‘Swan Lake’ | Sharp focus on gorgeous choreography

By Elizabeth Kramer for the Courier-Journal

Add Louisville Ballet’s Robert Curran to the record of those who have reimagined the iconic ballet “Swan Lake” with its lush score from Tchaikovsky, beautifully played by the Louisville Orchestra on Friday night.

While Curran’s choreography remained true to the ballet’s tradition with much of it rooted it in the oldest version created by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, it also seamlessly fused it with a narrative set in another time against a scenic design created entirely by lasers and other lights.

Those designs, created by scenic designers Ryan Daly and Garret Crabtree, created lines of colors that framed the dancers and often expanded into wide swaths of light. At times, that light was animated as it contained gently swirling and illuminated fog.

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SWAN LAKE

November 11-14 2021
The Brown Theatre
Choreography by Robert Curran
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchakiovsky

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The Brown-Forman Nutcracker

December 11-23, 2021
Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
Choreography by Val Caniparoli
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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ChorShow

January 12-22, 2022
Louisville Ballet Studios

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Spotlight Series: Impressionism to Jazz

March 3-5, 2022
The Brown Theatre
A mixed repertory evening featuring:

Emeralds

Choreography by George Balanchine

Music: "Pelléas et Mélisande" + "Shylock" by Gabriel Fauré

In G Major

Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Music: "Piano Concerto in G Major" by Maurice Ravel

World Premiere Work

Music by Louisville-based Jazz Composer and Musician, Dick Sisto

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Sleeping Beauty

March 31 - April 2, 2022
The Brown Theatre
Choreography by Adam Hougland
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchakiovsky

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