the white swan might leave the fold, he swaps her out with Odile, the black swan. Dolan, who played the dual role of Odette and Odile, joined the second company, then called Pennsylvania Ballet II ...

Accepted into the elite Juilliard School in 1961 at age 10, she spent four years there, the lone Black girl surrounded by affluent white girls. At the time, many ballet companies rejected Black ...

Hot on the heels of a controversial Disney remake of their own animated Snow White film, Toledo Ballet welcomes audiences to an innovative spin on the classic tale. A German fairy tale that first ...

Principal dancer Heather Ogden has performed Swan Lake for the last time in The National Ballet of Canada's production ... when she comes on stage as the White Swan. “I usually try my first ...

Show more The Kirov Ballet, under conductor Valery Gergiev ... is outstanding in the challenging dual role of Odette, the white swan and Odile, her black swan rival. Presented by Darcey Bussell.