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Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography: L. Ivanov and M. Petipa
Editor: Elena Antsupova

A Ballet Dream: “Swan Lake”
International Festival Ballet presents a magical spectacle of beauty, elegance, and grace. A masterpiece accompanied by a live orchestra

The International Festival Ballet presents one of the most famous ballets set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”

For many, “Swan Lake” is synonymous with ballet itself. This romantic fairy tale about the young Prince Siegfried, who falls in love with the swan princess Odette and seeks to free her from the evil spell of Duke Rothbart, is a story about the power of true love.

This ballet is part of the standard repertoire of all major companies. In particular, the Allegro Moderato from the swan dances in Act 2, choreographed by Lev Ivanov, has been the subject of countless parodies and is therefore known as the “Dance of the Four Little Swans” far beyond the ballet-loving audience. In short: a brilliant work by a brilliant composer that has been a crowd-pleaser for centuries.

“Swan Lake” is brought to life on stage by one of the finest classical ballet companies, the International Festival Ballet.  In addition, the magnificent set design by the brilliant theater designer Vyacheslav Okunev—who works for the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and La Scala in Milan, among others— beautiful costumes, and the boundless elegance and carefree lightness of the ballet company create a dreamy and fairy-tale-like version of a classical ballet that continues to fascinate even after more than 100 years.

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