who became a principal just weeks before her “Swan Lake” debut. She said she never saw herself as a great turner, or able to master some of the Black Swan’s tricky footwork. “It has every ...

Rehearsing Swan Lake a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio ... whiplash turns on one leg performed by Odile, the devious Black Swan. “No fouettés today – save them for tonight,” directed ...

“Swan Lake,” composed by legend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger, tells the story of Odette, a beautiful princess who is cursed by evil sorcerer Von Rothbart.

The ballet “Swan Lake” has an iconic history ... Siegfried’s betrothal ball — when she appears in a sparkling black tutu as Odile, Von Rothbart’s daughter. Nissinen’s staging and ...