Abigail pays tribute to Natalie Portman's Oscar-winning role in a horror ballet scene that echoes Black Swan. Abigail's use of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake compositions adds a nice callback to Black ...

New York City Ballet's Unity Phelan, Mira Nadon and Miriam Miller talk about the huge challenge of Swan Lakes' White and ...

“Swan Lake,” composed by legend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger, tells the story of ...

Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is ...

Each swan has an individuality that’s unusual in “Swan Lake,” a ballet in which the ... felt a bit oppressive,” said Tene Ward, a Black and South Asian dancer in the corps de ballet.

As Odile, the black swan, Nabity is a touch less consistent, save for her perfect execution of the iconic 32 fouettés in Swan Lake‘s third act. Nabity lands those turns with utter precision ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, The ...

“Swan Lake” premiered in 1877 with a libretto of ... Some Siegfrieds lose interest in Odette once they see Black Swan Odile; Lee, when Rothbart’s deception was revealed, made it clear ...

The white swan and the black swan, both portrayed by the Kansas City Ballet’s Kaleena Burks, represent good and evil in “Swan ...

Pegasus Contemporary Ballet and Bombshell Dance Project have collaborated on a new version of "Swan Lake" told from the ... swans and the classic white swan/black swan variations,” Bernet ...

Directing Swan Lake now is a “full circle” moment, she says. The demanding dual role of the Swan Queen Odette and Black Swan Odile was her first leading part at just 19 years old. It was the ...