Maria Khoreva Мария Хорева as “Nikiya”, “La Bayadere” choreography by Marius Petipa (1877) revised choreography by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani (1941), Konstantin Sergeyev Константин Сергеев and Nikolay Zubkovsky, music by Ludwig Minkus, costumes by Evgeny Ponomarev Евгений Пономарёв, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Photographer Svetlana Avvakum Светлана Аввакум