"Swan Lake" - synonymous with ballet in general: a love story, masterfully danced by the International Festival Ballet in enchanting costumes, accompanied by Tchaikovsky's timeless music.
For many, "Swan Lake" is synonymous with ballet. It is an immortal story of the power of true love, of the young Prince Siegfried who falls in love with the swan princess Odette and wants to free her from the spell of the evil sorcerer Rothbart, which the International Festival Ballet tells in opulent images. The numerous highlights that have enabled the ballet to captivate audiences for more than 120 years include Siegfried's pas de deux with the white swan and the black swan and the legendary dance of the little swans. With incomparable lightness and elegance, paired with the highest technical perfection, the renowned International Festival Ballet brings these highlights of classical ballet to the stage in enchanting costumes, demanding the highest physical and dramatic performances from every dancer. A magnificent stage set reveals to the audience the fairy-tale plot full of danced emotions between love and longing, jealousy, anger, pain and happiness. The consummate beauty of Tchaikovsky's music and the deeply human ideal of love, loyalty and harmony inherent in the dance are timeless.
