Swan Lake is a beautiful concertina book detailing a night at the Ballet.
Illustrated by Californian artist Ping Zhu, we see the pristine theatre, audience and performance on one side and the back-stage bustle and nerves on the other. Based on a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, the images are not only inspired by the dramatic story but also the atmosphere of a working dance venue. Zhu illustrates the orchestra, the boxes and even the entrance hall and ticket office. Backstage is a world away from the delicate and precise presentation of front stage – ropes and pulleys, stage hands and prop handlers, seamstresses sewing sequins, ballerinas nervously awaiting their queue, the director signalling and gesturing silently – all in all we are treated to delightful concertina which anyone with an interest in the performing arts will immediately love.
- ISBN10 1907704221
- ISBN13 9781907704222
- Publish Date 1 March 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 26 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Nobrow Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 20
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781907704222