Alexander Ekman: A Swan Lake

Orchestra, choir:

Norwegian National Ballet, Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Conductor:

Per Kristian Skalstad

Choreographer:

Alexander Ekman

"I wanted to do something big, wild, and different. Something with water!" said choreographer Alexander Ekman, filling the main stage of the Oslo Opera House with 5,000 liters of water. In his new full-length work for the Norwegian National Ballet, Swan Lake, the dancers are joined on stage by actors, a soprano, musicians, and 1,000 rubber ducks. Alexander Ekman is an award-winning choreographer whose works have gained international recognition for their inventiveness, musicality, and humor. With music by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson and costumes by Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov, Swan Lake is a fresh and witty version of Tchaikovsky's ballet, which is the ballet of ballets. "A magnificent performance that transcends boundaries," as the Aftenposten newspaper headlined.