“Swan Lake,” the most iconic ballet, is forever in development. With no single standard for the ballet, no complete written record representing the original intention, it is best understood as an ...

NEW YORK — How seriously should we take “Swan Lake”? It features a virtuous but wronged heroine, Odette, and her sophisticated nemesis, Odile, two roles generally played by one ballerina. White Swan ...

At its heart, Swan Lake has always been about birds. In a way, that’s still true – at the National Ballet of Canada, the piece is defined as much by its feathers as it is by its dancing. But Karen ...