English National Ballet's Swan Lake in-the-round - casting announced

What better place to spend a warm (let's hope!) summer's evening than beside a lake.  Next month, English National Ballet will dance their mesmerizing Swan Lake in-the-round, at the Royal Albert Hall.  They literally triple the number of swans on stage - to 60 - and feathers will fly !  Everyone has been working flat out to bring you a perfectly drilled flock of swans - hypnotic in any setting but here, in-the-round, every angle is covered.

Here is a short video clip of the production which highlights the sheer scope of this production.  With so many swans to rehearse, the company de-camp to a film studio for several weeks - a normal studio just isn't big enough.  60 tutu's take up a lot of space !

Erina Takahashi as Odette

Photo: Patrick Baldwin

Vadim Muntagirov, ENB's young dancer who skipped 8 years in the corp de ballet to join the Company as a First Artist, makes his debut in the Principal role of Prince Siegfried and opens the run of performances.  His Odette/Odile for the First Night is Polina Semionova, a Principal from the Berlin State Opera Ballet.  On 17th and 19th June, Vadim is partnered with English National Ballet's Senior Principal dancer Daria Klimentová.  You won't want to miss any of them !
 

Sofiane Sylve and Friedemann Vogel

Photo: Daria Klimentová

When you read through the casting, in addition to Vadim opening the run of performances with Daria Klimentová - (a multi-talented lady whose beautiful photographs you can see on this page) - there are also two very notable debuts which I'd like to draw your attention to.

Begoña Cao and Esteban Berlanga will debut in the matinee performance on 12th June.  Both dancers have the technique and precision to make Swan Lake their own, with beautiful fluid lines and dramatic ability.

The casting is (in the order Odette/Odile, Prince Siegfried, Rothbart) :

9 June 7.30pm
Polina Semionova, Vadim Muntagirov*, Tamás Solymosi

10 June 7.30pm
Erina Takahashi, Dmitri Gruzdyev, Tamás Solymosi

11 June 7.30pm
Polina Semionova, Vadim Muntagirov, Tamás Solymosi

12 June 2.30pm
Begoña Cao*, Esteban Berlanga*, Tamás Solymosi

12 June 7.30pm
Erina Takahashi, Dmitri Gruzdyev, Tamás Solymosi

13 June 2.30 pm
Elena Glurdjidze, Arionel Vargas, Tamás Solymosi

15 June 7.30 pm
Polina Semionova, Vadim Muntagirov, Tamás Solymosi

16 June 2pm
Begoña Cao, Esteban Berlanga, Tamás Solymosi

16 June 7.30 pm
Elena Glurdjidze, Arionel Vargas, Tamás Solymosi

17 June 7.30 pm
Daria Klimentová, Vadim Muntagirov, Tamás Solymosi

18 June 7.30 pm
Elena Glurdjidze, Arionel Vargas, Tamás Solymosi

19 June 2.30 pm
Erina Takahashi, Dmitri Gruzdyev, Tamás Solymosi

19 June 7.30 pm
Daria Klimentová, Vadim Muntagirov, Tamás Solymosi

* Debut in role

9 - 19 June

Royal Albert Hall Box Office : 0845 401 5045

Please note that English National Ballet reserves the right to make alterations to the programme, casting, dates, times, discounts and prices as necessary.

Sofiane Sylve and Friedemann Vogel

Photo: Daria Klimentová