On January 13th, 2019, thesecond performance of La Bayadère choreographed by Natalia Makarova wasstaged on the National Center for the Performing Arts. This classical balletwas presented by the National Ballet of China as its first show in 2019. QiuYunting, the Principal Dancer of the National Ballet of China, together with MaXiaodong, the new Premier Danseur, completed her debut of La Bayadère,which was highly praised by the enthusiastic audiences.

Text by Sun Zheng

Photo by Shi Ren