La Bayadere,
Act II, Scene II, The Kingdom of Shades
Choreography by Marius Petipa & Natalia Makarova
Restaged by Robert Zaloga & Helen Gaus
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Costumes by Jane Roumyantseva
Scranton Civic Ballet Company Premiere
April 2021
The Theater at North
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Cast:
Gwyn "Ginger" Cruz (Nikiya)
Robert Zaloga (Solor)
Brooke Provinzano (First Soloist)
Abby Lazecki (Second Soloist)
Meta Mihalchik (Third Soloist)
Synopsis
Solor hallucinates and conjures a vision of the dead Nikiya. She appears in the Kingdom of the Shades, and her vision is multiplied by the corps de ballet. Solor reminisces about her dance of love by the Sacred Fire.