Kiew Grand Ballet — Swan Lake

Musical Theater Basel
© ksenia orlova
Thursday, 09 January
19:30

The Kiev Grand Ballet from Ukraine has been one of the most successful touring ensembles in the international ballet world for years. Due to the outbreak of the war, the ballet company was “stranded” in Paris in February 2022. Solidarity actions then led to tours through various European and American countries. In January 2023, the Kiev Grand Ballet visited Switzerland for the first time. The award-winning ballet dancers will return with the ballet classic “Swan Lake” in January 2025.
The fairy tale “Swan Lake” of the enchanted Princess Odette with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of the great, timeless ballet classics. “Swan Lake” requires top dancing performance on the one hand, and acting talent on the other—and both are implemented with effortless ease. The story tells of Prince Siegfried, who observes a flock of wild swans on the eve of his 21st birthday and decides to go hunting. Beforehand, his mother warned him to choose a wife at the ball organized for this purpose the next day. As the prince prepares to shoot, the most graceful of the swans transforms into a beautiful woman, Odette. She was cursed by the magician Redbeard and can only be freed by vowing eternal loyalty and honest love. The prince promises to keep this oath. But Redbeard overheard the couple. He prevents Odette from appearing at the ball and instead smuggles his daughter Odile into the ball in the form of the (now black-dressed) Swan Queen. The deception succeeds. When Redbeard reveals the deception, Siegfried, seized with horror, rushes to the lake. There in the last act he meets the real Odette and the magician Redbeard, who is chasing after him. A final battle for Odette's liberation and the magic of true love begins.
Tickets are CHF 60.10-120.50.

Website
actnews.ch/events/schwanensee-2025

Where
Musical Theater Basel
Feldbergstrasse 151
4058 Basel

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