Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake

Saint Petersburg's historic ballet theatre presents a live performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in HD.

"This Swan Lake celebrates 275 years of Russian ballet: 275 years ago Empress Anna ordered that the children of the imperial court learned "the foreign steps". It led to a power house of talent who inspired the world. Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Barishnikov, George Balanchine - who created New York City Ballet - and many, many more." (Mariinsky Theatre)

Says Yuri Fateev, the Deputy Director of Mariinsky Ballet: "We perform Swan Lake because this ballet was born in our city and our theatre. This is a very important thing. Now, every ballet company around the world performs Swan Lake but the first one was created for the Mariinsky Theatre stage with the genius of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov."

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