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

who became a principal just weeks before her “Swan Lake” debut. She said she never saw herself as a great turner, or able to master some of the Black Swan’s tricky footwork. “It has every ...

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 ...

Swan Lake is one ... and when the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart (Arian Molina Soca) sees that Odette, the white swan might leave the fold, he swaps her out with Odile, the black swan.

At its heart, Swan Lake has always been about ... Soon enough, the evil Rothbart (Peng-Fei Jiang) captures Odette in his enormous wings, black but tinged with an oil slick of purples and blues.

Beautiful clarinet music filled the Citizens Opera House on opening night of Boston Ballet’s “Swan Lake,” welcoming ... when she appears in a sparkling black tutu as Odile, Von Rothbart ...

The demanding dual role of the Swan Queen Odette and Black Swan ... beyond Swan Lake’s palace walls, ill fortune has ensnared this production. (The villain of the piece, an evil sorcerer named ...