Highlights, Rehearsals June 20, 2018

The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake: a photo gallery

Marianela Núñez as Odette, Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried

This season, the Royal Ballet welcomed a brand new production of Swan Lake by its resident choreographer, Liam Scarlett. Replacing the previous staging by Anthony Dowell, the current production is set to become a staple in the company’s repertory, with additional choreography that complements the original Petipa/Ivanov text and splendid designs by John Macfarlane. Alice Pennefather’s gallery below captures the beauty and allure of Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov’s partnership as Odette/Odile and Prince Siegfried:

Marianela Núñez as Odette and Bennet Gartside as Von Rothbart in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake
Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake
Artists of The Royal Ballet in The Royal Ballet's Swan Lake
Marianela Núñez as Odette in the Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake
Mayara Magri and Tierney Heap as Big Swans in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake.
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Marianela Núñez as Odette and Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried in Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake
Akane Takada in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake.
Francesca Hayward in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake
Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried in Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake
Marianela Núñez as Odile in Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake
Marianela Núñez as Odile and Vadim Muntagirov in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake
Marianela Núñez as Odette in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake. Photo: © Alice Pennefather / Courtesy of the Royal Opera House
Marianela Núñez as Odette, Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried and Artists of The Royal Ballet in the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake
Marianela Núñez as Odette, Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried, Bennet Gartside as Von Rothbart and Artists of the Royal Ballet in Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake
All photos: © Alice Pennefather, courtesy of ROH.

Alice’s creative talents lie in image making. After studying photography at Falmouth College of Arts, she spent 6 years travelling and working abroad, focusing on scuba diving and filming underwater. She has recently returned to London and rediscovered her love of everything Ballet. Alice now works as a freelance photographer, and is a regular at the Royal Ballet General Rehearsals – photographing for us here at The Ballet Bag. You can see more of Alice’s work at alicepennefatherdancephotography.wordpress.com

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