballet to display their dramatic talents in their entire splendor.
The Bayadère’s best adornment is the Shadows scene, which proved an example of sublime harmony on the ballet stage. The scene’s popularity might only be rivaled by, if any, that of the “white scenes” of Swan Lake. All the subsequent versions of the ballet, of which the 20th century has seen quite a few, any innovations and alterations notwithstanding, have been made with the intent to keep the original Shadows intact to a maximum degree.
The outstanding ballerina Natalia Makarova staged her own version of La Bayadere in 1980. It is not as pompous or populous as the original yet preserves all the major qualities of the Petipa’s masterpiece. Makarova’s version proved so successful that it has been added to the armories of many a European theater.
Music Director and Conductor |
Anton Grishanin
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Сonductor |
Vladimir Basiladze
Roman Kaloshin
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Nikiya |
Oksana Kardash
Erika Mikirticheva
Natalia Somova
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Solor |
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Manuylov
Ivan Mikhalev
Dmitry Sobolevsky
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Gamzatti |
Maria Beck
Oksana Kardash
Natalia Kleymenova
Erika Mikirticheva
Olga Sizykh
Elena Solomyanko
Natalia Somova
Ksenia Shevtsova
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The High Brahmin |
Anton Domashev
Nikita Kirillov
Mikhail Pukhov
Georgi Smilevski
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Dugmanta |
Stanislav Bukharaev
Nikita Kirillov
Mikhail Pukhov
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Magdaveya |
Alisher Kalibay
Sergey Manuylov
Evgeny Poklitar
Alexander Seleznev
Evgeny Zhukov
Georgi Smilevski-jr.
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Aya |
Yana Bolshanina
Kristina Golovacheva
Asiya Rybakova
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Solor's friend |
Leonid Blinkov
Lev Brel
Alexey Lyubimov
Ivan Mikhalev
Alexander Seleznev
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The Bronze Idol |
Yuri Vybornov
Evgeny Zhukov
Sergey Manuylov
Dmitry Muravinets
Innokenty Yuldashev
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