BROADCAST live from the stage of the historic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, La Bayadere is a romantic ballet in three acts originally choreographed by Marius Petipa in 1877.

An audience at the Electric Palace in Bridport can see it on Sunday, January 20 at 3pm.

The Bolshoi Ballet's production is a new scenic version by Yuri Grigorovich, based on a libretto by Petipa and Sergei Khudekov, set to an original score by Ludwig Minkus.

Noble warrior Solor (Egor Gerashchenko) is the most revered fighter in India.

He wishes a private audience with the beautiful temple dancer Nikia (Yulia Stepanova) and dispatches his envoy, the head Fakir, Magdayeva (Evgeny Triposkiadis), to bid her join him later in the forest.

During public celebrations, the High Brahmin (Andrei Sitnikov) declares his love for Nikia but she rejects him on the grounds that he is a religious man.

He observes Magdayeva delivering the message and follows Nikia later that night, thus witnessing the secret rendezvous between the bayadere and Solor.

Consumed with fury, the High Brahmin calls upon the gods to help him strike down his love rival Solor.

*Bolshoi Ballet's La Bayadere, Bridport Electric Palace, Sunday, January 20, 3pm. Call the box office for tickets.