TCHAIKOVSKY TRILOGY Tickets and Dates

PETER SCHAUFUSS BALLET - TCHAIKOVSKY TRILOGY SWAN LAKE/SLEEPING BEAUTY/THE NUTCRACKER Visiting Company 'Peter Schaufuss's Tchaikovsky trilogy generates excitement wherever it is staged' The Observer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ B.T (Copenhagen) 'Nothing less than genius' Jylands Posten (Copenhagen) 'This immensely talented man knew what he wanted to do, grabbed the chance and did it' Sunday Telegraph 'This trilogy is a juicy treat' The Stage Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky's first full length ballet, premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 1877. The trilogy of Tchaikovsky ballets all have their roots in fairy tales. To see them as a trilogy rather than three separate works, emphasises something else they have in common - the child in an adult world and the transition between the two. Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky's second and most romantic ballet, premiered in St Petersberg in 1890. Since its premiere there have been countless tradtional productions and some modern versions. The traditional emphasis is on dancing and technique; in the modern, psychological interpretation usually comes to the fore, focusing on the struggle between good and evil and a young girl's transition from child to woman. Danish superstar Alban Lendorf dances all performances of Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. Based on Hoffmann's fairy story, The Nutcracker premiered in 1892 has become a perennial Christmas favourite. Nutcracker together with the other two ballets can be interpreted as three dreams - one a nightmare, one a sensual experience, and one a happy dream. In all three, sitting alongside the traditional 'fairy tale element' is the human journey from pain and cruelty to joyful redemption. With the trilogy complete, Tchaikovsky had taken ballet to a new peak.