Theatre Royal, NewcastleDespite contemporary costumes and choreography, Scottish Ballet's Swan Lake remains stuck in the 19th centuryIn his new version of Swan Lake for Scottish Ballet, David Dawson's brief was to make audiences look at the work in a fresh way. His strategy has been to strip out all but the bare bones of the plot, and to replace the traditional choreography with a more free-flowing neoclassicism. The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:28AM on May 15, 2016