Blurring the lines of its surreal world with a smoke-filled vision that veils the Lowry audience besides Odette’s moonlit lake, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s (BRB) enchanting production will leave onlookers spellbound by the classic retelling of the fable. Awaiting her true love to rescue her from a wizard’s spell, Odette roams the Earth as a swan, captivating observers with her ethereal beauty. Wandering with her large ensemble, BRB’s boundless staging of the princess’s lair eng

The award-winning company New Adventures has a collection of modern classics under its wing. It is the world’s longest running ballet production, offering timeless cinematic pieces that carry young audiences into the theatre with an appreciation for the silent array of talent on show. The unforgettable performances in Swan Lake have been recaptured in director/choreographer Matthew Bourne’s vision that shelves the traditional tutu and pointe shoes for a modernises revision of

Balancing flights of fantasy in celebratory settings, Moscow City Ballet’s strong storytelling will boost audience’s appreciation of one of ballets most popular classics. Suspended disbelief and enter a world in which an evil magician has cast a spell condemning the young Odette to be a swan by day and human by night. With the only cure being the love of a young man who has never loved before, the four acts switch between the bank of Odette’s lake and Prince Siegfried’s castl

The Russian State Ballet of Siberia retells the tragic tale of Prince Siegfried, a magician and Princess Odette, with the Bridgewater Hall playing host to this stripped back production directed by Sergei Brobov. In a tale that is ultimately about innocence, passion and plotting, the cast spotlight a romance that has captured the attention of hard-core ballet fans since 1877. Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Russian State Ballet, the show embraces a limited number of props