English National Ballet's Swan Lake casting

Pull on your Ballet shoes! English National Ballet has announced the casting for it's upcoming production of Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall, with Artistic Director Tamara Rojo dancing the lead on certain nights. Running from 12-23 June, ENB’s Swan Lake became notorious during the filming of the company’s documentary, Agony and Ecstasy in which choreographer Derek Deane showed a ruthless, yet arguably relevant attitude. Alongside Rojo will be Vadim Muntagirov and Daria Klimentova, Dmitiri Gruzdyev and Fernanda Oliveira, Erina Takahashi and Zdenek Konvalina. Laurretta Summerscales makes her debut appearance in the Odette/Odile role. Laurretta, a 22 year old former pupil of English National Ballet School, won this years’ Emerging Dancer Competition People’s Choice Award, where she performed the Black Swan solo in the Swan Lake Act III pas de deux. Rojo will dance opposite Matthew Golding, who makes his debut with the Company, performing together on the opening night, Wednesday June 12th, Saturday 15th and Tuesday 18th June. A Principal with Dutch National Ballet, Matthew will appear in the role of Prince Siegfried. This will be the seventh season in which this ballet has been performed in-the-round. Featuring more than 120 dancers on stage, this production has delighted audiences around the world and has been seen by nearly 550,000 people since its premiere in May 1997. Set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score, played by an orchestra of more than 80 musicians, this magnificent production features acrobats, jugglers and 60 swans gliding across the arena within the magical splendour of the Royal Albert Hall. The dramatic narrative of Prince Siegfried’s fight for the love of the Queen of the swans, Odette is told through sumptuous costume designs and choreography that uses the space to great effect.