La Bayadère
In 1940 the Kirov Ballet once again made plans to revive "La Bayadère", this time in a staging by the Balletmaster Vladimir Ponomarev and the "Premier danseur" Vakhtang Chabukiani. This version would be the definitive staging of "La Bayadère" from which nearly every subsequent production would be based. The Ponomarev/Chabukiani revival of "La Bayadère" premiered on February 10, 1941 to a resounding success, with Natalia Dudinskaya as Nikiya and Vakhtang Chabukiani as Solor.