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Jean-Christophe Maillot has re-worked Swan Lake with the writer Jean Rouaud (1990 Prix Goncourt winner) to bring a new drama to this pillar of the classic repertoire. This new adaptation, filmed in a special studio-setting at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, brings a modern-day relevance to the timeless story of Siegfried and Odette. Designed by leading visual artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest. with costumes by Philippe Guillotel, and performed to a specially conceived and mastered soundtrack of Tchaikovsky's score performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, directed by Leonard Slatkin. the production has been hailed as 'outstanding' (Le Figaro), while the Jerusalem Post asserted 'Swan Lake will never be the same after the tempestous Lac'.

Jean-Christophe Maillot LAC After Swan Lake

Her Majesty The Night - Bernice Coppieters
The White Swan - Anja Behrend
The Black Swan - April Ball
The Prince - Stephan Bourgond
The King - Alvaro Prieto
The Queen - Mimoza Koike
The Prince’s Confidant - Jeroen Verbruggen
The Archangel of Darkness 1 - Asier Uriagereka
The Archangel of Darkness 2 - Asier Edeso
The Five Candidates / The Conceited Woman - Simone Webster
The Indifferent Pretender - Gaëlle Riou
The Libertine 1 - Anjara Ballesteros
The Libertine 2 - Noelani Pantastico
The Insatiable Woman - Maude Sabourin

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Jean-Christophe Maillot, choreographer and lighting designer
Ernest Pignon-Ernest, set designer
Philippe Guillotel, costume designer
Samuel Thery, lighting designer

Music:
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

Recorded live at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 2013

Bonus:
- Cast Gallery

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 93 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)