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Ballet de Santiago is bringing a beautiful production of Swan Lake to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, accompanied by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
It's a limited run of just eight performances, running from Tuesday, August 18 until Sunday, August 23, so you'll want to act fast if you don't want to miss this spectacle.
Swan Lake is under the artistic leadership of celebrated dancer César Morales. EVOKE caught up with the Chilean performer to understand why Swan Lake is a fan-favourite production.
'It's one of the favourites. If you put it on for a season in the theatre, it's always sold out straight away,' César tells us. 'It's a bit like The Nutcracker.
'I mean, the wonderful score, the music, and the beauty of the ballet, because it's so magical. I think one of the strongest points of this ballet is the Corps de Ballet. To see all of these swans appear and make wonderful shapes on stage, it's beautiful.
'And everyone knows the story. It's not complicated to understand. I think it's all the beauty that you see on stage; it will always touch the people, the audience, no matter how many hundreds of years it's been around.'
Swan Lake holds a special place in César's heart, especially. After a year in the Corps de Ballet, he was promoted to soloist and a year later to principal dancer immediately after his first performance of Swan Lake.
'It has a very special meaning for me, because when I was 18 years old, I was promoted to the top rank, that is principal dancer, dancing in Swan Lake,' the dancer tells us.
'I have really beautiful memories, and then I got an incredible contract with Vienna State Opera as a guest principal after they saw me dancing the production.
'So it's always very special for me, and now I'm taking Ballet de Santiago to Dublin with the same production. It's always been a very important part of my life and my career,' he says.
Tickets to Ballet de Santiago's Swan Lake at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre are available here, priced from €35.45.
