Fast Breakdance meets classical dance - rousing beats of a large orchestra. In the new production of Swan Lake Reloaded Swedish choreographer Fredrik Rydman Tchaikovsky's masterpiece transformed into a modern street dance spectacle in the red light district. Swans as heroin-addicted prostitutes. Redbeard as a pimp and drug dealer.

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After the 175th anniversary of Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky's most spectacular dance performance more recently versa beginning of 2016. Back on German stages. Instead tutus, magic and supernatural powers the new staging Swan Lake Reloaded plays in urban areas of the modern era. The central theme is the drug craving and love. "Dynamic, delirious, dazzling. The most ambitious and Effecting piece of street theater dance I've ever seen, "judged The Times. Right away the bold new edition of audiences and critics impressed throughout Europe. Swan Lake is the most performed ballet in the world. But no one has ever done before Rydman the enchanted swans to drogenabhänigen prostitutes. Swan Lake Reloaded throwback to Tchaikovsky classics on the amount of time.

Swan Lake is often referred to as the "ballet of the ballets". No wonder it is still listed in the world in countless edits and new productions repeatedly for over 130 years. Now Fredrik Rydman presents his version of the apparently immortal ballet and fairy tale about love, deception and death. The genesis of Swan Lake is long and full of obstacles and setbacks - perhaps one reason for the sustained success. Undoubtedly Swan Lake has long been a myth.

Much is shrouded in darkness. The memories fade and the stories that were told, freely mix a cocktail of poetry and truth. What it is true and what is not, certainly does not matter much. For generations, the ballet was loved and hated and attracted artists and audiences alike.

Peter I. Tchaikovsky considered to be one of the most important Russian composers of the 19th century. Among the most famous pieces include, inter alia, Swan Lake in 1877 and The Nutcracker 1892. His operas and ballets, symphonies, chamber music and oratorio repertoire are now part of almost every culture industry. He was born on May 7, 1840 Russian Votkinsk. It turned out very early that he was very musical. They had not planned for him this way. At that time was considered the profession as untrustworthy. After Tchaikovsky So initially until 1863 worked as a judicial officer, as you wanted it from him, he finally decided but for his own way and studied in St. Petersburg Music, among others, Anton Rubinstein.

The Story of Swan Lake began in the summer of 1875, when Pyotr Tchaikovsky accepted the order of the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre to compose a ballet: Swan Lake (in Russian Original Lebedinoje Ozero). A year later, work on the score had been completed. From the musical fairy tale "The lake of the swans", which he had written for his sister's children, he took over the famous swan motif. The choreography was born in Austria ballet master Julius Wenzel Reisinger was entrusted. Since he held untanzbar Tchaikovsky's music for controversial and largely, he simply stroked the pieces that did not please him and replaced them with numbers from other ballets. The premiere took place in March 1877, and was mostly taken up with disinterest. Despite Reisingers changes the music the choreography was still difficult in dance feasible, ultimately mediocre.

1995 - one hundred years after the first success and probably inspired by Mats Ek - noted the English choreographer Matthew Bourne before his controversial staging. All female swan dancers are flown away, there is no more dancers, but only dancers. "I wanted something lyrical for men make," he said. In his opinion, the lyrical dance was too long only female roles and reserved for women as dancers. Maybe it's a sign of strength that no ballet has ever experienced so much satire and irony as Swan Lake.

Speaking of male and female. Particularly amusing it must have been to leave the dance of four young swans list of male dancers. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo had just this batch of Swan international success. The ballet company, which consists exclusively of men, engaged since its founding in 1974 with ballet classics - most likely with Swan Lake. (Cecilia Olsson)

In Germany, one of the most notable productions certainly John Neumeier "Illusions - like Swan Lake". Written in 1976 for the Hamburg Ballet, it was considered a great continuation of the ballet art in the future.

The plot of the tale Swan was blended with a human destiny of our time. Meanwhile the work in decor and choreographic implementation patina has recognized. But Neumeier sensitive dramaturgical skill types and cliché situations of classic romantic ballet to be replaced by people and their psychologically credible actions, interested still. Here one experiences a man torn between societal demands and its homophilic and artistic inclinations. For insane and declared locked, drifting this "king" into memories and wishful visions. In a so reminded "Swan Lake" concept he dreams himself into the figure of Prince Siegfried. And at the masked ball will be released in his swan costume fiancée Natalia for him to real swan queen. With this easy-refined equating the King to the Prince-Märchenfigur Neumeier has already characterized his anti-hero dazzling.

The dancers

Maria Andersson - Odette, the white swan
Kevin Foo - Siegfried, the prince
                     Swing: friends of the prince
Joshua Kinsella - Rotbart
Lizzie Gough - the mother
                          Swing: Odette
Victor Mengarelli - the joker, father
Lisa Arnold - Odile, the black swan
Bianca Fernström - swan
                                   Swing: Odile
Anna Näsström - mother's female friend
Raineir Del Valle - Siegfrieds friend
Martin Jonsson - Siegfrieds friend
                              Swing: Rotbart
Teneisha Bonner - Swing: the mother
Daniel Grindeland .- Swing: joker and the father
Ida Kumar - Swing: Schwan, mother's friend
Kenny Lantz - Swing: Siegfried and friends of the prince

Tour 2016

jan. 12 –  jan. 17  Stuttgart Theaterhaus

jan. 19 –  jan. 24 Düsseldorf Capitol

jan. 28 –  jan. 31 Hannover Theater am Aegi

feb. 02 –  feb. 07 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle

feb. 09 –  feb. 14 Hamburg Mehr Theater Hamburg

feb. 16 –  feb. 21 Berlin Admiralspalast

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