La Bayadère ballet. Music by Ludwig Minkus orchestrated by John Lanchbery. Choreographed by Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa. Recorded 2009 at the Royal Opera House. Stars Tamara Rojo (Nikiya), Carlos Acosta (Solor), Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti, the Rajah's daughter) Gary Avis (The High Brahmin), Christopher Saunders (Rajah), Kenta Kura (Maghaveya, the Head Fakir), Genesia Rosato (Aya, Gamzatti's servant), Valeri Hristov (Solor's friend), and José Martin (The Bronze Idol). Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani, Francesca Filpi, and other artists of the Royal Ballet are the D'Jampe Dancers.  Other dancers are Yuhui Choe, Iohna Loots, Emma Maguire, Samantha Raine, Helen Crawford, Nathalie Harrison, Hikaru Kobayashi, Laura McCullough, Johannes Stepanek, and Lauren Cuthbertson. Valeriy Ovsyanikov conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (concert masters are Peter Manning and Peter Schulmeister). Set designs by Pier Luigi Samaritani; costumes by Yolanda Sonnabend; lighting by John B. Read; revival staging by Olga Evreinoff; ballet master was Christopher Saunders; ballet mistress was Ursula Hageli; principal coaching by Alexander Agadzhanov and Olga Evreinoff; dance notator was Anna Trevien; film direction by Ross MacGibbon; film produced by Ferenc van Damme. Released 2011, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: A

Nikiya (Isabelle Guérin) dances at the Betrothal of Gamazatti and Solor (Élisabeth Platen, Laurent Hilaire)

La Bayadere is one of the greatest works classical ballet history – a story of love, death and vengeful judgement set in India. Dazzling sets, costumes, and one of the most iconic scenes in ballet, the “Kingdom of the Shades,” illuminate the tragic tale of the temple dancer Nikiya’s doomed love for the warrior Solor, and their ulimate redemption. A must-see!

Alumnas 4º Grado Profesional. Conservatorio Danza de Alicante.Paraninfo de la Universidad. 8 Junio 2012.

The Bolshoi Ballet in La Bayadere

Leonid Sarafanov as Solor and Victoria Tereshkina as Nikiya in "La Bayadere" at Bolshoi Theatre (20.11.2010). Photo by Irina Lepnyova

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Oksana Bondareva and Ivan Vasiliev in La Bayadère. Photo by Nikolay Krusser

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Melissa Hamilton in rehearsal for La Bayadère, The Royal Ballet Season 2018/19 www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-bayadere-by-natalia-makarova

Fumi Kaneko in rehearsal for La Bayadère, The Royal Ballet Season 2018/19 www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-bayadere-by-natalia-makarova

Yasmine Naghdi in rehearsal for La Bayadère, The Royal Ballet Season 2018/19 www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-bayadere-by-natalia-makarova

Fumi Kaneko and Reece Clarke in rehearsal for La Bayadère, The Royal Ballet Season 2018/19 www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-bayadere-by-natalia-makarova

Tatiana Melnik (Rus. Татьяна Мельник), Maria Beck (Rus. Мария Бек, called also Masha Beck) and Natalia Kleymenova (Rus. Наталия Клейменова) as The Three Shades in act II, La Bayadere. Choreography by Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus. Shot on 19.12.2014 in Stanislavsky Theatre, Moscow.

The Royal Ballet in La Bayadere - The Temple Dancer ( choreography: Makarova after Petipa), April 2013 Nikiya, the Temple Dancer - Hikaru Kobayashi Solor, a warrior - Nehemiah Kish Gamzatti, the Rajah's daughter - Yuhui Choe www.dancetabs.com

Evgenia Obraztsova /"La Bayadère"

2nd Shade Variation (La Bayadère)

Rehearsing for YAGP • The death of Nikiya (La Bayadère)