Marius Petipa`s seminal work La Bayadère, was first performed at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1877 in a grandiose production. When Bayadère Nikiya – a temple dancer – and ...

The atmosphere at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, must have been electric on Feb. 4, 1877. That was the day Austrian composer Ludwig Minkus premiered "La Bayadere" — ...

First performed in St Petersburg in 1877, Marius Petipa’s La Bayadere is a grand Imperial classic set to broadly danceable tunes by Ludwig Minkus. The extravagant tale of an Indian temple dancer’s ...

THE GREAT classical ballet La Bayadere has gone through many changes since its premiere in St Petersburg in 1877. In the last few years, several productions have attempted to get closer to the ...