and bigger ballet a larger than life performance called swan lake. on the sixth of december children in many european countries get treats m small presents to celebrate st nicholas day but in some alpine regions another character join sent nicholas on the day the crown purse is described as half goat half demon during the christmas season he punishes children who have misbehaved all reports primavera as he travels south to do his best scary krampus impression. this krampus is are on the loose in the austrian village of sunk johann in punggol the wild untamed figures are spurred on by st nicholas and his angels and right in the midst of our reporter. early in the day and some two hundred here around sixty kilometers south of salzburg the tradition of the compas is still going strong it's popular throughout the whole region and always cook heads one of the local compost groups he founded it back in the one nine hundred eighty s. . it's made up of a saint nicholas angels a basket carrier and more than a dozen compas it's. he's played the figure since he

supersize ballet shanghaied ballet companies they just swan lake and live. inflatable spaces to build and base complex design portable roofs made of plastic. and fluffy delights and they have a yeah it's a sweet speciality from one of the frogs. we start on the big stage with what many regard as the epitome of classical ballet swan lake when it was first rehearsed an eight hundred seventy six its original choreographer felt the ballet was undone simple since then it has developed and found success all over the world but directed derek deane decided to make things a bit harder with the shanghai ballet company he brings forty eight instead of the usual sixteen songs onto the stage this sensational production is currently in berlin and we went by to see how the dancers afforded ruffling feathers on the crowded stage. first six then nine then twenty four in the end forty eight swann's downs did a press call in berlin's board of museum it's one lake on a scale never seen before staged by celebrated british choreographer derek dean. it is the biggest in the world

it is there it is like in the world i mean there hasn't been a swan lake of this size in a proceeding in theater and not even you know the paris opera the wall ballet the kirov the bolshoi nobody has ever created something like this so be very interesting to see over here it's reaction to this i call it the tsunami of swans the forty eight swans epitomize in a sense and beauty but achieving their seeming ease requires perfect technique the smallest mistake would destroy the illusion. ok so i just had to really pick her up in a spotlight as soon as she starts to move ok. his movements must be strong yet smooth and sensuous dean strives for perfection in that shanghai ballet we were very much on the emotional side of the downs not just forty eight girls being in live being in the precise place we very very much were on the quality of the movement and the emotion of the movement as well. for the two soloists in particular performing on a completely new stage requires a great deal of concentration they have to find their way through three times as many swans as usual yet make it look as e

he's a swan lake of mammoth proportions it features not sixteen not twenty four but forty eight swans don't seem to be tchaikovsky's tiny school seen here attache case in bunnings board a museum the production is the brainchild of celebrated british choreographer derek dean it is that it is. i mean that hasn't been it's one they could decide is in a proceeding in theater and not even you know the paris opera the one betty the care of the bolshoi knew that he said he created something like this so be very interesting to see audience reaction. to this i got a tsunami of swans and therein lies the test so many swans on the stage at once isn't it just tickle challenge the forty eight don'ts as must move in perfect synchrony even the slightest mistake would ruin the illusion of the production is a particular challenge for the soul. they have to navigate around twice as many fellow dancers as usual on the new stage all the while making it look as if there's nothing to it. but the dancers could hardly be in safer hands derek dean made his name as a choreographer of large scale ballets to pre

dean has studied stagings of swan lake throughout history from the primary eight hundred seventy seven to modern day performances he says there have been major changes. in the woods while it was first before it was a disaster i mean everybody booed at the performances everybody said the music was trying to dreadful the choreography was appalling and they had to put the production away for many years and then it was rethought redone with the same music and through the years it became this believe. the fairy tale about prince siegfried's desperate attempt to save swan princess or dead from the spell cast by an evil sorcerer is a perennial favorite when derek dean first staged swan lake in one thousand nine hundred seven in london princess diana was among his most ardent admirers. she would come to us she would turn up unannounced she would come and have a she would just come and sit with that outsiders and she was terribly easy and very comfortable and there was no science to she wasn't performing she was of being the princess of wales she was just being a person and it was wonderful to

this is the interview news live from berlin still to come on the show it is the biggest swan lake ever a new production of these celebrated ballet has just had its german premiere where else here glenn but it has a twist culture editor robin mera will tell us what makes this one like different from all the rest. that much more straight ahead. fighting for freedom fighting for the moment. as a young child or military was sold by her family as a house slave. twelve long hard years later she regained her freedom now her memory is her power in the struggle against served. which she's turned into an international campaign. in forty five minutes. later we were. when we were. eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listening. to. a news alice to see what's going on since. the call to take heads up to this concert who voiced such bugs. play. the play put big dreams on the big story. movie magazine on d w. a continent is reinventing itself. as africa's tech scene discovers its. true potential. inventors entrepreneurs and high tech professionals talk about

derek dean and the shanghai ballet swan lake has already received rave reviews from the world. wow robert i know what a scale what's behind the enduring popularity of the swan lake well i think first and foremost really try koskie i mean tchaikovsky one of the great composers of all time you know he's going to be in the top ten as and they really. and he went on to compose the nutcracker and then the sleeping beauty which i mean those three have sort of the top ones of the genre i would say i mean the must be one or two of those you know and also it's one like when it has hit you doesn't it i mean it really does have the hits in it i mean you we heard the mostly the. deed but there's that's the one i mean then there's the dance of this the cygnets all the little swans you know the everybody knows those choose where they where they come from and apart from the hit t.v. . it's a timeless love story this is a print searching for his princess there's magic in that this sorcery in there i mean it's a mixture of cinderella and romeo and juliet and the prince is looking for his for hi

we stopped on the big stage with what many regard as the epitome of classical ballet swan lake when it was first rehearsed and eight hundred seventy six its original choreography felt the ballet was undone simple since then it has developed and found success all over the world but directed derek deane decided to make things a bit harder with the shanghai ballet company he brings forty eight instead of the usual sixteen swans on to the stage this sensational production is currently in berlin and we went by to see how the dances afforded ruffling feathers on the crowded stage. first six then nine then twenty four in the end forty eight swann's downstairs a press call in berlin's border museum it's one lake on a scale never seen before staged by celebrated british choreographer derek dean. it is that it is. i mean there hasn't been this one leg of this size in a proceeding in theater and not even you know the paris opera the wall ballet the kirov the bolshoi nobody has ever created something like this so be very interesting to see odeon three action to this i call it tsunami of swans the

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but is it quantity over quality on the contrary derek dean and the shanghai ballet have performed swan lake repeatedly for international audiences to great acclaim. still giving them pure a classical ballet you're not changing the structure you're not changing the law you're giving them the best product you can give them it's just it's just this overwhelming sensation of people just bring something else to the back. the show lives up to its advertising slogan with more songs than you can count derek dean's version of swan lake is a great ballet there's won't be performing it's wrong song any time soon. this mammoth production will be in berlin till the sixteenth of december when it moves on to the austrian capital vienna now it's time to take a look at today's headlines around the continent in our express we make stops in helsinki and liverpool but first up we're in moscow. at the weekend the big ice rink opened moscow's red square professional figure skaters took to the ice at the foot of the kremlin for the opening. the rink can accommodate up to four hundred fifty skaters. muscovites and

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we start on the big stage with what many regard as the epitome of classical ballet swan lake when it was first rehearsed an eight hundred seventy six original choreographer felt the ballet was undone since then it has developed and found success all over. well but direct to derek dean decided to make things a bit harder with the shanghai ballet company he brings forty eight instead of the usual sixteen songs onto the stage this sensational production is currently in berlin and we went by to see how the dances of ruffling feathers on the crowded stage. first six then nine then twenty four in the end forty eight swann's downstairs a press call in berlin's board of museum it's one lake on a scale never seen before staged by celebrated british choreographer derek dean. it is that it is in the world i mean there hasn't been this one leg of this size in a proceeding in theater and not even you know the paris opera the ballet the kirov or the bolshoi nobody has ever created something like this so be very interesting to see odeon three action to this i call it tsunami of swans the forty eigh

lake into town. lovable hallstatt is a tiny town buoyed onto a ledge between a mountain and a swan-ruled lake. ll apart from the waterfa which rips through its middle, hallstatt is an oasis of peace. with the scarcity of level land, tall homes had their front door on the street-level top floor and their water entrance several floors below. the town, whicinated as a salt-mining center, is one of europe's oldest, going back centuries before christ. there was a hallstatt before there was a rome. in fact, because of the salt-mining importance here an entire age -- the llstatt era, from about 800 b.c. to 400 b.c. -- is is named for nce-important spot. if you dug under these buildings, re you'd find roman and poman celtic pavement stones from the ancient and prehistoric salt depot. this cute little village was once the salt-mining namesake of a culture that spread from france to the black sea. back thet was so precious because it preserved meat, and hallstatt was, asts name means, the "place of salt." a steep funicular runs up the mountain to hallstatt's salt mine. it's one of many throughout the region that

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