Nicola Daley ACS / Swan Lake Bath Ballet
Filmed in lockdown: Swan Lake Bath Ballet
Elite dancers from across the globe create a modern-day Swan Lake from their own bathtub. Nicola Daley ACS filmed the short film remotely through Zoom. “Each of the dancers shot on their phones whilst we had a live feed to Zoom so I could tell them where to set up the shots and lights,” says Daley.
Set to Tchaikovsky’s famous swan theme, 27 elite ballet dancers from renowned dance companies across the globe perform a modern-day Swan Lake from their own home (filled) baths. The BBC’s Swan Lake Bath Ballet was choreographed, filmed and post-produced completely remotely during the pandemic.
The quirky choreography was performed in baths from New Zealand to South Africa, America to Hong Kong, Australia to the UK. Swan Lake Bath Ballet was filmed on smart phones, with innovative solutions such as a child’s scooter, piles of books, even a toilet plunger being co-opted to help stabilise and enable camera angles. Swan Lake Bath Ballet is iconic in movement, epic in music and fun thanks to its setting; a memorable project made during COVID-19 that will make a huge splash.
Nicola Daley ACS
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