Thursday’s opening night, with Viktorina Kapitonova as Odette/Odile and Sangmin Lee as Prince Siegfried, attested to why “Swan Lake” has become practically synonymous with ballet.

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 ...

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.

Mira Nadon made her debut as Odette-Odile in “Swan Lake” this ... Peter Martins’s “Swan Lake” never completely flies — the garish, squiggly sets and costumes are an eyesore — but ...

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

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 ...

The team has already assembled 31 swan costumes for the corps ... interpretation – and realizing his error, runs to the lake to beg Odette’s forgiveness. Endings vary. In some productions ...

Tchaikovsky’s popular 1870s Swan Lake is a prime example. Turned into a white swan by Baron Von Rothbart, Odette perishes in roiling waters conjured by the jealous sorcerer along with her lover ...