Opera de Paris Ballet Season Encore Screening: La Bayadere

An encore cinema screening of the Paris Opera Ballet's La Bayadère, choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa.

This encore screening presents the Paris Opera Ballet in La Bayadère, a jewel of the company's repertoire choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa, with music by Ludwig Minkus adapted and arranged by John Lanchberry. Set in a dreamlike India, the ballet follows the ill-fated love between the warrior Solor and Nikiya, a sacred temple dancer, and features the celebrated 'Kingdom of the Shades' act with 32 dancers in white tutus. The cast includes Dorothée Gilbert as Nikiya, Hugo Marchand as Solor and Roxane Stojanov as Gamzatti, with Koen Kessels conducting. The screening runs approximately 2 hours 5 minutes.