World Ballet Day 2023 - Polish National Ballet / Polski Balet Narodowy

During this year’s edition the Polish National Ballet will welcome the viewers into the company’s Warsaw-based studios to witness the rehearsals for ’La Bayadère’ in Natalia Makarova’s choreography after Marius Petipa, including the famed Kingdom of the Shades and a pas de deux from the ballet. We will talk to our dancers and coaches and find out how makeup can transform a dancer into the Golden Idol. 0:00 Welcome (Marko Juusela) 1:15 Nikiya&Solor Pas de deux rehearsal (ballet master: Renata Smukała, dancers: Chinara Alizade, Vladimir Yaroshenko) 10:05 Renata Smukała about the premiere of Makarova’s ’La Bayadère’ 12:09 Golden Idol makeup (Marko Juusela) 13:35 Golden Idol rehearsal (ballet master: Maksim Woitiul, dancers: Ryota Kitai, Diogo de Oliveira, Laurence Elliott) 23:26 The Kingdom of the Shades rehearsal (Female corps of the Polish National Ballet, ballet masters: Emilia Stachurska, Anita Kuskowska)