Irina Kolesnikova Season

With the stunning and world famous Prima Ballerina, Irina Kolesnikova, St Petersburgh Ballet Theatre has toured the world with their first-class interpretations of the Russian classics. Their Swan Lake retains the original, timeless Pepita and Ivanov choreography, set to the twinkling, haunting score by Tchaikovsky. With Kolesnikova as the enchanting Odette.

Swan Lake: Odette's story

Dashing, but pressured Prince Siegfried is urged by his mother to marry soon and bids that he chooses a spouse the following night, at the royal ball. Frustrated, he goes hunting with his friends, and after becoming separated, is stunned when one of the swans he marked for prey, transforms into a beautiful maiden.

He falls deeply in love, but she is terrified of him. Upon winning his trust, she divulges that she and her companions are victims of an evil spell, cast by a sorcerer Von Rothbart, who traps them on the lake and in their Swan like form, only becoming human for the night. The only way to break this spell is for one who has never loved to love her, The Swan Queen.

Prince Siegfried sets out to break the spell and rescue Odette, pitting him against he evil sorcerer in a this wonderful filling story of magic and romance. As one of the famous ballets of all time, this is a must see for all ages.