La Bayadère - Reconstruction of Petipa's 1900 revival 12/17

12/17 of the premiere of the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet's reconstruction of Marius Petipa's final revival of "La Bayadère" as staged in 1900. March 31, 2002, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg. The audience is comprised of the most important people of the ballet world, particularly in Russia.

See 1/17 for extensive notes on the production.

Unfortunately the quality of my film does not allow one to see the restored décor. There is a youtube clip where it can be seen perfectly. See the clip titled "Vishneva & Sarafonov - La Bayadere".


**Cast for this clip -

--3 Shades soloists - Irina Golub, Irina Zhelonkina & Nadezhda Gonchar


**Résumé of dances & scenes for this clip -

Grand scène du rêve (The Kingdom of the Shades)
1. Sortie des bayadères
2. Valse lento


**Notes -

When Petipa first staged "La Bayadère" in 1877, the scene "The Kingdom of the Shades" actually took place in an illuminated palace in the sky on a fully lighted stage. When he mounted his final revival in 1900 (which is shown here), Petipa chose to have the scene take place in a dark, rocky landscape in the Himalayan mountains. The décor for this scene was restored using a model of the original set that is still preserved in the archives of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre.

In spite of whatever revisions have taken place to the full-length ballet over the years, the choreography for the scene "The Kingdom of the Shades" has been remarkably well preserved.

--ENJOY!!

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[kaio113]

2 bad it's impossible 2 see the sets....if i remember correctly it's a rocky landscape......

it would b nice to see a company reconstructing the version withe a palace of heavenly light apearing

[mrlopez2681]

that would be grand!! That is how Petipa originally staged it in 1877, but he changed it in 1900 to the rocky landscape. To see the set, watch this clip - "Vishneva & Sarafonov - La Bayadere".

[Royalbrettania]

I really think this the most spectacular corps de ballet entrance in the whole repetoire of ballet.....welll thats me ...this is Youtube no doubt I will be corrected...I wish I could time travel to the premiere and wiutness the reaction of an entire audience seeing this for the very first time

[55werther]

¡¡¡MOMENTO UNICO Y EXCLUYENTE DE LA DANZA UNIVERSAL!!! AQUEL QUE

SE SABE CONECEDOR PUEDE ENTENDER MIS PALABRAS. SON ESOS MO-

MENTOS MAGICOS PARA DISFRUTAR Y ADMIRAR CUANTA DANZA BELLA Y

CUANTA MUSICA EXQUISITA.¡¡¡QUE EJECUCION PERFECTA Y GRAN ACTUA-

CION DEL GRAN BALLET RUSO. MAGNIFICOS!!!

[adballet]

I saw this production at the MET in 2002. They were amazing as usual, but way more mis en scene than we~re used these days. Shades, as usual, out of this world.

[SmartieSkittle]

we're doing this for our Spring Production.

personally, (being new to pointe for about four months) i'm afraid of Those Arabesques... i can only do one en Pointe o_O

but very amazing! do you know where i can get the Tape/DVD?

[kaio113]

at the begining of the shades pas de trois is natalia sologub the front one?????