In Cinemas: Swan Lake (2024)
In Cinemas: Swan Lake (2024)
In Cinemas: Swan Lake (2024)
Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.
In cinemas from Thursday 27 February 2025, with encore screenings from Sunday 2 March 2025.
In cinemas from Thursday 27 February 2025, with encore screenings from Sunday 2 March 2025.
A timeless classic
Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night.
Von Rothbart, arbiter of Odette's curse, tricks the Prince into declaring his love for the identical Odile and thus breaking his vow to Odette. Doomed to remain a swan forever, Odette has but one way to break the sorcerer's spell.
Background
Out hunting, Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans. One among them transforms into the beautiful human Odette and he is immediately enamoured. But Odette is bound by a spell which keeps her captive as a swan during the day. Can Siegfried free her?
Tchaikovsky’s sensational score combines with the evocative imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane to heighten the dramatic pathos of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s quintessential ballet classic. Opening in Spring and returning in Summer, Swan Lake remains to this day one of the best-loved works in the classical ballet canon.
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Every Season The Royal Ballet dances through over 6,000 pairs of pointe shoes. With over 100 performances every year and over 100 dancers we now spend around £300,000 on pointe shoes each Season.
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