The most famous ballet ever, performed by the company that INVENTED it. Pure magic.
The classic Mariinsky (Kirov) production of the greatest of all ballets. Filmed in the imperial splendor of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg. Starring Ulyana Lopatkina, Danila Korsuntsev and the breathtaking Mariinsky corps de ballet. Conducted by the great Russian maestro Valery Gergiev.
Acting
Lopatkina's dual performance is technically flawless.
Production
The Mariinsky corps de ballet moves as one breathtaking organism.
Direction
MacGibbon captures live performance without killing the energy.
Director
Ross MacGibbon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Mariinsky Theatre is where Swan Lake premiered in 1895; this production preserves choreography largely unchanged since Petipa and Ivanov.
Lopatkina was already 33 here—ancient for a principal—yet her extensions remain otherworldly. She retired in 2017 and became the theatre's ballet mistress.
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