Film

Royal Opera House Live: La Bayadere

Certificate
12A
Running Time
170 mins

Hottie dancer Nikiya and hunky warrior Solor illicitly fall in love, but the Rajah is determined to marry Solor off to his daughter. Cue: suicide, opium smoking, ghostly hauntings, the wrath of god, all the usual.

Marius Petipa’s classical ballet is set against the backdrop of an exoticised India and features the celebrated The Kingdom of the Shades. See Natalia Makarova’s lush Royal Ballet production before someone belatedly has it banned on grounds of cultural appropration

By robin askew, Wednesday, Oct 17 2018

Tags:

  • Event Cinema
  • Ballet

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