Johan Inger’s choreography of Swan Lake in the Semperoper is available on ARTE from 17 December.
Swedish choreographer Johan Inger’s works are renowned for their wry, poetic and humorous take on human relationships, with his adaptations of Carmen and Peer Gynt garnering particular acclaim.
Now he reveals a new facet of his art in this latest production of „A Swan Lake”. Taking his inspiration from „The Stolen Veil” – one of a collection of folk tales by Johann August Musäus – he builds a decidedly modern story around the famous swan.
On the stage of the Semperoper in Dresden, set designers Letici Gañán and Curt Allen Wilmer explore the full potential afforded by the intersection of architecture and scenography.
With movable walls, mirrors, lights, colours and projections, the pair behind Estudiodedos create a vast array of sensory experiences in which dance and space intertwine, ultimately merging into a single narrative thread.
Ballet filmed on 17 December 2023 at the Semperoper in Dresden.