Moscow Ballet La Classique: Swan Lake

The renowned Moscow Ballet returns with one of the best-known and enchanting ballet works, Swan Lake. The eternally popular ballet is exquisitely presented by leading starts of The Moscow Ballet. Combine this with dazzling costumes, captivating music and enchanting performances, and this is a show that you will not want to miss. The most popular of all classical ballets and a favourite of ballerinas and audiences alike; all leading dancers want to dance Swan Lake during their careers and all audiences want to see them dance in this, the ultimate fairy-tale ballet. Originally presented, with choreography by Julius Reisinger, at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow on 4 March 1877 but superceded by a new choreographic version by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov at the Maryinsky Theatre, St Petersburg 8 February 1895, Swan Lake subsequently established itself as one of the masterpieces of ballet. The famous Act II of Swan Lake, choreographed by Ivanov as part of a memorial tribute to Tchaikovsky who had died the year before, is performed by almost every ballet company in the world. Moscow Ballet La Classique has thrilled ballet lovers during hugely successful tours of Egypt, Morocco, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Norway, Israel, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK and this world famous company have gained vast international acclaim.