Swan Lake

National Ballet Theatre of Odessa, Ukraine

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov 

This full-scale production, set to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky and based on Russian folklore and German legend, follows a heroic young prince as he works to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell.

This is the company’s first visit to the US with 55 of the brightest ballet stars to bring this romantic tale of true love to life.

This ballet will be four acts with one intermission.

The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa is located within the prestigious Opera Theater, where the greatest divas of Russian ballet, from Anna Pavlova to Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya, performed.

Since 2009, Yuri Vasyuchenko, an Honorary Artist of Russia and exclusive soloist for Bolshoi has served as the ballet manager of the National Ballet Theatre of Odessa. The company is recognized as one of the most prestigious institutions of classical ballet in Russia. It boasts an extremely varied repertoire, carrying the honor to preserve the precious heritage of the great Russian ballets.

A part of the company’s repertoire has always been the great masterpieces of classic ballet -- from Sylphideby Bournonville, Giselle by Adam; Don Quixote and La bayadère by Minkus; Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, to the various twentieth century ballets by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Falla and Shchedrin.

The ballet company consists of the best performers, who are graduates of the prestigious Ukrainian and Russian choreography schools. Many talented artists have danced with the company and become soloists in major international companies.

Over the years, the National Ballet Theatre of Odessa ballet has earned its first-class international reputation.