Music: Ludwig Minkus.
Plot: Sergey Khudekov and Marius Petipa.
Choreography: Marius Petipa.
Sets: K. Ivanov, P. Lambin, O. Allegri and A. Kwapp.
Sylvie Guillem
as Gamzatti in La Bayadère
photo from the page of Jim Fowler, click on it to get
a bigger one)
Premiere: on Feb 4, 1877 by the Imperial Ballet at the Maryinski Theatre in St Petersburg.
Dancers at the premiere: Ekaterina Vazem (Nikiya), Lev Ivanov (Solor), Christian Johannsen (the Rajah), Maria Gorshenkova (Gamzatti); the mime of Solor was performed by Pavel Gerdt.
In the repertory of the Paris Opera Ballet since 1992 (restaged by Rudolf Nureyev, premiered by Isabelle Guérin (Nikiya), Elisabeth Platel (Gamzatti) and Laurent Hilaire (Solor)).