Theatre Review: Swan Lake in-the-round


Ballet dancers dressed as swans.

I thought I didn't know Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. But, like all truly great cultural phenomena, it had disseminated itself through the cultureweb so thoroughly that I felt completely familiar with it. Performed in the round, from our nosebleed seats we had a stunning view of the action. The full floor of the Royal Albert Hall is used - there's so much going on that it become hard to take it all in. The gods'-eye-view makes it feel a little like Virtual Reality - turn your head the wrong way for …

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