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Norwegian National Ballet gives a marvellous rendition of Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère. Opening night in Oslo was a strong argument for its place in any season, displaying ballet escapism at its best.

Dutch National Ballet's new production of La Bayadère does away with the ballet’s problematic gestures and movements, allowing the choreography to truly shine.

Hungarian National Ballet's La Bayadère revitalizes tradition with a new reconstruction of its forgotten final act. 

Ballet of the National Theatre Brno, with guest artists, gave outstanding performances of this update of a great 19th century ballet.

National Ballet of Japan has revived its version of La Bayadère choreographed by former director Asami Maki. Brilliantly performed by strong lead dancers, the Kingdom of the Shades was particularly breathtaking.

Ballet Nights offers a wonderful variety of dancing and genres. Whatever your preference, there are quality performances to enjoy.

In February 2022, Kyiv City Ballet embarked upon a three week tour of France having finally recovered from scheduling disruption due to COVID, and haven't been back since.

Norwegian National Ballet opened its new run of Natalia Makarova’s staging, with Whitney Jensen and Lania Atkins making outstanding impressions as Nikiya and Gamzatti. 

Ivan Putrov, who has enjoyed a long career based in London, brings dancers from his homeland for a special London gala. 

A beautiful performance worth quarantining for as Latvia leads the charge to preserve art and culture. 

The Staatsballett jumps into the opulence of the past with Alexei Ratmansky’s reconstruction of Marius Petipa’s choreography of La Bayadère at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

With all the right ingredients – acte blanc, love intrigue, dramatic death – La Bayadère is a classic Russian ballet.

Patrice Bart's staging of La Bayadère for Bayerisches Staatsballett may have been an unadventurous choice of program to kick off the Hong Kong Arts Festival but nevertheless there was much to admire.

The Bolshoi's soloists perform La Bayadère with distinction 

The Mariinsky Ballet presents La Bayadère, here performed by a stellar cast with Diana Vishneva, Kimin Kim and Viktoria Tereshkina in the lead roles.

The POB struggles to connect to the Nureyev legacy, in an underwhleming performance of La Bayadère. 

In the absence of a visiting Mariinsky or Bolshoi company during the summer hiatus, London's balletomanes could get their classical ballet fix via the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre in performances of Swan Lake and La Bayadère.

National Ballet of Japan’s La Bayadère boasts a magnificent corps de ballet, and with prima ballerinas Ayako Ono and Yui Yonezawa as the lead ladies and guest star Vadim Muntagirov as Solor, this highly dramatic and thrilling perfomance of La Bayadère makes for a memorable evening.

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn and Carla Escoda debate the merits of Olga Smirnova and Vadim Muntagirov in La Bayadère for American Ballet Theatre at New York's Metropolitan Opera House.   

Jaime Robles reviews opening night of San Francisco Ballet's Program Six with choreography by Mark Morris, Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov.

Tetsuya Kumakawa created a new La Bayadere for the 15th anniversary of his K-Ballet Company. A very entertaining production with a twist in the plot, he was sucessful in presenting a fresh interpretation on this classic. 

Carla Escoda reviews the opening night of San Francisco Ballet's Program 3, a mixed bill reviving Yuri Possokhov's Firebird, Christopher Wheeldon's Ghosts, and the Kingdom of the Shades scene from La Bayadère, at the War Memorial Opera House.

Boston Ballet opens its much anticipated 50th season with La Bayadère, the classic ballet of love, betrayal, and vengeance, set in an exotic and opulent kingdom in ancient India. Boston Ballet featured the world première of this production in 2010, with choreography by Florence Clerc after Marius Petipa, and music by Ludwig Minkus.

There can be no lovelier and mystical moment in classical ballet than the sight of 32 ethereal ‘Shades’ in a ribbon of white, slowly descending from a darkened mountain range, down a zigzag ramp to the stage.

American Ballet Theater’s La Bayadère transports viewers to another world, not just back in time, but to a place that rarely exists outside one’s own imagination. This fantastic, limitless quality characterizes La Bayadère, from the sets to the costumes, the music, and of course the dancing.This three-act ballet is a classic love story of star-crossed lovers destined to break the audience’s heart.

It would be hard to find someone who has not heard of Anna Pavlova. The name alone conjures up words such as elegant, visionary, iconic. Her acclaim results from a career in ballet spanning over 30 years, in which she had a tremendous influence over the world of classical dance and earned her place as one of the finest Russian ballerinas in history.

Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris reprend l’un des ballets classiques les plus populaires de son répertoire, La Bayadère, avec un excellent trio d'étoiles Paul Marque – Sae-Eun Park – Valentine Colasante.

El idealismo oriental de La Bayadera en la versión del Ballet de Monterrey, exhibe una recatada atmósfera imperialista teñida por la sustancia trágica y simbólica de sus personajes.  

La Bayadère, ballet féérique hérité de Rudolf Noureev, est de retour à l’Opéra de Paris dans une mise en scène étincelante et une distribution virtuose.