Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: 'Swan Lake' is a ballerina's Mount Everest
Much of the world knows the story of “Swan Lake,” the most iconic of all ballets. Few know exactly how punishing the lead ...
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Boston Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ Review: A Magical Return to the Lake
Beautiful clarinet music filled the Citizens Opera House on opening night of Boston Ballet’s “Swan Lake,” welcoming patrons ...
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Why Swan Lake’s Odette-Odile role is so punishing, and how 3 ballet dancers took it on
Rehearsing Swan Lake a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio ... The toughest part comes toward the end – when she is most tired – with trickster Odile unleashing a dazzling display as she misleads ...
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This ‘Swan Lake’ Keeps the Tutus but Sheds the Tights
A new “Swan Lake” had been slated to premiere that year ... “It took some R and D on our end, and then convincing the dancers to actually go forward with it,” Dimitropoulos said.
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Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: ‘Swan Lake’ is a ballerina’s Mount Everest
NEW YORK (AP) — Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty ... The toughest part comes toward the end — when she’s most tired, of course — with trickster Odile unleashing ...
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Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: 'Swan Lake' is a ballerina's Mount Everest
Many across the world know “Swan Lake,” the most iconic of all ballets ... The toughest part comes toward the end — when she's most tired, of course — with trickster Odile unleashing ...
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Boston Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ flies higher than ever
“Swan Lake” premiered in 1877 with a libretto of ... made it clear he’d thought Odile was Odette. He was able, at the end of Act One, to sustain the difficult line of Tchaikovsky’s Andante ...