The ballet Swan Lake
The ballet Swan Lake is one of the few productions that are well known not only to ardent theatergoers, but even to those who have a very vague idea of what ballet is. Swan Lake is a standard of classical art; it is one of the most famous works in the world.
The music and choreography of this performance are considered masterpieces, and the white swan is regarded as a symbol of the Russian ballet. Working together with his talented student Lev Ivanov, Petipa created his own version of the ballet as a tribute to the late Tchaikovsky. The famous choreographers significantly revised the libretto and changed the order of the ballet pieces. Few people know, it was this ballet version that granted the world with “the dance of the little swans” where the four enchanted girls are dancing together with their arms crossed and their heads bowed in a peculiar way.
Choreography Director - Honored Artist of Russia Konstantin Uralsky
(with choreography fragments by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov)
