English National Ballet’s Swan Lake and Raymonda to tour the UK with guest artist Brooklyn Mack

English National Ballet has announced autumn UK tour dates for its productions of Swan Lake and Raymonda.

Fresh from its world premiere at the London Coliseum at the start of the year, Raymonda will be performed at the Bristol Hippodrome (23 – 26 November 2022) and Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre (30 November – 03 December 2022).

Raymonda is by English National Ballet’s Artistic Director Tamara Rojo CBE, after Marius Petipa.

Updating the ballet’s setting to the Crimean war and drawing inspiration from the ground-breaking spirit and work of the women supporting the war effort, including Florence Nightingale, Raymonda is recast as a young woman with a calling to become a nurse.

Starring a huge cast of dancers, this critically acclaimed adaptation with UK sponsorship from Cunard, keeps the best of the 19th-century original including Alexander Glazunov’s score, adapted and edited by Gavin Sutherland and Lars Payne, which is performed live by English National Ballet Philharmonic.

It will tour along Swan Lake, choreographed by Derek Deane, at the Liverpool Empire (28 September – 01 October 2022) and Manchester’s Palace Theatre (05 – 08 October 2022) followed by the London Coliseum (12 – 22 January 2023).

Guest artist Brooklyn Mack, recognised as Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”, will perform principal roles in both productions. Full casting is to be announced.