Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, trying to iron out some last-minute kinks, ballerina Unity Phelan ...

Many across the world know “Swan Lake,” the most iconic of all ballets. Far fewer know just how hard the main ballerina role ...

Dancers like Lizzy Howell — who can whip through fouetté turns and command a stage while breaking the skinny mold — are also social media darlings inspiring others to lace up their pointe shoes.

Dancers like Lizzy Howell — who can whip through fouetté turns and command a stage while breaking the skinny mold — are also social media darlings inspiring others to lace up their pointe shoes.

In the coda, or end of the dance, Ito builds the momentum, performing the role’s famous 32 fouetté turns, the move that requires balancing on one pointe shoe while the raised leg whips out and ...

ballerina Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 fouettés — those crowd-pleasing whiplash turns on one leg performed by Odile, the devious Black Swan. “No fouettés ...

Six of the pas de deux require the females to do fouette turns: possibly too much of a good thing?! Some lyrical, or dramatic work would have been great to see, so fingers crossed for next year.