1. SWAN LAKE

2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky created this ballet in
1875-1876.

3. The scenario originates from the Russian folk tales
and tells the story of the princess Odette, who was
turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse

4. The
choreographer
of the original
version was
Julius Reisinger.
The first
performance
was shown in
the Bolshoi
Theatre on the
4th
of March,
1877

5. Nowadays many theatres prefer another
interpretation of the ballet made by Marius Petipa
and Lev Ivanov for the Imperial Ballet at the
Mariinsky Theatre in 1895

6. The famous
Russian ballet
dancer and
choreographer
Fyodor
Lopukhov
called
Swan Lake
“the national
ballet”
We strongly
recommend
you
to watch this
amazing
performance.

7. The famous
Russian ballet
dancer and
choreographer
Fyodor
Lopukhov
called
Swan Lake
“the national
ballet”
We strongly
recommend
you
to watch this
amazing
performance.