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Download it: uploadedbox.com 16/17 of the premiere of the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet's reconstruction of Marius Petipa's final revival of "La Bayadère" as staged in 1900. March 31, 2002, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg. See 1/17 for extensive notes on the production. **Cast for this clip - --Nikiyia, a Bayadère of the temple - Daria Pavlenko --Solor, a wealthy kshatriya - Igor Kolb --Gamzatti, the Rajah's daughter - Elvira Tarasova --4 Coryphées - Janna Serebriakova, Xenia Ostreikovskaya, Yulia Kasenkova & Viktoria Kutepova **Résumé of dances & scenes for this clip - Grand pas d'action - 1. Grand adage 2. Variation de Solor (Minkus, taken from Petipa's 1874 revival of Offenbach's "Le Papillon") 3. Variation de Gamsatti (Riccardo Drigo, taken from Petipa's revival of "Le Roi Candaule") 4. Grand coda (it is imprtant to note that the great Anna Pavlova made one of her early performances with the Imperial Ballet in Petipa's 1900 revival of "La Bayadère" as one of the 4 coryp! hées seen here). **Notes - Here we have the original 'Grand adage' & 'Grand coda' fully restored both musically & choreographically. Petipa's scheme for the 'Grand adage' was much inspired by the Grand pas de trois created by Filippo Taglioni for the original "La Sylphide", in which the heroine is only visible to her beloved & haunts him throughout the dance. There is a rather humorous moment in the 'Grand adage' where the fakir Madhavaya brings Gamzatti a basket of flowers à la the one she gave Nikiya in ...

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