This performance was a modern take on the story, with the male roles taking the lead. Their dancing was powerful, particularly the evil Rothbart character who was portrayed as a kind of half-man, half-swan mutant, his costume and movements almost reptilian in nature. Then balancing this was the very traditional sequences of swans on the lake - where a chorus of female ballerinas transformed themselves into a graceful flock, gliding hauntingly and delicately in the moonlight.
It was a superb production, which had the audience in raptures from beginning to end.
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| Swan Lake Photo thanks to Carolina Sipos at I Love Chile |
The Municipal Theatre itself is an amazingly grandiose building. Built in 1860, it epitomises the height of Chilean society. Its opulent interior includes an enormous crystal chandelier hanging from the centre of a domed ceiling, adorned with Sistine Chapel style paintings.
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