La Bayadère - Reconstruction of Petipa's 1900 revival 15/17

15/17 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.

See 1/17 for extensive notes on the production.

**Cast for this clip -

--Nikiyia, a Bayadère of the temple - Daria Pavlenko
--Solor, a wealthy kshatriya - Igor Kolb
--Gamzatti, the Rajah's daughter - Elvira Tarasova
--Dugmanta, the Rajah of Golconda - Peter Statsounas
--The High Brahmin - Vladimir Ponomaryev
--An aya, servant of Gamzatti - Yelena Bazhenova
--4 Coryphées - Janna Serebriakova, Xenia Ostreikovskaya, Yulia Kasenkova & Viktoria Kutepova

**Résumé of dances & scenes for this clip -

1. Cortège nuptial
2. Pas des fleurs de lotus
3. Grand pas d'action -Entrée (it is imprtant to note that the great Anna Pavlova made one of her early performances with the Imperial Ballet in Petipa's 1900 revival of "La Bayadère" as one of the 4 coryphées seen here).

**Note -

This clip contains Petipa's fully restored "Dance of the Lotus Blossoms" for 24 girl students. It is quite the little masterpiece, & makes one wonder why it was ever deleted in the first place.

This clip also contains the first part of the Pièce de résistance: Petipa's original Grand pas d'action, fully restored to its original form both musically & choreographically. Petipa's scheme was much inspired by the Grand pas de trois created by Filippo Taglioni for the original "La Sylphide", in which the heroine is only visible to her beloved.

--ENJOY!!

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[SBRJulia]

i dont get it , who is the one thats getting between gamzatti and solor?nikya? why is she wearing a tutu there?

[mrlopez2681]

@SBRJulia Yes, its the shade, or ghost, of Nikiya. What do you mean when you ask "why is she wearing a tutu"?!?

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

Where is 14/17?? This is the most important one.

[mrlopez2681]

@SugarTomAppleRoger - oh sorry. My recording cut off at the end of the shades scene, so you woudn't have seen the final scene of that act anyway.

[mrlopez2681]

@SugarTomAppleRoger - oh sorry. My recording cut off at the end of the shades scene, so you woudn't have seen the final scene of that act anyway. Is that what you wanted to see? :)

[HelgaMaq]

How beautiful and logical the correct order is! Fantastic! What a pity they don't take care of it.

[studioanaesmeralda]

gente... belíssimo.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@mrlopez2681 Yes. That it the one I really love. Mind you, the rest is great also. The recording always cuts out when you don't want it to, doesn't it, or some small member of your family deletes it for you. :)