Nicoletta Manni & Timofej Andrijashenko in Bayadère (Nureyev's version) - Act III, first Pas de Deux

"The way to bring an old choreography to life is to rediscover a motivation for each movement; without that, there can be no truth." (Rudolf Nureyev)
Rudolf Nureyev’s last ballet, La Bayadère is a magnificent oriental dream and the choreographic testament of an impassioned dancer. Although a masterpiece of the Russian repertoire, the ballet had never been presented in its entirety in France before its Paris Opera debut in 1992. The thwarted loves of the Hindu dancer Nikia and the noble warrior Solor, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus, were first revealed to European audiences in 1961 during a tour by the Kirov Ballet - the very tour during which Nureyev would exile himself for ever from his native land...
Until then, only the Kingdom of the Shades - an excerpt from Act III, considered to be one of ballet's crowning glories - had been performed on this side of the Iron Curtain.
Passed on by generations of dancers, La Bayadère underwent numerous adaptations before finally evolving into the work we know today. Drawing his inspiration from the version he himself had danced, Nureyev restructured the ballet to offer a performance in his own image: a brilliant and dazzling show of virtuosity enhanced by Ezio Frigerio’s lavish sets and Franca Squarciapino’s shimmering costumes, themselves inspired by visions of ancient Persia and an imaginary India. Always a resounding success at the Paris Opera, La Bayadère remains a feast for the eyes with its bravura pieces and its magnificent group movements.

[@Rosanna.S]

Che meravigliosa coppia! Una gioia per gli occhi e per l'anima vederli danzare ❤

[@MarinaLevickiene-sw6hb]

Perfect clean technical performance and elegance.

[@colinalexander1507]

Wonderful dancing. I love watching this couple.

[@antonellapavone3879]

Dopo Bolle e Zakarova, non c'è nessuno che tenga.

[@stefanosangiovanni5612]

Dopo Nunez e Muntagirov in realtà

[@antonellapavone3879]

Sono d' accordo per la Nunez, stupenda, ma non per il ballerino di cui lei parla. Bolle rimane il più magnetico e di carisma tra i danzatori.

[@annicarbone6643]

Bravi. Un'espressivita' da grande interprete Timofej Andrjanshenko...davvero una grande intepretazione

[@allthingsballet]

Credo che Tima sia molto cresciuto artisticamente negli ultimi due/tre anni.

[@mariaalicemanzorobinson5940]

Balletcom coreografia dificil e muito academico precisa ter muita tecnica o casal está maravilhoso com emoção parabens. Gosto imenso deste ballet tanto na versão Nuriev quanto da Makarova. Fico dividida mas Nicollta e Timofej estavam maravilhosos assim com Riberto e Svetlana. Muito sucesso ao casal

[@eleonoragiovannaroberti1578]

Bravissimi e bellissimi grazie per il video

[@allthingsballet]

Grazie a lei del suo commento!

[@annapistone8860]

Un incanto! Bravissimi❤

[@giovannaromanelli5202]

Bravissimi, bellissimi insieme👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@chiaracondina7412]

I love your dance♥♥

[@阳光阳光-d4x]

👍

[@mariaalicemanzorobinson5940]

Casal dançou maravilhoso. Acabamento dos passos e perfeitas posiçoes sem erros ele tem uma tecnica muito boa principalmente nos acabamentos ela idem. Adoro ver um pas de deux bem dançado principalmente este do 2 aro de Bayadere ballet que precisa muita tecnica. Parabéns ao casal

[@maramanzelli5486]

Bellissimi

[@mariaalicemanzorobinson5940]

Nicoletta e Timojfei chegarao breve ao nivel mais elevado. So um pouco nais de paixao e serao perfeitos

[@maramanzelli5486]

Sembrano due angeli quandoballano

[@SamsunAAsamsun]

Николета большой мастер, но черт побери, всего лишь прима-балерина, но не артистка