Rehearsing Swan Lake a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio ... whiplash turns on one leg performed by Odile, the devious Black Swan. “No fouettés today – save them for tonight,” directed ...

There is no other ballet with quite the reputation as Swan Lake. This story of Odette, who has been turned into a swan by the ...

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.

Principal dancer Heather Ogden has performed Swan Lake for the last time in The National ... is turned into a swan after being cursed by the evil sorcerer Baron von Rothbart.