Choreography and director: Kenneth Greve
Conductor: Sergey Poluektov
Stage design and costumes: Karin Betz
Choreographer’s Assistant: Ingrid Němečková, Michaela Černá, Nelly Danko, Marie Hybešová, Igor Žukov
Lights: Pavel Kremlík
Video: Jouka Valkama
Musical arrangements: Julien Thuber

Swan Lake ranks among the most famous classical ballet titles and forms part of the repertoire of all major theatres worldwide. The German fairy tale about Princess Odette, transfigured into a swan, the evil sorcerer Red Beard and the hapless Prince who forgets about his promise has gained immortality owing to P. I. Tchaikovsky’s music, as well as the preserved original choreography by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa. The National Theatre will premiere a new version of this splendid work in the choreography of the world-famous Danish dancer and choreographer Kenneth Greve, who will tailor-make this ballet for our corps de ballet. Our endeavour is to delve down to the story’s roots, to reveal the real depth and symbolism of the work and, while respecting the legacy, to create a theatre and directorial form in keeping with the development of classical dance and theatre within our times.

Appearing:

Odetta / Odilie - Zuzana Susová / Nikola Márová / Adéla Pollertová / Tereza Podařilová Rebecca King

Prince Siegfried - Jiří Kodym / Michal Štípa / Lukáš Slavický / Adam Zvonař / Filip Veverka

von Rothbart - Alexander Katsapov / Filip Janda / Alexej Afanassiev / Karel Audy

Queen - Michaela Černá / Nelly Danko

Pas de trois - Michaela Wenzelová / Jade Clayton / Aya Watanabe / Magdaléna Matějková / Pavla Hrubešová / Karel Audy / Kristýna Němečková / Jiří Waňka / Ondřej Novotný / Jonáš Dolník / Francesco Scarpato

General - Luboš Hajn

Benno - Karel Audy / Jiří Waňka / Ondřej Novotný / Jonáš Dolník / Francesco Scarpato

Odetta in human figure - Zuzana Šimáková / Pavla Hrubešová

Benno’s mother - Jana Jodasová

Pas de quatre - Nicole Delacretaz / Tereza Kučerová / Magdaléna Matějková / Marta Drastíková / Nela Čelišová / Tereza Ulrichová / Ivana Mikešová / Lenka Hrabovská

Sophie Fletcher

Spanish dance - Adéla Pollertová / Magdaléna Matějková / Aya Watanabe

Hungarian dance - Viktor Konvalinka / Ivanna Illyenko / Adam Zvonař / Francesco Scarpato / Jade Clayton

Russian dance - Zuzana Šimáková / Michaela Wenzelová / Kristýna Němečková

Corps de ballet of the National Theatre, Orchestra of the National Theatre