Nationalism at the ballet? On mounting a very Canadian Swan Lake
Amid a trade war, the National Ballet of Canada’s patriotic restaging of the Russian classic brought audiences to their feet.
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This ‘Swan Lake’ Keeps the Tutus but Sheds the Tights
Each swan has an ... Women at Dance Theater of Harlem had been wearing tights and shoes in bespoke shades of brown since the 1970s. Lauren Anderson, the first Black principal dancer at Houston ...
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Dancers’ Studio to present Swan Lake at First Fridays for Families
Dancers Studio, Inc. will present the classic ballet Swan Lake for First Fridays for Families event on April 4, presented by ...
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Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: 'Swan Lake' is a ballerina's Mount Everest
Even in the rarefied air of being a principal at a top company, it’s not a given that you get to dance a role ... before her “Swan Lake” debut. She said she never saw herself as a great turner, or ...
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Classic love story ‘Swan Lake’ ballet to tour South Africa — a first in nearly 30 years
The Swan Lake ballet was first staged in Moscow, Russia, nearly 150 years ago, yet the love story remains a classic today.
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Review: Swan Lake at Ellen Eccles Theatre
“Swan Lake,” composed by legend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger, tells the story of ...
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Dallas dance companies rethink ‘Swan Lake’ from the female point of view
Tchaikovsky’s popular 1870s Swan Lake is a prime example ... Two Dallas troupes, Pegasus Contemporary Ballet and Bombshell Dance Project, have rethought the story, originally told from the ...