Much of the world knows the story of “Swan Lake,” the most iconic of all ballets. Few know exactly how punishing the lead ...
Barelegged swans are a bit like baseball players without caps. But as the art form confronts its history of racial ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, trying to iron out some last-minute kinks, ballerina Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 ...