Mariinsky Ballet: La Bayadère; Contrasts review " truly elevated company
Royal Opera House, LondonEven when ballet gets silly, the Mariinsky's dancers are in a class of their ownThere are two processions in La Bayadère. The most famous is in the scene known as the Kingdom of the Shades, in which 32 ghostly girls in white tutus move down a shallow slope into death, and with grave dignity and profound synchronicity perform a sequence of tilted arabesques. It is the vision of classical ball…