They say a classical ballet isn’t over until the female protagonist dies. Tchaikovsky’s popular 1870s Swan Lake is a prime example. Turned into a white swan by Baron Von Rothbart, Odette perishes in ...

Swan Lake is a towering classic for good reason. It's got it all - spectacularly rich and varied choreography, dazzling large group numbers that fill the stage, a fiendishly difficult dual central ...

Swan Lake is such a pretty name for a ballet. It sounds like the perfect place to cavort with friends and find the love of your life, graceful white birds gliding by, and the moon working its magic.

“Swan Lake” is such a pretty name for a ballet. It sounds like the perfect place to cavort with friends and find the love of your life, graceful white birds gliding by and the moon working its magic.

When “Swan Lake” premiered at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater in 1877, composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky didn’t have the best of days. Critics labeled Tchaikovsky’s new ballet as “too noisy and too Wagnerian ...

“It’s a mesmerizing ballet,” said Cervilio Miguel Amador. “Truly magical.” Amador, artistic director of Cincinnati Ballet, is talking about “Swan Lake,” which will hit the Music Hall stage Feb. 13-21.

“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 Reisinger.

When you think about "Swan Lake," shimmering costumes and fluttering choreography might come to mind. But how much do you really know about this dramatic ballet? With the Grand Kyiv Ballet bringing ...