Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Swan Lake: A Photo Essay







The world-famous Mariinsky Theater (formerly known as the Kirov)


Panel featuring the Imperial Double Eagle in the the atrium of the Mariinsky

Ceiling fresco in the atrium

Original character sketches for Odile (the Black Swan) and the Princess-Regent

Character sketch for the evil wizard Rothbart

Interior of the Mariinsky

Act One curtain call, with Odette, Prince Siegfried and a legion of Swan Maidens

Act Two curtain call: Odile takes her bow
(the same dancer plays both Odette and Odile)

Odile and Siegfried, with assorted members of the Kirov in the background

Act Three curtain call....damn, that's a lot of Swan Maidens

The conductor of the flawless pit orchestra takes his much-deserved bow

Diana Vishneva, Prima Ballerina of the Kirov troupe
(She's the dancer who played Odette and Odile)

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