SWAN LAKE
May 1-11, 2008
MUSIC: PI Tchaikovsky
CHOREOGRAPHY: Mikko Nissinen after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Approximate run time - 2:30 (includes
intermission)
Performance Schedule:
Thursday, May 1 at 7pm
Friday, May 2 at 8pm
Saturday, May 3 at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, May 4at 2pm
Thursday, May 8 at 7pm
Friday, May 9 at 8pm
Saturday, May 10 at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, May 11 at 2pm
Back by popular demand, Boston Ballet presents
the Company’s critically acclaimed production of Swan
Lake. Last presented in 2004 and choreographed by Artistic
Director Mikko Nissinen, after Petipa and Ivanov, Swan Lake is
considered by many to be one of the greatest classical ballets of
all time.
Nissinen’s version of Swan Lake premiered in 2004
and was called “a must-see” by Christine Temin in
The Boston Globe. Based upon the version performed in St.
Petersburg in 1895, Nissinen staged the ballet with the goal of
returning it to its original roots. Sorella Englund is the
dramateur and guest repetitor and Allana Nikitina is the assistant
for the third act character dances.
“This production of Swan Lake offers a thorough
depiction of my vision for the Company,” said Nissinen.
“While our version is very traditional, it is consistent with
my belief that we should build on the traditions of classical
ballet to push the art form into the future. I am proud that
audiences and critics enjoyed the production in 2004 and hope that
even more people fall in love with the timeless classic this
spring.”
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s first ballet, this full-length,
four-act production is considered by many dancers, choreographers,
and balletomanes to be one of the greatest classical ballets in
existence. The beauty, romance, and music so rich in symbolic
content have allowed this classic ballet to endure more than 100
years.
Choreographer Lev Ivanov, longtime assistant
to Marius Petipa, considered by many the master of Russian ballet,
remounted the second act of Swan Lake in 1894. This
performance honored the life and talent of Tchaikovsky. The triumph
of Ivanov’s choreography prompted Petipa to plan a restaging
of the ballet in it entirety. The Petipa/ Ivanov version premiered
in 1895 at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to great
critical acclaim. This rendition remains the model and standard for
most major stagings of Swan Lake around the world
today.
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