Swan Lake
chor. Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1877, 1895)
recension James Kudelka (1999)
National Ballet of Canada
9 - 17 November 2013
performance 9 November 2013 (evening)
with McGee Maddox (Prince Siegfried), Xiao Nan Yu (Odette / Odile), Étienne Lavigne (Rothbart)
To my surprise the casting worked well. Xiao Nan Yu was an emotive and lovely Odette and an arresting Odile. McGee Maddox, a strapping boy, made for a sensitive certainly strong prince with his own ideas. He looked good and distinctive in the role. In this version of the storied ballet James Kudelka likes to scatter the swans around when he can and makes Rothbart a central figure.
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