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Swan Lake - Ballet by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Name: Swan Lake - Ballet by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Start: 2026-10-16T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-16T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Fischergasse 37, 88131 Lindau (Bodensee), Germany

Fischergasse 37, 88131 Lindau (Bodensee), Germany
Lindau (Bodensee), Germany
Fri, October 16, 2026 (7:30 pm - 11:59 pm)
Sun, September 26, 2027 (4:00 pm - 11:59 pm)

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Description

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ballet
Duration: 130 minutes including intermission PRODUCTION TEAM
Puppet construction: Bernhard Leismüller / Bernhard Morgenstern
Puppet heads: Sebastian Demmel
Costume tailoring: Bernhard Leismüller / Amand Pérez
Stage design: Bettina Hummitzsch
Choreography & rehearsal: Jutta Mähr CHOREOGRAPHY
Building on the choreography of Petipa, the ensemble of the Marionette Opera developed a very own interpretation of the ballet classic under the direction of Munich choreographer Jutta Mähr. Even though a puppet seemingly can master any physical challenge effortlessly, it was necessary to make the effort visible. The illusion that the muscles tense up to the extreme pain threshold, that the dancers really sweat, that they constantly struggle for their balance, was the main goal of this production. THEATER HISTORY
"Swan Lake" is probably the most famous ballet ever - all classical companies have it in their repertoire. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky took half a year (August 1875 to April 1876) to complete his first ballet, which premiered on February 20, 1877, at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre. The first Russian guest performance in the West took place in 1969 by the Kirov Ballet. Among the newer interpretations, besides the choreography of the lead dancer Rudolf Nureyev, those by George Balanchine (New York 1951), Vladimir Bourmeister (Moscow 1956), John Cranko (Stuttgart 1963), John Neumeier (Hamburg 2002), and the all-male reinterpretation "Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake" (London 1995) became popular.

Highlights

Ballet classic by Tchaikovsky
Duration: 130 minutes including intermission
Unique puppet interpretation

General Information

The ballet "Swan Lake" is performed at the Theater Lindau and offers a special puppet staging under the direction of Jutta Mähr. The performance showcases the challenges and efforts of the dancers in an innovative way.