Classic that never swans off stage
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"Swan Lake" by St Petersburg Ballet Theater [Shanghai Daily] |
Wu Yuhai has already bought two tickets for the "Swan Lake" ballet performance on Christmas Day at the Shanghai Grand Theater. And it will be the fifth show the 72-year-old and his wife attend this year at the venue.
"'Swan Lake' is one of my favorites and I haven't missed a single version this season," says Wu, a retired music teacher who loves concerts and dance.
The upcoming version on Christmas Day will be presented by Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of MI Glinka.
It is the fourth version of "Swan Lake" staged in Shanghai during this performing season which began in August, and another is waiting in the wings for January.
The classical Russian ballet composed by Tchaikovsky during 1875 and 1876 about the story of Odette-Odile, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse, has been presented in many different versions by numerous corps all over the world, and it's one of the most familiar and successful ballet works to Chinese audiences.
In August, Shanghai Ballet performed "Swan Lake" to launch the new performance season at Shanghai Grand Theater and celebrate the theater's 11th anniversary.
In late September, America's oldest professional ballet company San Francisco Ballet and principal ballerina, Shanghai native Tan Yuanyuan, visited China with Helgi Tomasson's full-length production of "Swan Lake."
The tour marked the first visit by San Francisco Ballet to Asia, including prestigious engagements in Shanghai, Beijing and Suzhou, Jiangsu Province for a total of eight performances.
This version was choreographed by Tomasson, the company's artistic director and principal choreographer, which premiered in 1988 at War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. It's the first American production of "Swan Lake."
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