Abigail pays tribute to Natalie Portman's Oscar-winning role in a horror ballet scene that echoes Black Swan. Abigail's use of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake compositions adds a nice callback to Black ...

Amid a trade war, the National Ballet of Canada’s patriotic restaging of the Russian classic brought audiences to their feet.

ballet dancer 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 ...

“Swan Lake,” composed by legend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger, tells the story of ...

The Varna International Ballet appeared ... The gorgeous black and gold tutu of Odile was an exception, and Mara Salvaggio’s captivating performance as the black swan was the highlight of ...

“They have always felt a bit oppressive,” said Tene Ward, a Black ... the scenes to capture the making of the ballet, a project that culminated in the award-winning documentary “Swan Song.” ...

“Swan Lake” premiered in 1877 with a libretto of uncertain authorship, a score by neophyte ballet composer Peter ... interest in Odette once they see Black Swan Odile; Lee, when Rothbart ...

Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company ... as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who ...

The Swan Lake ballet was first staged in Moscow ... betraying Odette by professing his love for Odile, the deceptive Black Swan. Odette forgives Siegfried but is so crushed by his betrayal ...