Swan Lake

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Music: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Konstantin Sergeyev

Performers

Mariinsky Ballet
Ilya Petrov	Dancer
Yana Selina	Dancer
Valeria Martinyuk	Dancer
Alexei Timofeyev	Dancer
Alina Somova	Dancer	Odette/ Odile
Evgeny Ivanchenko	Dancer	Prince Siegfried
Andrei Yermakov	Dancer	An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart

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Mariinsky Ballet in London perform Swan Lake

Margaret Willis, 27th July

Sadly for many, the world of ballet will always be negatively associated with the psychotic actions and mental state of the ballerina in the Oscar winning film Black Swan. However this summer, it is the white swans—all 32 of them—who are showing London audiences the impressive beauty of their classical ballet training.