Bolshoi Ballet Summer Encores: SWAN LAKE

Director: Vincent Bataillon

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Screenwriter: Libretto and choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, based on the ballet by Julius Reisinger. Music by Piotr Tchaikovsky.

 

Cinestudio presents an encore presentation of the live satellite broadcast of the Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow! Swan Lake is ballet’s most iconic (and devilishly difficult to dance) masterpiece, and choreographer Yuri Grigorovich’s production celebrates both the original 1877 work and the extravagantly gifted dancers of today. The ballet opens as Prince Siegfried slips away from his birthday party, to a magical lake where he meets Odette. Swan by day, human by night, she awaits true love to break her curse. The dancers include Ektarina Krysanova as Odette/Odile, Dmitry Gudanov as Prince Siegfried, and Yuri Barnanov as the Evil Genius.