For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.
I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.
And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.
SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.
Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.
No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.