The Temple Dancer

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The Temple Dancer is the English title commonly used for the classical ballet "La Bayadère," which tells a tragic love story set in exoticized ancient India.

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instanceOf ballet
classical ballet
alsoKnownAs La Bayadère NERFINISHED
artForm performing arts
balletType grand ballet
centralTheme afterlife vision
betrayal
death
jealousy
tragic love
choreographer Marius Petipa NERFINISHED
choreographicStyle classical Russian ballet
composer Ludwig Minkus NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Russia
featuresCharacter Gamzatti NERFINISHED
High Brahmin
Nikiya NERFINISHED
Solor NERFINISHED
genre romantic ballet
story ballet
hasForm full-length ballet
hasMedium dance
music
theatrical staging
hasOriginalTitle La Bayadère NERFINISHED
hasProtagonistOccupation temple dancer
influencedBy orientalism in 19th-century Europe
languageOfTitle English
musicStyle Romantic era ballet music
narrativeForm pantomime and dance
notableScene Kingdom of the Shades NERFINISHED
originalCompany Imperial Ballet NERFINISHED
originalLanguageOfTitle French
originalTheatre Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre NERFINISHED
periodOfComposition 1870s
portrays exoticized vision of India
premiereCity Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Russian Empire NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1877-02-04
premierePlace Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
settingPeriod ancient India
settingPlace India NERFINISHED
structure epilogue
prologue
three acts
subjectMatter temple dancer (bayadère) NERFINISHED
titleRefersTo a temple dancer

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La Bayadère titleTranslation The Temple Dancer