Introdans presents the solo La Morte del Cigno at the freely accessible Zomerparkfeest in Venlo, Saturday 10 August. In La Morte del Cigno, the Italian choreographer Mauro de Candia gives a strong contemporary, masculine interpretation of The Dying Swan, the short solo that immortalized the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. The Candia retains the well-known music, Le Cygne from Camille Saint-Saëns’ Le Carnival des Animaux. But unlike the fragile, vulnerable bird from Michel Fokine’s original choreography (1905), his ‘dying swan’ is a stubborn, proud animal that tries to find its way to freedom with enormous animal strength, passion and flexibility. The solo has been in the Introdans repertoire since 2009 and has been performed in several places in recent years, not only in theaters but also at Zwarte Cross, Vondelpark Openluchttheater and various special events.