(c) Jean-Claude Carbonne Swan Lake Ballet Preljocaj: Théâtre des Champs‐Elysées
Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées — Main Hall
About the Event
Angelin Preljocaj takes on the great classic Swan Lake with characteristic flair.
After Snow White and Romeo and Juliet, Angelin Preljocaj reconnects with narrative ballet and his love of storytelling. He tackles this magnum opus of the classical repertoire by blending Tchaikovsky’s musical masterpiece with more contemporary arrangements. While staying true to the spirit of the original, he transposes the story of the swan princess into contemporary society, and introduces issues relevant to our times. Rothbart wants to mine a fossil fuel deposit on the edge of a lake. A young woman named Odette looks as if she is going to thwart his plans and so he changes her into a swan. In a different location, at a party, Siegfried objects to his father’s plan to join forces with Rothbart and build a factory on the edge of the swan lake.
Cast / Production
SWAN LAKE Piece for 26 dancers (2020)
Angelin Preljocaj | choreography
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky | music
79D | additional music
Boris Labbé | video
Éric Soyer | lights
Igor Chapurin | costumes
Recorded music
Address
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 15, Avenue Montaigne, Paris, France — Google Maps
