Rehearsing Swan Lake a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio ... Phelan was a few hours away from performing the dual role of Odette and Odile for the second time, four days after her debut.

Many attendees are dressed in cosplay, short for costume play, though it's not required to attend. Most cosplayers try to ...

Principal dancer Heather Ogden has performed Swan Lake for the last time in The National Ballet of Canada's production of the Russian classic. The dual role of Odette/Odile was Ogden's first major ...

killing the prince and leaving Odette to endure Rothbart’s control for all eternity. Kain’s bejewelled flourish on Swan Lake only heightens the story’s tragic, timeless appeal. Czech ...

Swan Lake follows the life of Princess Odette, who is cursed by the cunning Baron Von Rothbart and is transformed into a swan, condemned to the lakeside. The spell is breakable only by true love.

Each swan has an individuality that’s unusual in “Swan Lake,” a ballet in which the ... Dronina, who danced Odette-Odile on opening night in 2022, experimented with bare legs in rehearsal ...

Many across the world know “Swan Lake,” the most iconic of all ballets. Far fewer know just how hard the main ballerina role is to perform. As graceful and ephemeral as it appears, Odette-Odile is a ...

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