Swan lake with a twist

Last night I went to see Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, in production of Russian St. Petersburg State Ice Ballet. Yup, you read it correctly, it's all on ice, it wasn't just the usual ballet. Skaters range from previous Russian Olympic gold medal winners to artists who started skating/training at the age of three. As it could have been expected, they were magnificent and costumes were incredibly elaborate (considering the fact they had to skate in them):









On the other hand, I have never seen worse organization of any concert ever, anywhere in the world than the last night. :(

Zzzzzz...

Temperature of -9C doesn't seem to bother this sleeping swan at Jarun lake:

Swan lake...

The official title of the smaller Jarun lake is "small swan lake" because swans enjoy safe surroundings, medical help and food people provide during the winter. Before swans arrive in huge numbers, and after the swim season closes, it looks like this (there's a tiny island in the middle of it):