Movies - Paris National Opera: "La Bayadère"

The Paris Opera is bringing the most beautiful ballets from its repertoire to the big screen. Here, "La Bayadère," choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev, based on Marius Petipa's original.

A jewel in the Paris National Opera’s repertoire, *La Bayadère* dazzles with its virtuosic variations, its impressive ensemble scenes, and the purity of its “Act of the Shadows,” during which 32 dancers in white tutus slowly trace their arabesques with a poetry bordering on magic.

A ballet in three acts.
Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev, based on Marius Petipa
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Adaptation and arrangement by John Lanchberry
Musical direction by Koen Kessels
Starring: Dorothée Gilbert, Hugo Marchand, Roxane Stojanov
Country of origin: France.

Set in a fantastical India where a gigantic elephant parades before the rajah’s sumptuous palace and where a golden idol follows a fan dance, the ballet tells the story of the thwarted love between the warrior Solor and the bayadère Nikiya, a sacred dancer.