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Footnotes : The Classics of Ballet. La Bayadere / with Frank Augustyn.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bayadère (Choreographic work).
- Ballet.
- Dance--History.
- Dance.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (27 min.)
- Contained In:
- Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet: La Bayadere
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, ON : Sound Venture, 1996.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about La Bayadere. La Bayadère is based on an ancient Indian poem, Sakuntala, the story concerns Nikia's love for Solor, who loves her in return, and Solor's obligation to wed Gamzatti. Gamzatti murders her rival and the inconsolable Solor envisions Nikia inviting him to join her in the Kingdom of the Shades. Excerpts from performances by the Kirov Ballet are shown.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 900741674
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