P. I. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov - Ballet Paris Opera Orchestra ()

Odette / Odile: Léonore Baulac Le Prince Siegfried: Germain Louvet Rothbart: François Alu La Reine: Sophie Mayoux Le Pas de trois (1ère variation femme): Sae Eun Park Le Pas de trois (2ème variation femme): Hannah O’Neill Le Pas de trois (homme): Paul Marque In Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky took up the legend of the immaculate bird to create some of the most beautiful music ever written for ballet. The choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov left their distinguished mark on this story of an impossible love between an earthly prince and a bird‑princess, refashioning the myth of the swan‑dancer, the ultimate ballerina. When creating his version for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1984, Rudolf Nureyev chose to give it a Freudian dimension, illuminating Tchaikovsky’s poetic dream through a sense of profound hopelessness.