Royal Ballet and Opera on Instagram: "Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery 🦢 Marius Petipa – born on this day in 1818 – was one of the most influential figures of classical ballet. His choreography forms the basis of The Royal Ballet’s production of Swan Lake, as well as The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bayadère and Coppélia. On our Main Stage now and returning in Summer, Swan Lake remains to this day one of the best-loved works in the classical