Marius Petipa’s exotic ballet, set in legendary and mysterious India, is a story of love, death and vengeful judgement. Yuri Grigorovich’s sumptuous recreation of Petipa’s choreography, with breath-taking sets and costumes designed by Nikolay Sharonov, stars Svetlana Zakharova as the Bayadère Nikiya, Vladislav Lantratov as Solor and Maria Alexandrova as Gamzatti the jealous rival.

Cast:
- Svetlana Zakharova [Bayadère Nikiya]
- Vladislav Lantratov [Solor]
- Maria Alexandrova [Gamzatti]
- Alexey Loparevich [Dugmanta, Rajah]
- Andrey Sitnikov [The High Brahmin]
- Denis Medvedev [The Golden Idol]

Choreography: Marius Petipa
Set and costume design: Nikolay Sharonov
Set and costume advice: Valery Levental
Lighting design: Mikhail Sokolov

Recorded in January 2013 at the Bolshoi.