Swan Lake
World Premiere | Mariinsky Ballet at The Mariinsky Theatre, Russia, 1895 |
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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.