<P> The scenario , initially in two acts , was fashioned from Russian and / or German folk tales and tells the story of Odette , a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer 's curse . The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger ( Václav Reisinger ) . The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on 4 March ( O.S. 20 February ) 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow . Although it is presented in many different versions , most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov , first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895 , at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg . For this revival , Tchaikovsky 's score was revised by the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre 's chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo . </P>
<P> The scenario , initially in two acts , was fashioned from Russian and / or German folk tales and tells the story of Odette , a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer 's curse . The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger ( Václav Reisinger ) . The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on 4 March ( O.S. 20 February ) 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow . Although it is presented in many different versions , most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov , first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895 , at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg . For this revival , Tchaikovsky 's score was revised by the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre 's chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo . </P>
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what is the story of swan lake summary
the story of Odette , a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer 's curse
the story of Odette , a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer 's curse