Cullberg Ballet

In anticipation of December’s arrival of the Bolshoi Ballet, also at the Northrop, this much-decorated Swedish troupe presents Mats Eks’ modern reworking of Swan Lake . It makes a certain amount of sense to put the cart before the horse like this; as much as we might like to, we cannot escape the constraints of our own time and the paradigm in which we view a classic like Swan Lake , so we may as well be up front about our 21st century assumptions, right? Classical ballet itself is bound by archaic forms and timebound fashions—one might argue it’s an anachronism in itself. But then one wouldn’t be arguing from an informed point of view. Don’t do that. Catch Cullberg’s much-anticipated return to Minneapolis after a 20-year hiatus. You’ll be firing on all cylinders by the time that Russian crew comes to town.


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