The Associated Press on MSN15d
Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: ‘Swan Lake’ is a ballerina’s Mount Everest
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, The ...
The New York Times24d
This ‘Swan Lake’ Keeps the Tutus but Sheds the Tights
Each swan has an individuality that’s unusual in “Swan Lake,” a ballet in which the corps de ballet typically strives for absolute uniformity. The dancers seem more muscular and modern ...
The Boston Globe27d
Boston Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ flies higher than ever
“Swan Lake” premiered in 1877 with a libretto of uncertain authorship, a score by neophyte ballet composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and choreography, now lost, by the now forgotten Julius ...
Hartford Courant14d
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 studio, trying to iron out some last-minute kinks, ballerina Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 ...