Swan Lake

Using Tchaikovsky's stirring score and a moving adaptation of the original choreography, the dancers of Ballet West will tell the story of the love of a young man for the cursed Odette, who is destined to spend her life as a swan, unless true love can release her from the spell of the evil Von Rothbart. Read more …

Ballet West is a ballet company that mixes professional dancers with students about to begin their careers. Over recent years, the company has developed a significant reputation in producing very high quality, classical ballet, which has developed loyal audiences in venues throughout Scotland. This production will tour China in the spring, following successful Chinese tours of “The Nutcracker and “Romeo and Juliet” in recent years.

More information on this production is available at www.balletwest.co.uk.

The critical consensus

It isn’t just the emotion in the dancers faces that is apparent, it is the rigours of skill and strength required to perform the classical repertoire. Moreover, for all the aspiring ballerinas in the audience – and there were more than a few – it brings dreams of stardom closer to an attainable reality.

(*) (*) The Scotsman, 10/02/2012