national.ballet.ca or 416-345-9595 The cheering erupted even before the curtain rose on Saturday afternoon’s opening performance of the National Ballet of Canada’s “Swan Lake.” Michael ...

Moments ago, she was sitting still, watching National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Tina Pereira rehearse a pas de deux for Ms. Kain’s new staging of Swan Lake. But Tchaikovsky’s music ...

At its heart, Swan Lake has always been about birds. In a way, that’s still true – at the National Ballet of Canada, the piece is defined as much by its feathers as it is by its dancing.

Principal dancer Heather Ogden has performed Swan Lake for the last time in The National Ballet of Canada's production of the Russian classic. The dual role of Odette/Odile was Ogden's first major ...

Bare legs are one of the defining features of the National Ballet of Canada’s production of “Swan Lake,” which had its premiere in 2022 and is returning this month. In an art form built on t ...