Time Shifts Jann Parry Review of Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe & the National Ballet of China

Review of Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe & the National Ballet of China. The most improbable spectacle in ballet terms was the Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe's Swan Lake. The lakeside scene opens with a swan maiden in a white tutu bouréeing slowly along a wire, followed by several monkeys. Odile is a chimera conjured up by Rothbart, or perhaps fantasized by Siegfried.