Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is ...
New York City Ballet's Unity Phelan, Mira Nadon and Miriam Miller talk about the huge challenge of Swan Lakes' White and ...
At its heart, Swan Lake has always ... conjuring a royal suitress for Siegfried who looks exactly like Odette. The prince, of course, falls for the ruse of the black swan. Rothbart, all-powerful ...
“Swan Lake,” composed by legend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger, tells the story of ...
Though the ballet Swan Lake celebrates the Swan’s feminine side ... The discovery in 1697 of the Australian Black Swan turned all that on its head and inspired philosopher David Hume to one ...
Directing Swan Lake now is a “full circle” moment, she says. The demanding dual role of the Swan Queen Odette and Black Swan Odile was her first leading part at just 19 years old. It was the ...
“Swan Lake” premiered in 1877 with a libretto of ... Some Siegfrieds lose interest in Odette once they see Black Swan Odile; Lee, when Rothbart’s deception was revealed, made it clear ...