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Dance

Swan Lake, The Royal Ballet: ROH

10 Feb 15 – 09 Apr 15, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

The best-loved work in all classic ballet, Swan Lake returns to Covent Garden’s stage in Anthony Dowell’s opulent production for the Royal Ballet.

By CW Contributor on 30/9/2014

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Dancers of the Royal Ballet in Swan Lake © ROH / Alice Pennefather, 2012
Dancers of the Royal Ballet in Swan Lake © ROH / Alice Pennefather, 2012
Swan Lake, The Royal Ballet: ROH Swan Lake, The Royal Ballet: ROH Ruth Mattock
A season at Covent Garden wouldn’t be a season without Royal Ballet tickets to the Anthony Dowell Swan Lake, an epic tale of witchcraft, love and betrayal, sure to pack in the crowds. With some ravishing pas-de-deux, Tchaikovsky’s momentous score and a Swan Queen whose image has become fixed as most people’s idea of the ultimate ballerina, expectations are always high.
Set in late 19th century Russia, Anthony Dowell’s production, well served by Yolanda Sonnabend’s sumptuous designs, goes all out to achieve the opulent look of a Tsarist court; while the choreography tries to get closer to the ‘original’ Swan Lake choreography, as devised by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in 1895.
Swan Lake: set design and company drama
The swans wear long, feathered skirts rather than classical tutus, peasants are got up in babushka-esque outfits and the royal ball brings an abundance of coloured velvets and glittering jewellery. The set alternates between the burnished gold of the court scenes and the shimmering moonlight at the lakeside domain of the captive swan maidens.
The stage is rarely empty, constantly bustling with the business of sideline dramas - dropped cups and misplaced guests; or the massed ranks of swans going through their hypnotic routines.
Royal Ballet: best dancers to star
Casting offers an opportunity to see a range of Royal Ballet principals in the main roles of Odette/Odile and her prince.
Anthony Dowell professed a particular fondness for the tall, willowy Zenaida Yanowksy, an uncommonly intelligent and expressive dancer. She’ll be partnered by the usually reliable Nehemiah Kish. Opening night, though, belongs to Sarah Lamb and Carlos Acosta, an intriguing partnership. The most eagerly awaited lead couple, though, will be newcomer Matthew Golding with the Royal’s newest star Natalia Osipova: Swan Lake's lead role is another of the many parts on which she stamps her indelible mark. Another reliably lovely performance will be from Marianela Nunez - husband Thiago Soares will partner.
This production is a tried and trusted staple of the Royal Ballet repertoire, which, though not to everybody’s taste, still offers an opportunity to see both stars and corps de ballet at their very best. 


For more from the Royal Opera House, London, click here.

by Ruth Mattock

What Swan Lake, The Royal Ballet: ROH
Where Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD | MAP
Nearest tube Covent Garden (underground)
When 10 Feb 15 – 09 Apr 15, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £tbc
Website Find more information about booking dates here



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  • What the critics say...

    "In Dowell's treatment, Swan Lake is a romantic ballet akin to the much earlier Giselle . Swan-maidens wear long, full skirts, hiding their legs; their outlines are downy, their wrists and arms softly pretty. This may have been what the original nineteenth-century corps de ballet looked like, but Swan Lake has since switched genres and it feels wrong to revert."

    Jann Parry, The Guardian

    Casts:

    Tues 10 Feb 15: Lamb, Acosta

    Fri 13 Feb 15: Yanowsky, Kish

    Sat 14 Feb 15 1.30pm: Marquez, Pennefeather

    Sat 14 Feb 15 7pm: Lamb, Acosta

    Thu 19 Feb 15 2pm: Nunez, Soares

    Thu 19 Feb 15 7.30pm: Lamb, Acosta

    Sat 21 Feb 15 1.30pm: Nunes, Soares

    Sat 21 Feb 15 7pm: Osipova, Golding

    Fri 13 Mar 15: Osipova, Golding

    Sat 14 Mar 15 12.30pm: Nunez, Soares

    Mon 16 Mar 15: Obraztsova, McRae

    Tue 17 Mar 15: Osipova, Golding

    Wed 18 Mar 15: Nunez, Soares

    Thu 19 Mar 15: Takada, Bonelli

    Sat 21 Mar 15 1.30pm: Obraztsova, McRae

    Sat 21 Mar 15 7pm: Marquez, Pennefeather

    Wed 25 Mar 15: Obraztsova, McRae

    Thu 26 Mar 15: Cuthbertson, Muntagirov

    Thu 2 Apr 15: Cuthbertson, Muntagirov

    Tue 7 Apr 15: Takada, Bonelli

    Thu 9 Apr 15: Cuthbertson, Muntagirov

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