Lake in the moonlight tchaikovsky biography
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Music: Piotr Tshaikovsky
Choreography: Yuriy Grigorovich
Starring: Svetlana Zakharova (Odette/Odile), Denis Rodkin (Prince Siegfried), Artemy Belyakov (the Evil Genius), Igor Tsvirko (the Fool)
At moonlight on the banks of a mysterious lake, Prince Siegfried meets the bewitched swan-woman Odette. Completely spellbound by her beauty, he swears his faithfulness to her. However, the Prince realizes too late that Fate has another plan for him….
A ballet of ultimate beauty and a score of unparalleled perfection born at the Bolshoi in 1877. In the dual role of white swan Odette and her rival black swan Odile, prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova exudes both vulnerability and cunning through superb technical mastery, alongside the powerful and emotional Siegfried, Denis Rodkin. Including breathtaking scenes with the Bolshoi’s corps de ballet, this is classical ballet at its finest.
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SWAN LAKE
"Swan Lake" is the ballet of ballets."
"Swan Lake" began the history of Russian classical ballet".
"Swan Lake" is the most famous ballet with Tchaikovsky's most famous music. Everyone has in their mind the image of a pristine white swan, lost, ready to fly away, while the music is light and graceful."
"A symbol of romantic ballet, "Swan Lake" captivated and continues to enchant children and adults alike."
"Swan Lake" is for me a long dream of Prince Siegfried. One fuelled by romantic reads that exalt his desire for infinity, denying him the reality of power and marriage imposed on him by his tutor and mother. To avoid the grim fate that is in store for him, he brings into his life the image of the lake, the "elsewhere" he aspires to. An idealized love is born in his head with the prohibition it represents. But when the dream vanishes, the prince's reason cannot survive him." – Rudolf Nureyev.
Before the creation of Tchaikovsky's ballets, the main condition for
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Swan Lake (ballet)
Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое Озеро, Lebedínoye Ózero) is a ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, by Vladimir Begichev and Vasiliy Geltser was fashioned from Russian folk tales[1] as well as an ancient German legend. It tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger. The ballet received its premiere on February 20, 1877,[2][3] at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as The Lake of the Swans. Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on January 15, 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russi