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La Bayadère was the creation of the dramatist Sergei Khudekov [] and of Marius Petipa, the renowned Premier maître de ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres. The music was composed by Ludwig Minkus, who from 1871 until 1886 held the official post of Ballet Composer to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres.
In ballet, a variation (sometimes referred to as a pas seul, meaning to dance alone) is a solo dance. In a classical grand pas de deux , the ballerina and danseur each perform a variation. [ 1 ]
Neumeier La Dame aux camélias: Manon Lescaut, Prudence (in first Paris Opéra production, 2006); 3ème Symphonie de Mahler : The Angel Nureyev La Bayadère: Gamzatti; Third Variation Nykia; Swan Lake: Odette-Odile (Tokyo, 2007) Cinderella: Les soeurs Don Quixote: Kitri Nutcracker: Clara Raymonda: title role, Henriette
Gamzatti, La Bayadere — choreography by Marius Petipa, in the version of Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani; Gulnara, Odalisque in Le Corsaire — staged by Pyotr Gusev based on the composition and choreography by Marius Petipa; variation, Grand pas in Paquita — choreography by Marius Petipa;
Among many of her performances, there was a variation of Odette from Swan Lake, a variation of Kitri from the 1st act of Don Quixote, a variation of Gamzatti from La Bayadere, a modern dance Say it Quieter, If You Can (ballet master Yevgeniy Chernov) and others.
2011 – Gamzatti in La Bayadere with the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre within the framework of the Nureyev Ballet Festival (Kazan); Kitri in Don Quixote (R. Barra's production) with the Bavarian State Ballet (Basilio – Andrei Merkuriev, Flavio Salamanca, Lukáš Slavický); Odette/Odile in Swan Lake with Berlin State Ballet (P. Barra's ...
Ekaterina Kondaurova has received the following awards: [4] 2006: Prix Benois de la Danse; 2008: St. Petersburg's Golden Sofit award (Alma, Glass Heart) 2010: St Petersburg's Golden Sofit award (Anna Karenina) 2011: Golden Mask for her title role in Anna Karenina; 2011: Recipient of Ballet magazine's Spirit of Dance award in the category “Star”
Particularly notable are her Gamzatti and Nikya in La Bayadère, Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Queen Mekhemene Banu in A Legend of Love, and Terpsichore in Apollo. [6] Writing in The Daily Telegraph , Sarah Crompton referred to her as a "rising talent", describing her as a "filigree beauty" with "fiendish fouettés".