★★★★

Matthew Bourne’s iconic reimagining of Swan Lake still has gravitas, 30 years on from its historic premiere.

★★★

The State Ballet of Georgia perform in London for the first time in the company’s 175-year history. Their performance of Swan Lake (starring Nino Samadashvili as Odette/Odile and Oleg Linhai as Siegfried) was a tad hit and miss but featured the greatest Spanish Dance I’ve ever seen #RubberForSpines!

★★★★★

Our author travels to Rome to watch Royal Ballet stars Vadim Muntagirov and Fumi Kaneko perform Swan Lake with Opera Roma. It’s a highly emotive production by Benjamin Pech containing fantastic storytelling at its heart. A new favourite Swanny has been crowned.

★★★★

After waiting at least five years, our author ticks off a bucket-list Swan Lake with English National Ballet’s 360 version by Derek Deane performed at the Royal Albert Hall. It starred Ivana Bueno and Franceso Gabriele Frola.