K080 DVD Ballet Swan Lake, Burmeister Version, Complete in Four Acts, La Scala, 2004 Edition Video: Widescreen Running Time: 2 hours 13 minutes Recorded: 2004, Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, Milan Cast: Gianni Giusleni, Svetlana Zakharova, Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, Roberto Bolle Customer Reviews Customers highly rate this ballet, praising it as a masterpiece for its beauty and profound storytelling. They appreciate the deep narrative, the divine and inspired staging, which keeps them engaged. The sharpness of the dance and the acting are also praised, with some saying the performers exude elegance and grace just by being on stage. Overall, the beautiful visuals and the strong storytelling are highly valued, and it seems like a work that people want to watch again and again. About Swan Lake ① Premiere (1877, Reisinger version) Bolshoi Theatre, performed 41 times It is generally believed that this performance was a failure due to the low standards of the choreography, stage design, dancers, and conductor, as well as the audience's lack of understanding of Tchaikovsky's sophisticated music, which was different from traditional ballet music. ② Revival (1895, Petipa-Ivanov version) The current mainstream version, a 3-act, 4-scene structure The choreography was divided between Ivanov, who was in charge of the excerpts, and Marius Petipa, his teacher and the principal ballet master of the Mariinsky Theatre. Specifically, Petipa handled the banquet scene in Act 1, Scene 1, Ivanov handled the lakeside scene in Act 1, Scene 2, Petipa handled the ballroom scene in Act 2 (except for the Neapolitan and Hungarian dances, which were by Ivanov), and Ivanov based on Petipa's original plan for the lakeside scene in Act 3. ③ Representative of revised productions: Burmeister version, complete in 4 acts (1953, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet (now the Moscow Music Theatre Ballet) This version is characterized by bringing the musical composition as close as possible to the original 1877 premiere version. The overall structure is a complete 4-act production with a prologue and epilogue. Major ballet companies currently performing the Burmeister version: ① Moscow Music Theatre Ballet ② Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, Milan ③ Paris Opera Ballet (alternating performances of the Petipa and Burmeister versions) This method was used for many years, but is currently unconfirmed.