Irish twist on Swan Lake reclaims story that existed long before the famous ballet

Michael Keegan-Dolan put an Irish twist on Swan Lake to reclaim a story that existed long before the famous ballet. It comes to Cork for the Safe Harbour festival, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Lochna hEala, Michael Keegan-Dolan’s reinvention of Swan Lake, which strips away all classical ballet associations,and plants it firmly in Irish mythic soil, has surfed a wave of international acclaim for the past three years.