I can’t remember seeing a better production of Swan Lake than this one by St Petersburg Ballet Theatre.



This was more than poetry, it was majestic artistic movement raised to the highest level.



This production spared nothing in scenery, sound and lighting effects and costumes.



Irina Kolesnikova was quite extraordinary. Her Odette was a tormented, passionately loving young woman. The pas de deux between her and Siegfried were exquisite scenes of ecstasy mixed with the pain of a hopeless love.



One of the most noticeable aspects of the production was the exquisite symmetry of the corps as the bewitched swans.