Lac - Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
"After Swan Lake"
Synopsis
Jean-Christophe Maillot has re-worked Swan Lake with writer Jean Rouaud 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 modern-day relevance to the timeless story of Siegfried and Odette.
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