ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ

After “Snow White” and “Romeo and Juliet”, Angelin Preljocaj returns to narrative ballet and his taste for stories. Mixing Tchaikovsky’s musical masterpiece with more contemporary arrangements, he tackles this monument of the classical repertoire. A work begun in 2018 with “Ghost”, where he was already paying tribute to Marius Petipa by projecting himself into the choreographer’s imagination at the time when the idea of his “Swan Lake” came to him. Faithful to the original work, it transposes

the story of the swan princess at the heart of the problems of our time.

Odette is a young girl sensitive to environmental issues. As for Siegfried, he is the  on of the CEO of a company specializing in the sale of drilling platforms. One evening, as Odette wanders by the Swan Lake, she comes face to face with Rothbart, a corrupt entrepreneur and part-time sorcerer. He has discovered a fossil fuel deposit near the lake and seeks to exploit the land. But confronted with the young girl, whom he fears might thwart his plans, he uses his powers and turns her into a swan... The inventiveness and richness of Angelin Preljocaj’s choreographic language, always infused with dreaminess and sensuality, make this Swan Lake, performed by the formidable dancers of his company, a new success!