This spectacular show will come to the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham from August 13-16.

The Guandong Acrobatic Company’s Acrobatic Swan Lake – in which Black Swans dance on high wires and the Swan Princess dances on pointe on her partner’s head – has created a worldwide sensation.

In this fresh and original adaptation, a European prince falls in love with a Chinese swan, and performers use acrobatics and their very considerable talents as classical dancers to tell the story.

Pole balancing, jumping through fire hoops, rope walking, ball walking and jujitsu are all seamlessly woven into the story, and there is constant blurring of performance styles, including not only ballet and acrobatics but also elements of Peking Opera.

Directed by Guangzhou Acrobatic Company’s director Ning Genfu and choreographed by former Hong Kong Ballet principal dancer Zhao Ming, the production grew out of a desire to bring the traditional performing art out of the circus tent and onto the stage. It was created as a co-production with Shanghai City Dance Company.