Petipa’s La Bayadère: Questions of Style
Petipa's La Bayadère is considered in the context of the style of historicism that reigned in the Russian artistic practice of the middle and end of the 19th century. It is emphasized that La Bayadère has the features of romanticism, but the style of this ballet is not limited to them. It is also emphasized that the stylistic characteristics of La Bayadère, clearly corresponding to historicism, can be extrapolated to all the works of Petipa, starting with The Pharaoh's Daughter. For Petipa’s ballet theatre the author offers the stylistic definition “the polystylistics”.