"Swan Lake" opens Colorado Ballet's 56th season with 11 performances from Oct. 7 to 23 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex. Accompanying the dancers will be the Colorado Ballet Orchestra, live, performing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's beautiful score.Based on Russian folk tales, this production features the original choreography from 1895, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, performed by the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg.It was set and updated by American Ballet Principals Amanda McKerrow, John Gardner and Sandra Brown, who is now ballet mistress of the Colorado Ballet. It remains true to traditional choreography with a new fourth act that premiered in 2008.It will be presented in four acts, with two intermissions, and tells the story of Prince Siegfried, who falls in love with Odette, a lovely princess, living under Baron Von Rothbart's wicked curse, which condemns her to forever be the Swan Queen, unless the curse is broken by a royal marriage vow.The sorcerer and his daughter, Odile, work against the romance. Odile becomes the evil black swan.At one point the audience can look forward to seeing 27 swans onstage at one time, according to company director Gil Boggs.Drama, beautiful set pieces and costumes and wonderful music carry this well-known story.If you go"Swan Lake" will be performed from Oct. 7 to 23 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex. Performance dates: 7:30 p.m.: Oct. 7, 8, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22; 2 p.m. Oct. 8, 9, 16, 23. Ticket prices range from $30 to $155: coloradoballet.org or 303-837-8888, ext. 2.Principal dancer plans for futureAt some performances principal dancer Maria Mosina will probably perform as Odette, assuming that a broken foot she suffered during the summer has healed adequately.After 21 seasons with Colorado Ballet, she has announced that this is her final season and she will retire at its end and share her artistry as a teacher in future years.Born in Moscow, she went through rigorous training with the Bolshoi Company and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich Company, touring the world.In 1995, Colorado Ballet invited her to join as a leading principal dancer. She has performed all major parts in classical productions and contemporary ones.
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