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Swan Lake a Stunning Success

Swan Lake a Stunning Success


Royal New Zealand
Ballet’s Swan Lake, photograph by Maarten
Holl
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Swan Lake, photograph by Maarten Holl

Swan Lake a Stunning Success
Media Release, June 2007

The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s season of Swan Lake has opened to critical acclaim.

Featuring New Zealand guest stars Lisa-Maree Cullum (Munich’s Bayerisches Staatsballett) and husband and wife team Gaylene Cummerfield and Matthew Lawrence (The Australian Ballet), this special production has been receiving rave reviews.

Restaged by celebrated choreographer Russell Kerr and RNZB’s Artistic Director Gary Harris, the production features costume designs by the late Kristian Fredrikson.

Here’s what has been said about the production already:

“This brilliant production should not be missed” Sunday Star-Times

“The sets were entrancing, the costumes gorgeous and the technical skill…breathtaking” The Listener

“A triumph…a flawless performance of exquisite poetry and musicality” Dominion Post

Tickets to shows are still available.

Tour dates: Palmerston North, June 5-6; Napier June 9-10; Auckland, June 13-17; Christchurch, June 21-24; Dunedin, June 28-30.


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