Universal Ballet

Swan Lake

World Premiere Mariinsky Ballet at The Mariinsky Theatre, Russia, 1895
Universal Ballet Premiere The Little Angels Performing Arts Center on October 30, 1992
Choreography Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov
Additional Choreography Oleg Vinogradov
Music Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Set Design Simon Pastukh
Costume Design Galina Solovieva
Lighting Design Nakchoen Kang
Composition 4 scenes and 2 acts
Running Time 2 hours 20 minutes

The ballet Swan Lake was originally created in Moscow in 1877, to a score commissioned from Tchaikovsky, the earliest of his three major ballet scores. The production was not very successful, however, and the version widely known today was produced in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theater. 


The second scene, where Siegfried meets Odette among the swans by the lake was choreographed in 1894 by Lev Ivanov for a memorial concert, and the full-length version was created by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov the following year. Over the years alterations were made at various times by the staff at the Mariinsky Theater, most notable the revisions made in 1950 by Konstantin Sergeyev. 


The version performed by Universal Ballet also includes further changes by Oleg Vinogradov, who succeeded Sergeyev as the head of the ballet company at the Mariinsky and Bingxian Liu, Universal Ballet’s current Artistic Director.

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