Maria Luisa Buzzi will lead the discussion. She is a journalist and the press officer for Oriente Occidente.
Have you heard of the "Swan Lake" campsite, located—as the name suggests—by the side of a lake surrounded by trash and debris? This is the setting where Kostantinos Rigos has placed his contemporary and "trash" version of the famous Swan Lake.
In this modern-day setting of Swan Lake, the campground by the lake is where thirteen characters act out their lives as contemporary versions of Siegfried and Odette. They are observed by the audience as they navigate their lives in this makeshift paradise.
This Swan Lake City, created by the young and acclaimed Greek choreographer, presents a whirlwind of human behaviors caught between the real and the unreal—a puzzle of intertwined lives. It is Rigos’s second homage to Tchaikovsky’s art, following his similarly unique reinterpretation of Sleeping Beauty.
