(Alex Lupul/CBC) Ogden and other ballet members leave the rehearsal ... a princess in a faraway kingdom who is turned into a swan after being cursed by the evil sorcerer Baron von Rothbart.

It's a cornerstone of classical ballet, and its enduring popularity ... The story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer, and Prince Siegfried's quest to break the curse ...

The Swan Lake ballet was first staged in Moscow ... This tragic final act of love breaks Rothbart’s evil spell and allows Odette and Siegfried to unite in eternal love.

Soon enough, the evil Rothbart (Peng-Fei ... Rudisin’s Siegfried is less confident for Swan Lake‘s first half, but emerges victorious by the time the ballet roars to a close, with several ...

Movies like Black Swan captivate audiences by diving into the depths of obsession, psychological unraveling, and the pursuit ...

That’s what happened in the third act when Philadelphia Ballet opened Swan ... under a curse that renders her a swan by night. He is also easily fooled, and when the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart ...

From a transcendent pianist to the Oakland Gay Men’s Chorus to a night at the movies with Symphony San Jose, there are a lot ...

The most frightening psychological dramas engage with genuine fears of loss of self, moral decay, going mad, or the suspicion that someone near you might not be who he or she appears to be. Unlike ...

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

With ‘Swan Lake’ in particular, we see the triumph of good versus evil, but we see it as part of self-sacrifice and true love for one’s friends that breaks even the worst of spells. Its heart and ...