 Added to that, in the production of "Ariadne", the Theatre Directorate allotted what was (for that time), the very large sum of 40,000 roubles.This not only suggests the confidence they had invested in Reisinger, but also confirms that in his first two years in Russia he had clearly won the authority of the Imperial Theatre Directorate.It was with this artistic background that the choreographer approached the first production of "Swan Lake".