Sometimes a single second is all it takes…
Black and White is essentially a modernized version of the flagship of the classic repertoire - Swan Lake. It is a title that belongs to the most performed ballets in the world. Our version, which was a big success in the US, but represents today. It is an attempt to bring this work closer to the younger generation by looking at it from a different angle, denying all traditions and visually reimagining Swan Lake as such. In the classical interpretation of the ballet, the dominant characters are ballerinas (the main dual role of Odette - Odílie), so it is mainly a statement of the female element. In our version, we offer a view of Swan Lake through the main character, Prince Siegfried, who is going through a difficult life situation connected with the treatment of a serious disease - cancer. Sometimes all it takes is a second - and life turns upside down. Siegfried searches for himself in the beauty of a gentle and almost perfect creature like the Swan. Like the prince in the classic version of the story, he is faced with a choice. White and black... Is the color white really so innocent, or is it far more dangerous than black? Some cultures consider black to be much more predictable than white... It's about how we see things: perhaps paradoxically, black is much more helpful in realizing our direction.
Premiere: March 20, 2015 at the Mahen Theater
