ENB AT HOME

English National Ballet release family favourite My First Ballet: Swan Lake on ENB at Home platform

An hour-long specially adapted version of the world’s best-known ballet, My First Ballet: Swan Lake is the perfect treat to share with children, available from Thursday 1 April on English National Ballet’s ENB at Home platform. The production, created as part of English National Ballet’s My First Ballet series for children as young as three, features a narrator to help young viewers follow the story and provides the perfect introduction to the magic of ballet.

Performed by students of English National Ballet School, the production was recorded for archive when it toured the UK in 2018 and features choreography by Antonio Castilla, English National Ballet’s Ballet Master and Repetiteur, and Dramaturgy by Lou Cope. This version follows the familiar story of Swan Lake but told from a different point of view. The lead role of Odette is performed by Chloe Keneally, who subsequently joined English

National Ballet as an Artist in 2019.

Alongside the production itself, there are a series of widget symbols and other resources which aim to make ballet more accessible for all ages and abilities. These resources will be available to download for free alongside the production and are designed for use before, during or after the performance.

My First Ballet: Swan Lake is the latest full-length production English National Ballet has made available to online audiences worldwide through Ballet on Demand, part of ENB at Home, English National Ballet’s dedicated video-on-demand platform which gives audiences access to a wide range of ballet content from the stage and beyond, from the comfort of their homes. Launched in November 2020, the platform also features BalletActive, a library of online ballet-based classes from the professionals at English National Ballet, available by subscription. www.ballet.org.uk