Photos: Boston Ballet readies ‘Bayadère’
Boston Ballet’s corps de ballet rehearsed the Act III scene from “La Bayadère” called “The Kingdom of the Shades,” a tour de force of ensemble grace and precision.
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Marius Petipa’s 1877 classic will be perform Oct. 24 to Nov. 3 at the Boston Opera House.
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It’s one of the most fiendishly difficult, requiring intense concentration and steady technical command.
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“Of the big story ballets, this is the hardest piece for the corps de ballet to perform,” says ballet master and artistic coordinator Shannon Parsley of Boston Ballet.
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The corps of 24 ghost-like women in white is one of the most exquisite and entrancing in the repertoire.
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