Ballet in four acts. Choreography by Vladimir Malakhov after Marius Petipa. Music by Ludwig Minkus.
In a scenery of Indian temples and palaces the story of a true, but forbidden love is told: Nikia, the ‘bayadere’ or Indian temple dancer, who dedicated her life to the gods, loves the noble warrior Solor, who himself is already promised since his childhood as bridegroom to the beautiful daughter of the Rajah, Hamsatti. Undergone by intriques and submitted to the strict laws of tradition, the love between Nikia and Solor cannot come to a happy ending.
