Music

La Bayadère

Name: La Bayadère
Director: Natalia Makarova
Genre: Music
Released: 2011-01-04
Duration: 166 min
Cast: Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, Marianela Núñez, Gary Avis, Christopher Saunders

January 4, 2011

2h 46m

Marius Petipa’s exotic ballet set in legendary India is a story of love, death and vengeful judgement. Natalia Makarova’s sumptuous recreation of Petipa’s choreography, with atmospheric sets by Pier Luigi Samaritini and beautiful costumes by Yolanda Sonnabend, stars Tamara Rojo as the Bayadère (temple dancer) Nikiya, Carlos Acosta as Solor, and Marianela Nuñez as Gamzatti, whose alluring presence challenges Solor’s love for Nikiya. Live performance recorded in 2009.