Opera De Paris Ballet Season 2027: La Bayadère

A cinema screening of the Paris Opera Ballet's La Bayadère, choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa, with music by Minkus.

A recorded Paris Opera Ballet production of La Bayadère, screened at the Corn Exchange cinema. The ballet, staged in Nureyev's version after Petipa, follows the doomed love between the warrior Solor and the temple dancer Nikiya, and features the celebrated 'Kingdom of the Shades' act with 32 dancers in white tutus. The screening runs approximately 125 minutes with Koen Kessels conducting Minkus's score in Lanchberry's arrangement.